1 Answer the questions

1. Are you fond of sports? 2. What do people go in for sports for? 3. Which kinds of sports are popular in our country? 4. When were the first Olympic Games held? 5. When did the first modern Olympic Games start? 6. Why are the Olympic Games considered to be a great sports event? 7. What are the aims of the Olympic movement?

2 Open the brackets using the correct tense

The world's greatest international sports games … (know) as the Olympic Games. The Olympic idea … (mean) friendship, fraternity and cooperation among the people of the world. The Olympic Movement … (prove) that real peace can … (achieve) through sport. The Olympic emblem … (be) five interlinked rings: blue, yellow, black, green and red. Any national flag … (contain) at least one of these colours. The original Olympic Games … (begin) in ancient Greece in 776 B.C. These games … (be) part of a festival held every fourth year in honour of God Zeus at the place called Olympia. It … (be) a great athletic festival, including competitions in wrestling, foot racing and chariot racing, rowing and others. The games … (be) for men only. Greek women … (forbid) not only to participate but also to watch the Olympics. The first modern Olympic Games … (hold) in Athens in 1896. Then they … (resume) in London after the Second World War. Since then the Olympics … (hold) every fourth year in different countries. The ancient Greeks … (have) no winter sports. Only in 1924 the first Winter Olympic Games … (hold) in France.

3 Match the two columns

1) diving	a) the sport of fighting with a long thin sword
2) water polo	b) sports such as running or jumping
3) archery	c) the activity of jumping into water with your head and arms first
4) athletics	d) hockey played on ice
5) fencing	e) a ball game played in water between two teams
6) badminton	f) a game for two people who use rackets to hit a small ball to each other
7) weightlifting	g) a sports competition in which competitors run, swim and cycle long distances
8) triathlon	h) the sport of shooting arrows from a bow
9) basketball	i) the sport of lifting weights attached to the ends of a bar
10) ice hockey	j) a sport in which you try to throw your opponent onto the ground
11) tennis	k) a game between two teams in which each team tries to throw a ball through a net
12) judo	l) a game in which you hit a shuttlecock over a net

Grammar: Пасивний стан: узагальнення (2)

1. Transform the sentences using Active Voice

1. Liz said the fish had been eaten by her cat. 2. I was promised a new computer by my parents. 3. My pen was taken by somebody. 4. The work can be finished by Alice. 5. The bicycle was being repaired by my father at seven o'clock. 6. A new rule is being learnt by the pupils at the moment. 7. He said his wallet had been stolen by someone. 8. His decisions are always approved by her. 9. The equipment has just been delivered. 10. She wasn’t taken to the hospital in time. 11. Our cafe is visited by lots of people. 12. The door has been left open by somebody.