Welcome to our Quiz-Show "Learning English is fun".
I'm your hostess and our contestants represent two forms: the team of the 9A form and the team of the 10A form.
Let me introduce the teams.
And here is our competent jury.
I Round. Let's start our first round.
1. Choose question. The red question or the blue questions?
So, now it's round one.
I'm going to read out four well-known expressions. So, your first one will be 'as green as...' and say 'grass'. As green as grass. Is that clear?
Well, you've got 15 seconds and here we go.
1. As cool as a (cucumber)
2. As black as (coal)
3. As good as (gold)
4. As bright as (a new pin)
5. As strong as (an ox)
6. As busy as (a bee)
7. As comfortable as (an old shoe)
8. As different as (night and day)
2. The green and yellow questions are left. Which ones do you choose?
Well, you've got to complete some pairs.
So, your first one will be 'bread and...' and you say 'butter. Bread and butter.
Ready?
9. Bread and (butter)
10. Husband and (wife)
11. Backward (forward)
12. King and (queen)
13. Light and (dark)
14. Ladies and (gentlemen)
15. Boys and (girls)
16. Day and (night)
3. Your next task is to match the things to the correct places.
For example: ribbon
hair
Ribbon hair
Flowers window
Curtain field
Train school
Grass hospital
Shower vase
Tree station
Doctor zoo
Animals forest
Pupils bathroom
4. Our fourth task is connected with proverbs. It's sometimes impossible to understand people if you don't know the proverbs because their meaning is sometimes different from the meaning of every separate word.
1) First think, then (speak)
2) Business before (pleasure)
3) Actions speak louder than (words)
4) Never put off till tomorrow (what you can do today)
5) Well begun is (half done)
1) All is well (that ends well)
2) A friend in need (is a friend indeed)
3) East or West (home is best)
4) When in Rome, do (as Romans do)
5) There is no place (like home)
II Round. We play with words.
1. Jumbled words
Gdo (dog)
Sumoe (mouse)
Owe (cow)
Knymoe (monkey)
Tea (cat)
Tnhpeeal (elephant)
2. The task is to write as many words beginning with the letter L as possible.
Time - 1 min.
For example: light, lamp, library...
3.1 feel you're tired of sitting. The next task is for very creative people.
I mean pupils who love art. But you will be drawing your picture without looking at it. Your friend will be your eyes. Please, draw a portrait of an ideal pupil.
III Round.
I think each of you would like to go to Britain.
Imagine that you are preparing for such a trip. English people have the reputation of being
very reserved.
Sometimes, it's good starting complimenting to break the ice.
1. In this round we will check your ability to compliment.
2. British people are patriots of their country. They would be pleased if you know a lot
about their country.
It would be a good idea to check yoifr knowledge of Britain.
I'd love you to recollect some British superlatives. I mean... the longest, largest, highest...
1. What is the longest river in Britain? (the Severn)
2. What is the highest mountain? (Ben Nevis)
3. What is the largest county? (Yorkshire)
4. What is the largest lake? (Lough Neogh)
5. Why is the district in the centre of England called the Black County?
(It's called black because of the dust from coal. Coal and iron ore are natural resources of the country).
6. What is the name of the capital of Scotland? (Edinburgh)
7. What is the name of the capital of Wales? (Cardiff)
8. The national emblem of Scotland is the thistle. Why was it adopted?
(In 1263 a Norwegian army invaded Scotland and made a surprise night
attack on the Scottish army. The Scots didn 't expect the attack and the
Norwegians were sure they would win. But suddenly one of the barefooted
Norwegians stepped on a thistle and cried out in pain. The Scots were roused
and the result of the battle was the victory of the Scots. In memory of this the
Scots adopted the thistle as their national emblem).
9. In what British lake is a monster supposed to live? (Lock ness)
10. At what age do English boys and girls begin going to school?
(at the age of five)
11. Who said: 'To be or not to be, that is the question' (Hamlet)
12. What was the name of the girl Hamlet spoke to? (Ofelia)
13. What theatre did Shakespeare write most of his plays for? (the Globe)
14. What time did the performances begin at the theatre in Shakespeare's time?
(at 3 o 'clock in the afternoon)
3. You gave brilliant answers and showed that you know a lot about Great Britain.
Every language has special expressions called idioms.
Now you have to understand English idioms.
Choose money idioms or travel idioms.
Money idioms:
1. not have two pennies to rub together.
2. to pinch pennies.
3. to cost a pretty penny.
4. in for a penny, in for a pound.
Travel idioms:
1. to be just the ticket.
2. the end of the road.
3. go your own way.
4. be a one-way ticket to something.
IV Round.
Look at the board. You see notes and hearts.
This means that there are two categories of questions. If you choose notes, the questions are about music. If you choose hearts, the questions are about love. What do you choose?
Music:
1. Where do U2 come from?
a. England c. Scotland
(b.)Ireland d. America
2. How old was Mozart when he wrote his first piece of music?
a. 4 c.8
(b.)6 d.12
3. Which of these is not a Beatles song?
(a.)Wonderfall c. Yesterday
b. Penny Lane d. She's leaving home
4. What instrument did Stradivary make?
a. the guitar (c.) the violin
b. the piano
Love questions:
1. St Valentine's Day is a day for lovers.
Is the date
a. April 1? c. April 14?
b. February 1? (d.) February 14?
2. If you go out on a 'blind date' you go on a romantic social meeting with
a. someone you have met one or twice?
(b.) have never met before?
c. someone you know well?
3. In Ukraine we wear a wedding ring on the right hand.
Where do British people wear their wedding ring? (on the left hand)
4. Henry VIII, was the King of England from 1509 to 1547. How many
wives did he have?
a. five c. seven
b. six (d.) eight
The following task is to write the missing letters and guess the name of the musical instrument.
1. to move a ball with your feet (k)ick k
2. not different sam(e) e
3. twelve months or 365 days (y)ear y
4. an electric guitar with a deep low sound (b)ass b
5. not quiet l(o)ud o
6. a drop of water from the eye te(a)r a
7. a type of modern music (r)ock r
8. a musical instrument that you hit with (d)rum d
sticks or your hands
9. something you watch at the theatre (s)how s
And the last task of the 4th round is the musical task 'Guess the melody'.
You will hear 4 pieces of popular songs. You have to tell the name of the song.
Now is the time to choose the winner.
Thank you for your attention.