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THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES

from 27 July to 12 August 2012

English for the Games- web worksheets
Printable worksheets

Teaching resources :

Conversation questions - Interactive activities - Worksheets - Treasure Hunts / Webquests - Lesson plans - Interactive cards - Interactive games - Games to print - Videos with activities

• Conversation questions :
  • Talking about sport - Conversation questions
    (usingenglish.com)
  • Olympics & Sports 20 Questions Guessing Game
    "Choose one of the sports below and answer your partner’s Yes/ No questions until they guess which sport you are thinking of. Don’t answer Wh questions."
    (usingenglish.com)
    
    
    
• Interactive activities :
  
  
  • The 2012 Summer Olympic Games - Online Lessons and Quizzes
    "Online Exercises for Pre-Entry Learners, ESL Beginners and Kids
    Online Activities for Elementary and Pre-Intermediate Students
    Related Lessons and Activities on Our Website"
    (esolcourses.com)
    
    
  • Londres, en prévision des jeux olympiques d'été.
    Activités créées par Hélène de Morel.
    (memovoc.com)
    
    
  • Fun "is where you can find all the games from across the English for 2012 section:
    entertain yourself by learning about essential and unusual facts about Olympic history;
    score points improving your sports vocabulary;
    test your knowledge about facts and figures of London 2012." 
    (learnenglish.britishcouncil.org)
    
    
  • The London 2012 Challenge - interactive game (learnenglish.britishcouncil.org) - UPDATED
    
    
    
  • English for the Games
    "Welcome to our free learner resources based around the London 2012 Games.
    You can practise your English as you learn about the London 2012 Games and the Olympic and Paralympic history, learn all about Olympic and Paralympic sports, and values. Play games, watch videos, read articles, and do interactive exercises."
    (learnenglish.britishcouncil.org)
    
    
  • London 2012: Olympic medals timeline
    "Medals have been presented to event winners and runners-up since the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
    For each host city, different medals are minted and the designs and sizes have changed through time.
    Explore them by clicking on the medals...
    Test your medal! Match the Olympic medal to the correct games"
    (BBC)
    
  
  
  • London 2012 Olympics quiz (BBC)
    
    
  • London Olympics Quiz (ironmate.co.uk) 
    
    
    
• Worksheets :
  
  
  • Olympic Countries Detective  (Alison Taylor)
    "Read the clues carefully. Use an atlas to check these facts. Glue the correct flag in the box."
    (primaryresources.co.uk)
    
    
    
  • The Olympic Games - MORE worksheets
    (primaryresources.co.uk)
    
    
  • Olympic and Other Sports Trends
    "Try to agree on the past, present and future trends in the things below..."
    (usingenglish.com)
  
  

• Treasure Hunts / Webquests :
  
  
  • Olympic Multiplication Treasure Hunt (Wendy Wormald)
    (primaryresources.co.uk)
    
    
  • Olympic Sports - a webquest + Crosswords - Niveau 6ème
    
    
  • LONDON 2012 Olympic Games - Treasure Hunt
    "Next Olympics will take place in London, don't you think it's time to learn a bit more about this fascinating city?
    You will do it by searching the answers for a series of questions in the proposed WebPages..."
    (doablogquest.blogspot.com)
    
    
    
• Lesson plans :
  
  
  • London 2012 Olympics opened - a lesson plan with audio
    (newsenglishlessons.com)
    
    
  • English for the Games
    "Welcome to our free teaching resources based around the London 2012 Games.
    There are lesson plans and activities at different language proficiency levels on themes such as the Olympic and Paralympic sports and values.
    Each week we will add a new resource."
    (teachingenglish.org.uk)
  • 2012 Olympics to Be Greenest Ever (24th July, 2012) - a lesson plan with audio
    (newsenglishlessons.com)
  • Olympic Security CEO Admits "Shambles" (18th July, 2012) - a lesson plan with audio
    "The CEO of the company that is providing security for the London Olympics has agreed the current situation is nothing but a ''humiliating shambles''."
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)
    
    
  • Séquence sur Londres et les J.O. - Niveau 6ème "par groupes de niveaux - 5 au total - que chaque groupe doit réaliser en 15 minutes maximum.
    Je remets ensuite la fiche récap en format A3 pour que chaque groupe y note le fruit de ses recherches - 10 min environ.
    Enfin, les groupes prennent la parole les uns après les autres et apportent leurs informations.
    Lors d'une seconde séance je fais un quiz d'une vingtaine de questions sur la pageA3 après avoir laissé tous les élèves se replonger 10 minutes sur la fiche."
    DOCUMENTS :
    Sights of London + Sports + Olympic Games in numbers + The Olympic Park (à compléter) + Londinium (à compléter)
    + QUIZ FINAL
    Travail envoyé par Cyril DUSSUCHAUD (Ac. Limoges)
    
    
  • Olympic Games
    "Activité d'une heure pour introduire les jeux olympiques de Londres 2012 et les sports associés à des élèves de 6e/5e.
    Activité sur tableau interactif (le document a été transformé en ppt pour ceux qui n'ont pas active inspire)"
    (brassac-anglais.wikispaces.com)
    
    
  • The 2012 Summer Olympic Games - Online Lessons and Quizzes
    "Online Exercises for Pre-Entry Learners, ESL Beginners and Kids
    Online Activities for Elementary and Pre-Intermediate Students
    Related Lessons and Activities on Our Website"
    (esolcourses.com)
  • Olympic Officials Probe Ticket Scandal (18th June, 2012) - a lesson plan with audio
    "The International Olympic Committee has launched an investigation into allegations that officials in more than 50 countries
    have been selling London Olympics tickets on the black market for profit."
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)
  • Missiles to Protect 2012 Olympics (15th November, 2011) - a lesson plan with audio
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)
    
    
  • London Olympics 2012 - a lesson plan (teachingenglish.org.uk)
    Theme: Olympic games
    Lexical area: Sport
    
    
  • London 2012 Olympics - Teaching resources ansd Activity ideas (projectbritain.com)
    
    
  • Olympics Ideas Part One: Teaching English for and through Sport
    (usingenglish.com)
    
    
    
• Interactive cards :
  
  
  • Chasing Gold - interactive card (jacquielawson.com)
    
    
    

• Interactive games :
  
  
  • English for the Games
    "Welcome to our free learner resources based around the London 2012 Games.
    You can practise your English as you learn about the London 2012 Games and the Olympic and Paralympic history, learn all about Olympic and Paralympic sports, and values. Play games, watch videos, read articles, and do interactive exercises."
    (learnenglish.britishcouncil.org)