QUIZZ ‘’THE BEST ENGLISH LEARNER’’

(For  6  form)

Objectives:  to practice and improve pupils’ skills in speaking, reading, writing and listening; to check up pupils’ grammar skills; to revise the vocabulary on the topics ‘’Food’’, ‘’Sport’’, ‘’Holidays’’, ‘’Travelling’’, ‘’London’’, ‘’Ukraine’’; to teach pupils to work in groups; to develop pupils logical thinking, creative abilities, imagination; to bring up speaking culture, and the desire to study English language.

Visual Aids: cards with tasks, pictures, slides.

                                      PROCEDURE

I.PRELIMINARIES

Greeting and Aim

T. Good morning, dear boys and girls! I’m very glad to see you today. How are you?

I hope that you are fine and ready for our lesson - - the competition between teams. Now I want to introduce the participants of our competition, the pupils who love and know English. So, meet the teams and their captains. I wish you good luck and success. Be very attentive and don’t be afraid, everything will be all right.

Warming up

T. Now look at the blackboard. There is a sentence here. But all the words are written together. Try to divide these words and read this sentence.

Howmanylanguagesyouknowsomanytimesyuoareaman.

 So, this is the motto of our lesson.

II. THE MAIN PART OF THE LESSON

Round  I

T. Let’s start our competition. The first round is very easy and difficult at the same time, because you must complete the proverbs! You will answer one by one. If one of the team is wrong the second team will have a chance to answer. For every correct ending 1 point will be given to you.

1.  He  laughs best… -------------------a) then speak
2. East or west…      --------------------b) is a friend indeed
3. Better late   …     -------------------- c) like home
4.  First think   …    ---------------------d) keeps the doctor away
5.  A friend in need --------------------e) in its reason
6.  There is no place… ----------------f) who laughs last
7. An apple a day…-------------------g) home is best
8. Everything is good…--------------h) than never

 

Round  II

T. Thank you, your answers were perfect. And now we’ll pass to the second round. Here are some sentences. All of them have grammar mistakes. Your task is to correct them. For every corrected mistake you will get 1 point.

Sentences

1. We see a football match last night.
2. The giraffe is more taller than the elephant.
3. Betty is the most prettiest girl in her form.
4. Tom didn’t went to the cinema yesterday.
5. John don’t like hamburgers.
6. We wasn’t happy yesterday.
7. My hands is clean.
8. May I have a apple, please?

Keys:  1 saw,  2  no ‘’more’’,  3  no ‘’most’’,  4  go,  5  doesn’t,  6  weren’t,  7  are,      

8  an.

Round  III

T .Now, the task for the captains. So, be attentive. I have two envelopes  with the tasks. You have to write as many words as you can on the topic from the envelope. Each team will have 1 point for every correct item.

TOPICS

• ‘’Travelling’’                         
• ‘’Sport’’

Round   IV

T. Your next round is: you have to answer the questions in turn. For every correct answer you will get 1 point.

1. The opposite of cold is…      .
2. The opposite of bad is…       .
3. What is the last month of the year?
4. What month comes after May?
5. How many minutes are there in an hour?
6. How many hours are there in a day?
7. What is the past form of ‘’write’’, ‘’read’’?
8. What is the past form of ‘’take’’, come’’?

Round V

T. Do you like sport? I think you do, because everybody wants to be healthy, strong and beautiful. So, I’ll read you a description of different sports and games and you try to guess what it is. For every correct answer 2 points will be given.

1. A sport in which two people fight, each trying to throw the other on the ground.
2. It is a team game. Both men and women can play it. The players have a ball. They play it with their hands. There are six players in every team.
3. It is a game for two players. Each of them starts with sixteen different playing pieces to move on the board. The aim is to move your pieces so that your opponent’s king will be taken.
4. It is a game played between two teams of eleven players. Players kick a ball around a field trying to score a goal. The team with the most points wins. This game is very popular in our country and all over the world.
5. It is one of the most popular games in the world. It was first played in Canada. It is a team game. Only men and boys can play it. Many people like to watch this game on TV. The players don’t run on the field. They skate. They have clubs in their hands.
6. This game is played on a court with a large ball. There are five players in each team. Two teams try to score goals by throwing a ball through a net fixed to a metal ring at each end of the court. The players bounce the ball while running and pass to each other. The team with the most points wins.
7. This kind of sport is very beautiful. It gives the sportsmen strength, rhythm and grace. The sportsmen do some exercises or dance to the music. The sportsmen have skates and beautiful costumes on.

Keys:   1  wrestling;  2  volleyball;  3  chess;  4  football;  5  hockey;  6  basketball; 7  figure-skating.

Round VI

T. Do you like travelling? Which types of travel have you tried? (Plane, hitch-hiking, ship, train , car,…).Which do you like best? Why?

So, I’ll read you the description of different kinds of travelling and you must guess what it is? For every correct answer you’ll get 1 point.

1. It is the fastest way of travelling. You can get from one town to another in almost no time. The seats are comfortable. Sometimes you can not see anything through the window, only the sky and the clouds. When it rains very hard, you can’t travel by it.
2. This way of travelling is rather fast. You can start your journey when you like, stop at any place you like and go where you like. You don’t buy tickets, you only buy gas for travelling. Usually families travel by it.
3. Young people, students and schoolchildren like this way of travelling. They don’t   buy tickets and don’t use any transport. They put on sport shoes or trainers, jeans and T-shirts, take  their rucksacks with them and start. Usually they walk  through the countryside or the forest, live in tents and cook on the campfire.
4. This way of travelling is not very fast. You travel by water. Some people don’t like travelling in such way, because they become seasick. This is a very nice way of travelling in summer. You can enjoy seagulls, waves and fresh air.

Keys:  1  by plane;   2  by car;    3  on foot;  4  by ship.  

Round   VII

Now let’s pass the next round. You will have to answer some questions about  Great Britain and Ukraine. For every correct answer 2 points will be given.

1. What is the longest river in Great Britain?
2. Where is London situated?
3. How many parts does London consist of?
4. What is the richest part of London?
5. Where is Ukraine situated?
6. What river is the longest in Ukraine?
7. What seas is Ukraine washed by?
8. What mountains are there in Ukraine?

 

 

 

Round  VIII

T. Now, look at these pictures and try to guess  the places of interest of London. For every correct answer you will also get 1 point. (Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, The  Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Piccadilly Circus, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London Eye, Trafalgar  Square,  Madame Tussauds Waxmuseum, Double- Decker Bus, Taxi, St. James Park).

 

Round  IX

T. So, the last task is for the captains of both teams. Imagine that you are the guide in London. Tell your group about

• London                
• Kyiv

For this task 10 points will be given if everything is correct.

 

III. THE FINAL PART OF THE LESSON

SUMMARIZING

T. Now we have finished all the tasks and it’s time to announce the winner. According to the scores we can congratulate the team…….with the victory and present the members with golden medals ‘’THE BEST ENGLISH LEARNER’’. And another team also receives silver medals ‘’GOOD ENGLISH LEARNER’’.

Thank you both teams for the participation.