Заочна олімпіада для 5-6 класів(3 завдання)

6^th form

   Read the text and do two tasks after the text:

Game on!

   Video games and consoles are big business. Today, companies sell more than 100 million games a year. A team of designers took three years to make the Wii console. In its first six month in Europe, people bought 6 million of them. Companies sold the first games in the 1970s and one of the first big video heroes was Mario in the 1980s. Super Mario World was the world’s number one game in the 1990s and 20 million people bought it.

     In the early years, many people thought that video games were boys’ toys because companies sold most of their games to men. The designers created a lot of violent action and women didn’t like them. They preferred creative games. Then in 2000, games creator Will Wright made the SIMS game. In the SIMS game, players designed houses and built towns. It soon became the number one game of all time with both men and women.

     Today, video games are popular with all ages and there is a lot of choice. But games can cause health problems, especially when people play for hours. Many children prefer video games to sport and they become overweight. But there are some positive things, too. Video games are good for our imagination and memory. And they are also great entertainment. So enjoy playing video games, but remember to do other activities too!

1.       Find 5 nouns for these verbs in the article. Then complete the sentences:

create   design   play   entertain   imagine   choose   remember

a)      Video games _____ make very violent games.

b)      Shigeru Miyamoto was the _____ of Mario.

c)      My favourite form of _____ is TV.

d)      There is a large_____ of books in the library.

e)      You use your _____ when you write a story.

2.       Answer the questions:

a)      Do you play games?

b)      What games do your friends play?

c)      Why do you think games are popular?

d)      What games do boys and girls like?

e)      What can you learn from video games?