How much do you know about the Olympic Games?

1) A brief history of the Olympic Games:

The first Olympic games took place in ........................ (where?) in .......................... (when?).

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/1.htm

In 2004 the Summer Olympic Games took place in ........................ (where?, city) in ............................. (where?, country).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics

In 2008 they took place in .................... (city) in .................................. (country). What’s the name of this city in French? ............................. http://en.beijing2008.cn/index.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing

In 2012 they took place in .................................... (city) in ................................ (country).

http://fr.london2012.com/fr/

2) The symbols of the Olympics:

Note down 3 Olympic symbols:

1.                                                           2.                                                           3.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/olympics/winter/symbols.htm

Write down the Olympic motto (in French : plus vite, plus haut, plus fort):

“                             ,                              ,                              “

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols#Motto

Medals:

If you win the competition, you get the ................ medal.

If you end up 2^nd, you get the ................. medal.

If you end up 3^rd, you get the .................... medal.

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/sport/olympics/upper-elementary/summer-olympics-vocabulary.html

Medals table for London 2012:

How many medals did the USA get in London? .............................. http://fr.london2012.com/fr/

How many medals did the French athletes bring back from London? ........................... http://fr.london2012.com/fr/

3) Olympic sports:

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/summerolympics2.htm

4) Unforgettable athletes:

Note down the sporting event in which these men and women competed: (ex: Tony Parker = basket-ball)

Usain Bolt:                                                                        Shiwen Ye:

Micheal Phelps:                                                                  Oscar Pistorius:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19235692

http://www.oscarpistorius.com/

Complete Jessica Ennis’s ID.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662227/Jessica-Ennis-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html

Do the same with Mo Farah’s ID:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662235/Mo-Farah-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html

5) Games:

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/09/oly.quiz/index.html

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/sport/olympics/beginners/writing-gap-fill-easy.html

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/summatching2.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/classroom/quiz/olympics.shtml

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/olympics/sumfillin.htm

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/sport/olympics/beginners/olympics-word-search.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/printouts/Flag.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/cgi-bin/paint/affHaza/olympics/printouts/Flag.shtml

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/beat-keeper

If you want to find out more about the OG or team GB:

http://www.englishblog.com/2012/07/the-olympic-games-a-short-animated-history-.html#.UDs9NaPMfwn

http://www.esolcourses.com/vocabulary/english-word-definitions-and-stories/marathon.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/