English 11
UNIT 6: THE COMPETITIONS
VOCABULARY
1. competition (n):........................................................
2. → compete (v):.........................................................
3. representative (n):
4. → represent (v):
5. annual (adj):
6. stimulate (v):.............................................................
7. spirit (n):...................................................................
8. sponsor (v):...............................................................
9. judge (n):...................................................................
10. observe (v):...............................................................
11. announce (v):............................................................
12. smooth (adj):.............................................................
13. recite (v):...................................................................
14. general knowledge:...................................................
EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Circle the word with different initial sound. The first one
has been done for you.
1. wish
why
who
were
2. want
whole
high
who
3. with
winter
one

whom
4. yeah
young
jean
university
5. once
wait
own
oneself
6. useful
yesterday
youth
understand
7. your
judge
unique
yet
8. weak
whoever
wholesale
house
Exercise 2: Choose the word that has main stress placed differently
from the others.
1. contest
sponsor
observe
complete
2. stimulate
competition disappointed
opportunity

3. recite
organize
apologize
participate
4. knowledge maximum
athletics
marathon
5. encourage
compete
award
represent
Exercise 3: Complete these sentences with one appropriate word
from the box.
representatives
score
reciting
spirit
awarded
worksheets
sponsored participate rules
announced
1. The competition's aim was to stimulate the ..................... of
learning English among students.
2. The competition was ..................... by the Students' Parents
Society.
3. The English teacher explained the competition’s …………. to the
students.
4. You will have to answer the questions on the .............. within two
minutes.
5. A maximum .................... for each activity is 15 points.

6. The winner will be ...................... a set of CDs.
7. Time was up and the judges ................... the results.
8. To .................... in the contest, you have to work in groups of
three.
9. The final competition included the .................... of three classes.
10. He had difficulty ....................... the poem in front of the judges.
Exercise 4: Choose the best answer
1. We managed to ...... over $4,000 through donations and other
events.
A. deposit
B. donate
C. raise
D. exchange
2. The government has spent £1 million on an advertising ...... to
encourage energy conservation.
A. campaign
B. promotion
C. operation D. competition
3. The ...... will observe and score your performance in the contest.
A. judges
B. contestants
C. sponsors
D. winners
4. The competition was aimed to stimulate the learning spirit among
students.
A. represent
B. encourage
C. announce
D. enjoy
5. The competition was sponsored by the Student’s Parents Society.

A. stimulated
B. organized C. held D. financially supported
6. The judge will observe and score the students’ performance.

15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.

sculpture (n):.............................................................
athletic (adj):.............................................................
→ athletics (n):.........................................................
race (n):.....................................................................
association (n):..........................................................
→ associate (v):........................................................
entry procedure (n):..................................................
venue (n):..................................................................
champion (n):............................................................
clock (v):...................................................................
participate (v) IN:.....................................................
→ participant (n):

→ participation (n):

A. watch carefully B. complete C. question D. examine carefully
7. One student was nervous and had difficulty reciting the poem.
A. inventing
B. creating C. saying… in memory D. composing
8. Hung apologized for not completing the poem.
A. thanked everyone B. said sorry
C. complained
D. felt sorry.
9. Win or lose is not important; it’s the enjoyment we have that it is
worth trying.
A. performance B. excitement C. enthusiasm D. joy and pleasure.
10. A string of defeats has failed to break the team's ______.
A. spirits
B. efforts
C. works
D. methods
11. ______ is someone who takes part in sports competitions.
A. Judge
B. Sportman
C. Athletic
D. Sponsor
12. All students can take part in the annual English-speaking
Competition.
A. happening once a year
B. happening once a term
B. happening once a month
D. happening once every six
months

13. The teacher explained the competition's rules ______ the students
very carefully.
A. to
B. with.
C. for .
D. about
14. He______ his poem in front of the whole school.
A. dedicated
B. recited
C. said
D. delivered
15. She phoned the police and ______ outside her home
A. reported to attack
B. was reported to be attacked
C. reported being attacked
D. reported to be attacked
16. The children were warned ______ in the lake without an adult
present.
A. not swim B. not to swim C. not swimming D. to not swim
17. My teachers always encourage _______ hard at school.
A. to work B. us to work
C. working
D. that we work
18. Staff say that the new computer system _______ to greater levels
of stress in their work.
A. led
B. would lead
C. has led
D. had led
19. He apologized _______ able to finish the project on time.

A. his colleagues not being
B. his colleagues for not being
C. his colleagues not to be
D. to his colleagues for not being
20. It is no use _______ to school if you _______ to work hard.
A. going - do not ready
B. to go - do not ready
C. going - are not ready
D. go - are not ready
21. Mary's father approved of _______ in the United States for another
year in order to work toward her M.A.
A. her to stay
B. she to say
C. she staying
D. her staying
22. She' wanted to know if I ______ Paul recently.
A. saw
B. have seen
C. had seen
D. would see
23. Jane appears _______ some weight. Has she been ill?
A. having lost
B. having been lost
C. to have lost
D. to have been lost
24. By the time you return here next week, we _______ the project.
A. will have finished
B. has finished
C. will finish
D. will be finishing

25. We are going to get our house _______ next week.
A. painting B. to paint C. painted
D. to be painted
26. He advised them
in class.


A. to not talk
B. not to talk
C. to talk not
D. don’t talk
27. '' Remember to write to your aunt''. I said to Miss Linh.
A. I said to Miss Linh remember to write to her aunt.
B. I said to Miss Linh to remember to write to her aunt.
C. I told Miss Linh remember to write to her aunt.
D. I reminded Miss Linh to remember to write to her aunt.
28. ''Close the books, please'' said our teacher.
A. Close your book said by our teacher.
B. Our teacher asked us close our book.
C. Our teacher said us close our book.
D. Our teacher asked us to close our book.
29. “I didn’t break your watch” the boy said.
A. The boy told the girl that he hadn’t broken her watch.
B. The boy asked the girl that he hadn’t broken her watch.
C. The boy told the girl that he didn’t break her watch.
D. The boy told the girl that he hadn’t broken your watch.
30. “I didn’t witness that accident.”
A. He denied not having witnessed that accident.
B. He denied having witnessed that accident.
C. He denied not having witnessing that accident.

D. He denied not had witnessed that accident.
31. “You cheated in the exam. ” The teacher said to his students
A. The teacher insisted his students on cheating in the exam.
B. The teacher prevented his students from cheating in the exam.
C. The teacher advised his students to cheat in the exam.
D. The teacher accused his students of cheating in the exam.
32. "Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?" he said.
A. He invited me to go to the cinema with him that night.
B. He offered me to go to the cinema with him tonight.
C. He asked me if I'd like to go to the cinema with him tonight.
D. He would like me to go to the cinema with him this night.
33. "You mustn't call the police," he said to his wife.
A. He accused his wife of calling the police.
B. He warned his wife calling the police.
C. He stopped his wife from calling the police.
D. He apologized his wife for calling the police.
Exercise 5: Read the following passage and choose the word that
best fits the space.
In the summer of 2000 the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion (1)
.......... a campaign for illiteracy eradication. In the campaign, six
hundred (2) ............ minority students from the northern highlands
were asked to provide reading and writing skills to 1,200 illiterate
people living in their (3) ........... villages. In 2001, eight hundred
volunteer. students took (4) ............. in the campaign. The number of
people receiving reading and writing lessons (5) .............. 4,623. This
was an effective way to help people in remote and mountainous areas
to read and write.
The fight (6) ............. illiteracy continued in the summer of 2002. This
time the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion decided to (7) …......
its activities to the central mountainous provinces. At present, the

number of illiterate people in the remote and mountainous areas is (8)
……...... decreasing. It is hoped that illiteracy will soon be (9) ......... in
our country as more and more people are taking part in the (10) ..........
against it.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

A. began
A. national
A. home
A. control
A. ranged
A. in
A. enlarge
A. gradually
A. limited
A. battle

B. had
B. ethnic
B. own
B. care

B. grew
B. against
B. widen.
B. constantly
B. eradicated
B. strike

C. started
C. racial
C. remote
C. part
C. rose
C. towards
C. expand
C. actually
C. completed
C. challenge

D. managed
D. religious
D. house
D. interest
D. reached
D. of
D. expend
D. mainly
D. prevented
D. struggle

Exercise 6: Read the following passage and choose the best answer to

each of the following questions
Instructors at American colleges and universities use many different
teaching methods. Some instructors give assignments every day. They
grade homework. Students in their classes have to take many quizzes,
a midterm exam, and a final text. Other' instructors give only writing

assignments. Some teachers always follow a course outline and usually
use the text book. Others send students to the library for assignments.
The atmosphere in some classrooms is very formal. Students call their
instructors 'Professor Smith,' 'Mrs Jones,' and so on. Some teachers
wear business clothes and give lectures. Other classrooms have an
informal atmosphere. Students and teachers discuss their ideas.
Instructors dress informally, and students call them by their first
names. American teachers are not alike in their teaching styles.
At most American colleges and universities, facilities for learning
and recreation are available to students. Students can often use typewriters, tape recorders, video machines, and computers at libraries and
learning centers. They can buy books, notebooks, and other things at
campus stores. They can get advice on their problems from counselors
and individual help with their classes from tutors. Students can relax
and have fun on campus, too. Some schools have swimming pools and
tennis courts. Most have snack bars or cafeterias.
1. According to the passage, instructors at American colleges and
universities ............
A. do not grade homework B. never follow a course outline
C. teach in their own ways D. do not give students quizzes and
exams
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. American students can call their teachers by their first name..
B. The atmosphere in American classrooms is always relaxed and
friendly.

C. American teachers are never allowed to dress informally.
D. The atmosphere in American classrooms is always formal.
3. The phrase 'business clothes' in the paragraph 2 can be understood
as ............
A. clothes that only business people wear
B. trendy clothes
C. casual clothes
D. formal clothes
4. At most American colleges and universities, students can ...........
A. buy anything they want at campus stores
B. ask their counselors and tutors for advice
C. use computers that are linked to libraries
D. have tutors and counselors solve their problems
5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is false
about schools in America?
A. They are well equipped.
B. They have stores on campus.
C. They have no recreational facilities.
D. They offer sports and leisure facilities for students.
Exercise 7: Rewrite the following sentences
1. “Sorry. I wasn’t listening,” Hang said.
Hang admitted..........................................................................
2. “I can’t help you because I have too much to do,” she said.
She refused......................................................................................
3. “Remember to book a table” said Ann.
Ann reminded..................................................................................
4. “Don’t put sticky things in your pockets,” said his mother.
His mother warned..........................................................................
5. “I should say nothing about it if I were you,” said my brother.
My brother advised..........................................................................

6. “Sure, I don’t mind at all if you use my typewriter. Go ahead.” he
said
He allowed......................................................................................
7. “ You damaged my bicycle, John!” said Mary.
Mary accused
8. Ryan said, 'Let's go for a walk. It's a beautiful day.'
Ryan suggested................................................................................
9. She said to me: “I'll take you to the station.”
She promised...................................................................................
10. Sam's neighbor said, 'I'll call the police if you have any more
parties.'
Sam’s neighbor threatened..............................................................
11. The children said, 'We did not write on the wall.'
The children denied.........................................................................
12. “No, no. I really must sit for the test.”
He insisted.......................................................................................
13. “It’s you who took my bag,” said the old man to the boy.
The old man accused.......................................................................
14. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about it earlier.”


She regretted....................................................................................
15. “Did you do the homework?” the teacher told the boy.
The teacher......................................................................................
Exercise 8: Listening
A. You will hear part off a radio program called ‘What’s on?’. For
each question choose the best answer A, B or C. You will hear the
recording twice.
1. The competition this year is to find the best:
A) Actor

B) Dancer
C) Singer
2. You can enter the competition if you:
A) Send your entry by post
B) Live less than five miles from the city center
C) Phone any time after Saturday
3. To find out more about the theatre group, you should phone:
A) The theatre
B) St. Paul’s School
C) The secretary of the group
4. What is different about the arrangements at the school hall this
week?
A) The closing time is later than usual
B) It is not possible to hire the football pitch
C) All activities must be booked in advance
5. What information are we given about the new swimming pool?
A) It will open next month
B) It will be free for one month
C) It is bigger than the old one
6. What are we told about the rock group Switch?
A) They were all born in Westfield
B) They all live in Westfield
C) They are doing two concerts in Westfield