Викторина "who said it?"
методическая разработка по английскому языку (11 класс) на тему

        Who said that?

Добрый день, уважаемые коллеги!  Перед вами  небольшое интеллектуальное задание для учащихся 11 классов. Это викторина, которая называется "Кто это сказал"? Здесь представлены известные цитаты знаменитых людей и задача учащихся - определить, кому принадлежат данные высказывания. Викторина выполняется дома, так как учащимся разрешается пользоваться книгами, энциклопедиями, интернетом и т.д. Викторина включает в себя три задания. Первое - цитаты с выбором варианта ответа. Второе - цитаты, чьих авторов учащимся нужно узнать или найти самостоятельно. Третье  - определить, в каком произведении Шекспира данная фраза была произнесена. Удачи!

        Good afternoon , dear colleagues! Here is a small intellectual tasks for pupils of 11 classes. This is the quiz, which is called " Who said that "? Here are some famous quotes of remarkable  people and the challenge of  learners is to determine whom this statement belongs to. Quiz is done at home, as students are allowed to use books, encyclopedias, Internet, etc. Quiz includes three tasks. First are - quote -choice answers. Second are quotations of authors who should be found by students  themselves.  Third is to determine, in which of Shakespeare s plays was this statement pronounce. Good luck!

Task 1

Choose the author of quotation.

I. «Plato is dear to me but dearer still is truth».

a)Socrates    b)Aristotle  c)Diogenes  d)Democritus

II. «Sweet is revenge – especially to women».

a)Fielding  b)J. Swift  c)Francis Bacon  d)Byron

III. «My heart is in the Highlands, my heart is not here».

a) Stevenson  b)W. Scott  c)Byron  d)Burns

IV. «Give us the tools and we will finish the job».

a)G. Washington  b)Admiral Nelson  c)W. Churchill  d)Napoleon

V. « A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read».

a)Moliere  b)O. Wilde  c)E. Hemingway  d)M. Twain

VI. «Man is by nature a political animal».

a)Socrates    b)Aristotle  c)Rousseau   d)K. Marks

VII. «Remember that time is money».

a) G. Washington   b)A. Lincoln  c)B. Franklin  d)Th. Roosevelt

VIII. «Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best».

a) O. Wilde   b)K. Amis  c) M. Twain  d)J.B. Priestley

IX. «What an artist dies in me»!

a) Alexander the Great  b)Emperor Nero  c)Napoleon  d)Hitler

X. «There never was a good war or a bad peace».

a) G. Washington   b)A. Lincoln  c)B. Franklin   d)W. Churchill  

Task 2

Whose statement is? Find the authors  of  these quotations.

I. «Give me a firm spot on which to stand, and I will move the Earth».

II. «I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse».

III. «When I hear anyone  talk of Culture, I reach for my revolver».

IV. «If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone they would never marry».

V. «All tragedies are finished by a death, / All comedies are ended by a marriage».

Task 3

In which of Shakespeare”s plays do we find this phrase?

I. «We know what we are but know not what we may be».

a)Richard III  b)Hamlet  c)The Merchant of Venice  d)King Lear

II. «He thinks too much: such men are dangerous».

a)Antony and Cleopatra  b)Julius Caesar  c)The Tempest  d)All is well that ends well

III. «My salad days,/ When I was green in judgment».

a) King Lear  b) Antony and Cleopatra  c)Romeo and Juliet  d)Hamlet

IV. «All the world is a stage, And all the men and women merely players».

a)Much Ado About Nothing  b)The Taming of the Shrew  c)The Comedy of Errors

d) As you like it

V. «Though this be madness yet there is method in’t’».

a)Macbeth  b)Hamlet  c)Romeo and Juliet  d) King Lear  

Keys:

Task 1 :1.b)Aristotle , 2.d)Byron, 3.d) Burns, 4. c) W. Churchill , 5. d) M. Twain, 6. b) Aristotle , 7.c) B. Franklin, 8. a) O. Wilde , 9. b) Emperor Nero ,

10. c) B. Franklin  

Task 2 :1.Archimedes,  2.Emperor Charles V, 3.Herman Goering, 4.O Henry, 5.G.Byron

Task 3:1. b)Hamlet, 2. b)Julius Caesar , 3. b) Antony and Cleopatra ,

 4. d) As you like it, 5. b)Hamlet