This international sporting event is now held every two years in different cities around the world and features such sports as synchronized swimming and luge.

The Olympics

Students read a brief history of the Winter Olympics. They review vocabulary, discuss the events, and practice superlative and comparative adjectives.

Winter Olympics

Students read about and discuss the reasons why hosting a mega-sporting event is not as glamorous as it seems. The lesson includes vocabulary review exercises, comprehension questions, discussion questions, and grammar practice.

Hosting the World

Students develop English reading and listening skills and build vocabulary while learning about the Winter Olympics and what it takes to be a host nation.

Winter Olympic Fever