Guessing game

Road to mount Olympia

Who wants to be a millionaire?

The voice kids

1 vs 100

Olympic Games

Master Chef

X-factor

Vietnam Idol

Unit 6: Competitions B: Speaking Task 1: Put the following names of competitions into the right columns: Types of competition/ contest General Knowledge Quiz English Competition Art Competition Singing Contest Athletics Meeting

Athlete (n) Athletics (n) Athletic (a) = strong, healthy, good at sports

Types of competition/ contest General Knowledge Quiz English Competition Art Competition Singing Contest Athletics Meeting Road to mount Olympia 1 vs 100 Who wants to be a millionaire? IOE Master Chef Students Painting Competition The voice Vietnam Idol X-factor Olympic Games Sea Games

Task 2: How you feel about each type of the competitions/ contests Example: A: What do you think of the General Knowledge Quiz? B: Oh, it’s great. It’s an opportunity to test my general knowledge. Asking for opinions Giving opinions What do you think about/of…? What is your opinion about…? How do you feel about…? Do you like…? I think… In my opinion,… According to me,… From my point of view,… From my viewpoint,… Personally,…

Useful language Perfect Extremely stimulating Hilarious Amusing Example: A: What do you think of the General Knowledge Quiz? B: Oh, it’s great. It’s an opportunity to test my general knowledge. Useful language Perfect Extremely stimulating Hilarious Amusing Exciting Silly Ridiculous Dull Terrible

Stimulating (a) = interesting Hilarious (a) = funny Amusing (a) make you smile or laugh Silly = Ridiculous = stupid (a) Dull (a) = boring

Task 3: Work in groups. Talk about a competition or contest you have recently joined or seen