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N A M E : ________________________________ DATE: ____________________

THE OLYMPICS
Question: Which Olympic sports do you most like to watch?
 Complete the 15 sentences with the words on the left.

1. The __________________ medal is for first place.

Greece
2. The first Olympic games were held in ________________
more than two thousand years ago.

3. A person who is trained in or good at sports is called an

athlete
_________________.
a
4. You can see colorful _______________s from many
flag
different countries at the Olympic Games.
O

silver
5. The second place medal is ________________.

6. The third place medal is ________________.


bronze
A µ
athlete n. 7. thirteen thousand
More than 13,000 athletes ________________ in
competitions at the Olympics.
compete
B boycott n., v.

Un
bronze
compete
adj., n. summer
8. The ________________ are held every four years, two
games
years after the Winter Games.
C m
v.
9. A ________________ is a place where hundreds or even
D drug testing n.
thousands of people can sit and watch sports events.
E event n.
F m
flag m
10. Sometimes, countries might stay away from, or
n.

boycott
________________, the Olympics for political reasons.

µ adj., n.
G gold one hundred
11. Swimming is an Olympic sport. The 100 meter
Greece n.
event
freestyle is an example of a sports ________________.

Ú N 12. Runners carry a fire (a nama


H host city n.

silver
torch
flame) with a ________________

S adj., n. to begin the Olympic Games.

stadium
nostaty
n.
Mr
13. Tokyo was the ________________ for the 1964 Summer
Summer Games.

un
Games n.
0 winner
14. The fastest runner in a race is the ________________.

T mm torch n. antorcha 15. ________________ helps prevent the use of illegal drugs
Drug testing
W winner n. that can make people stronger or faster.

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WORD BANK The Olympics
Aim Supplementary vocabulary building
Level Intermediate to Advanced
Time Approximately 15 – 20 minutes

ANSWER KEY My Notes


1. gold
2. Greece
3. athlete
4. flag
5. silver
6. bronze
7. compete
8. Summer Games
9. stadium
10. boycott
11. event
12. torch
13. host city
14. winner
15. drug testing

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