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Playing the Game - English in Sport Revision
Playing the Game - English in Sport Revision
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A knowledge-checking quiz for the Year 11 English Studies Module 'Playing the Game'
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1
What is a soccer fan who participates in anti-social behaviour traditionally called?
A bogan
A shenanigan
A hooligan
A ruffian
2
What persuasive technique is Pienaar using when he says ‘Listen to your country?’
Exaggeration/Hyperbole
Repetition
Humour
Compare and Contrast
3
Choose which of the following sports comments is an IDIOM.
Jarred Hayne grabbed the ball and ran flat out to the line.
The NY Rangers hold their hockey matches in CentralPark.
The sprinter jumped the gun and was disqualified.
Tiger Woods shot two under par on the final hole on Friday.
4
What is an Australian idiomatic expression which means to 'cheer on' your team?
To sledge for them
To barrack for them
To barrack on them
To sledge on them
5
What did Pienaar (Matt Damon) make his team listen to inspire them?
1. The All Blacks’ Haka dance
The roar of the crowd singing
The referee’s whistle
The poem Invictus
6
Why was Nelson Mandela so proud of his country winning the 1995 World Cup?
It was something that could only be done by a people united.
To fill his trophy cabinet.
Toget more foreign investment to RSA.
So he could finally get his name on the Rugby Hall of Fame.
7
What name do we borrow from science to describe the general ‘feeling’of watching a game live?
The hemisphere
The stratosphere
The atmosphere
The geosphere
8
What is the tradition that signifies the opening of the Olympic Games?
The lighting of the Olympic Flame
The first starter’s gun
The raising of the Olympic Flag
The first toss of the coin
9
What was the slogan for the 2018-22 Australian FIFA World Cup bid?
Let’s Go
Let’s Play
Come Play
Go Play
10
Choose which of the following sports comments is an IDIOM.
ThatAustralian side had butter fingers in the last test.
NSW selectors made a quick decision to change their line-up.
The Swans have claimed a great victory in the grandfinal.
LeBron James was the Most Valuable Player.
11
Choose which of the following sports comments is an IDIOM.
Coach Wayne Bennett gave his team the green light.
TheF1 Grand Prix will be held in Monaco this year.
The Australian Netball team won the first of five matches.
Lleyton Hewitt is expected to recover in September.
12
What is the most common form of persuasive text we see in society?
Movies
Speeches
Sports
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