Цели и задачи:
- повысить мотивацию учащихся к изучению иностранного языка;
- расширить кругозор учащихся;
- воспитывать доброжелательность, толерантность, ответственность за порученное задание, умение работать в команде, чувство товарищества и сопереживания;
- развивать логическое мышление, внимание, память, языковую догадку .
Учащиеся работают в группах, за каждое правильно выполненное задание команды получают баллы. В конце соревнований подводится итог.
Word Pyramid
Словарная пирамида. Добавляя по одной букве, постройте слово.
Reflection
The right-hand picture was supposed to be the exact mirrored reflection, however there are five errors. Which?
Answer: Cap, ear, clock, building, bank.
3. Kidnappers' letter.
Two men have kidnapped the son of a millionaire. They are going to send him a letter, and they have cut these words out of a newspaper. Can you put the words in the correct order?
SON / WE'VE / YOUR / GOT
IS / SAFE / HE
IN / WE / $500.000 / CASH / WANT
BE / THE / MUST / $100 NOTES / MONEY / IN
4 O'CLOCK / THE / THE / THE / TO / MONEY / CAR PARK / AT / MORNING / BRING / IN
SHOW / DON'T/ THIS / THE POLICE / TO/ OR / YOU'LL/ SORRY / BE
IF / DON'T / YOU / THE / MONEY / BRING / AGAIN / YOU'LL / YOUR / SON / NEVER / SEE
4.These nine little men look alike, but one is a little bit different from the others. Can you spot him?
Answer: picture 6? No ear
5.Read the saying using the code.
The first figure shows the row of the letter, the second figure shows the place of the letter in the row.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1 | I | R | I | S | T | A | D | 0 | G |
| 2 | A | N | T | C | A | S | N | D | S |
Code:
1-1, 2-3, 1-2, 2-1, 1-3, 2-2, 1-4, 2-4, 2-5, 1-5, 2-6, 1-6, 2-7, 1-7, 2-8, 1-8, 1-9, 2-9.
Answer: it rains cats and dogs.
6.The Neighbors
Mr. Black, Mr. White , Mr.Green and Mr. Brown are neighbors. They live in Apple Tree Street, in houses 1-4.
One of them is a doctor, one is a teacher, one is a taxi-driver and one is a detective.
They are all married. Each has a wife from another country: France, Russia, Italy and Spain.
Each man has a hobby: fishing, sailing, collecting stamps, computer games.
Read the following information about them and complete the chart below.
Who lives in which house? Who does what?
- The man who lives at number 4 has a Russian wife.
- The taxi-driver lives next door to the teacher.
- The man who lives between the teacher and the doctor is fond of fishing.
- Mr. Green goes fishing with a man who has got an Italian wife.
- The teacher hates computer games.
- Mr. Black's wife is French.
- Mr. Black lives next door to the man whose wife is from Russia.
- Mr. Brown's wife isn't Russian.
- The doctor's hobby is collecting stamps.
- The doctor's wife is from France.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Name | ||||
| Profession | ||||
| Hobby | ||||
| Wife |
7. Pure logic
Brides and Grooms
There are three brides named Miss Jones, Miss Lane and Miss Brown, and three grooms named Mr Smith, Mr Wiliams and Mr Black.
Mr Smith says that he is going to marry Miss Jones.
Miss Jones says that her future husband is Mr Williams.
Mr Williams says that he is going to marry Miss Lane.
All three are lying.
Can you work out who will marry whom?
The two sisters.
One day, two sisters decided to clean out the attic of their house. When they had finished, one of them had a dirty face and the other had a clean face. The sister with the clean face went and washed her face but the girl with the dirty face didn't wash herself.
Can you explain why?
Biting god.
A stranger asks a farmer: "Does your dog bite?"
"No", said the farmer.
The dog then bit the stranger on his leg. Yet the farmer told the truth. Explain.
8. If you go through all the squares like the knight goes, you'll get an English saying. Which one?
Answer: There is no place like home
9. Here 're four witches: Abra, Wabra, Dabra and Cadabra.
Guess who is who. Use the clues below.
1. Dabra hasn't got a broom.
2. Wabra hasn't got a big hat.
3. Dabra and Abra haven't got long noses.
4. The fat witch isn't Cadabra.
5. Abra isn't standing next to Wabra.
10. Do the sums.
A moral dilemma.
Imagine yourself driving a car on a wild stormy night. You pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for the bus.
An old lady who is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect boy or girl you have been dreaming about.
Which one would you choose, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car?
Answer:
Give the car keys to the old friend and let him take the old lady to hospital and you wait for the bus with the girl (boy) of your dreams.