The document discusses competitions and provides vocabulary related to competitions. It includes questions about competitions for students to answer with a partner. Some example competitions mentioned are beauty contests, singing contests, the Olympics, and the London Marathon. The document also provides a sample reading passage and activities about an annual English competition held at a school, including questions about the competition and a short poem.

1. Beauty contest

2. Sao Mai Television Singing Contest

3. Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia”

4. Olympic Games

5. London Marathon

6. Work with a partner.
Answer the following questions.
• 1. Do you like take part in competition like
these? Why/why not?
• 2. Do you hope to win a competition? If so,
which competition do you like to win?
• 3. Is wining the most important thing in a
competition? Why/why not?

7. Unit 6:
Competitions
A: Reading

8. Vocabulary
- competition (n):
- contest (n, v):
- contestant (n):
- representative (a, n):
- annual (a):
- aim (n):
- stimulate (v):
- spirit (n):
-Behalf (n):
-Sponsor (v):
cuộc thi
thí sinh
cuộc thi, tranh đua
đại diện, người đại diện
xảy ra hàng năm
mục đích, mục tiêu
khuyến khích
tinh thần, khí thế
thay mặt cho, nhân danh
đỡ đầu, tạo dựng nên

9. Task 1. Match the words or phrases on the left with
their definitions on the right.
a. without problems or difficulties
1. representative
b. enthusiasm and energy
c. altogether or as a total
d. a person chosen or appointed on
behalf of another person or a group
e. encourage or make something
more active
5. spirit
4. in all
3. stimulate
2. annual
6. smoothly f. happening or done once every year

10. 1. Who took part in the annual final English
Competition last Saturday ?
2. What was the aim of the competition ?
3. Who sponsored the competition?
4. What did each group of students have to do during
the contest?
5. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner
of the competition?
6. What would be awarded to the winner?
Task 2. Answer the questions

11. 1. Who took part in the annual final English
Competition last Saturday?
The representatives of three classes of the school took
part in the competition …
2. What was the aim of the competition?
The aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning
English among students.
Answer

12. 3. Who sponsored the competition?
The Students’ Parents Society sponsored the
competition.
4. What did each group of students have to do
during the contest?
They had to complete five activities in all. On
completion of each activity, they had to answer
the questions in the worksheets within two
minutes.

13. 5. What did the judges have to do to choose the
winner of the competition ?
The judges had to observe and score the students’
performance. The maximum score for each activity
was 15. At the end of the competition they would
announce the total score of each group. The group
that got the highest score would be the winner.
6. What would be awarded to the winner?
The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for
studying English and an Oxford Advanced
Learner’s Dictionary.

14. Task 3 Read the paragraph 3 again and complete
the sentences.
1.In Activity 5, Hung was unable………………………
2.Having achieved the highest score,Group B ………….
3. Group C lost the game because they just got…………
4. Nga encouraged her group by saying………………
to recite/complete the poem.(He could not remember
the last sentence.)
became the winner of the competition.
60 points.
“For me the most important thing was our
participation in the competition and the enjoyment we
had from it”.

15. Do you like the sky at night
When the stars are shining bright ?
Bạn coù thích trời
ñeâm
Khi ngaøn sao lấp
laùnh.

16. Do you like it in the day
When the clouds all go away?
Bạn coù thích trời xanh
Khi khoâng một gợn
maây

17. What I like is the morning sun
Shining on me when I run
Toâi yeâu aùnh nắng mai
Soi saùng khi toâi chạy

18. And I also like the rain
Pattering on my windowpane
Vaø cũng yeâu cơn mưa
Goõ nhịp leân khung cửa
sổ

19. THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND
GOOD BYE!
TRUONG TICH THIEN-LE THANH NHAN