Oleh Blokhin
A legendary Ukrainian football player, USSR football champion in 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, owner of “the Gold ball”, Super cup, two Cup of Cups, a forward. A chief coach of the National team of Ukraine from September 2003 till December 2008.
2. Serhiy Bubka
An outstanding Ukrainian pole vaulter who represented the Soviet Union until its breakdown in 1991. Having successively won 6 IAAF World Championships, he was fatally unlucky on the Olympics. Serhiy broke the world record in pole vaulting 35 times, cleared 6.0 metres first and is the only to have cleared 6.10 (as of March 2009). A really really cool guy, a successful businessman and a great patriot.
3. Vladimir Klichko
One of the great Klichko brothers, a professional heavyweight boxer since 1996, currently holds the IBF, WBO, IBO and Ring Magazine world heavyweight titles. Appeared in motion pictures and music videos, involved in charity projects, UNESCO activities. Unlike his big bro Vitaliy is still a sportsman.
Yana Klochkova
Yana Klochkova, (born August 7, 1982, Simferopol, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.), Ukrainian swimmer, who in 2004 became the first woman to win consecutive pairs of Olympic gold medals in the same events—the 200-metre and 400-metre individual medleys. Known as the “Medley Queen,” she lost only one medley race in international competition between 2000 and 2004.
Klochkova was born into an athletic family (both parents competed in track and field) and took up swimming at age seven. She began competing internationally in her mid-teens and took silver in the 400-metre individual medley at the world championships in early 1998. At the European championships the following year, she won both individual medleys in addition to placing third in the 400-metre freestyle event. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, she broke a world record in the 400-metre medley (4 min 33.59 sec). She followed up with an Olympic record in the 200-metre medley (2 min 10.68 sec) and concluded with a silver medal in the 800-metre freestyle (8 min 22.66 sec). Klochkova’s gold medals at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens in the 200 metre (2 min 11.14 sec) and the 400 metre (4 min 34.83 sec) matched her performance at the previous Olympics.
Andrii Shevchenko
Everybody – football fans and non-football fans – knows Andrii Shevchenko or Sheva. He’s a real expert at scoring goals. At the end of his career in 2012, he was the third highest goal scorer in the Champions’ League ( the teams that play in the European Champions Cup). His story shows us that trying hard and not giving up is an important part of success. Andrii loved football when he was young and at eleven he tried to get into a specialized sports school in Kyiv. He failed the dribbling test, but luckily around this time Oleksandr Shpakov, a scout for Dynamo Kyiv, saw him playing. He asked Andrii to join the youth squad. At first Sheva played for Dynamo II and was their top goal scorer. Then he moved to the first team when he was eighteen and was a star player from the start.
His skill meant that foreign clubs wanted to buy him. In 1999 he went to Milan for a record $25 million. During the first season there, he scored 24 goals in 34 matches. But unfortunately, he was injured and took a long time to get fit again. However, he kept working and trying, and in 2004 he was back at the top and was named European Player of the Year. His move to Chelsea in 2006 was not so happy and the team loaned him back to Milan foe a couple of seasons. All through his career he continued to play for Ukraine and he is one of the most successful players of all time. He took part in 111 games for the national team and scored 48 goals.
He started his career at Dynamo where he was the youngest goal scorer. Then he finished his career at the same club as the oldest scorer.
Off the football pitch, Shevchenko uses his fame and football skills to help people in Ukraine. He set up the Andrii Shevchenko Foundation. This organization raises money to help orphanages. It also gives money to hospitals for equipment and to train doctors, social workers and psychologists.
He has a new life now without football boots, but the Foundation and helping others continues to be part of it.
Read the text and find the answers to the next questions.
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How many goals has A. Shevchenko scored for Ukraine?
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What does Andrii do when he isn’t successful at something?
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What stopped Andrii from continuing to score goals at Milan?
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When did Chelsea buy him?
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How does A. Shevchenko help people?
Popular Ukrainian Olympic Athletes
List of popular Ukrainian Olympic athletes, listed alphabetically with photos of the athletes when available. Famous Olympians from Ukraine have achieved some of the highest honors in sports and Olympic history, as even being chosen to represent your country at the Olympics is something that most athletes will never get to experience. These competitors are the most prominent people from Ukraine who have competed in the Olympics. Ukraine has a long, proud history of competing in the Olympic Games, and without these fierce athletes they never would have won any medals. The list you're viewing is made up of different items like Vita Iakymchuk and Lilia Vaygina-Efremova.
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Aljona Sawtschenko Figure skating
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Andriy Kis Luge
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Anton Kovalevski Figure skating
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Armen Vardanyan Greco-Roman wrestling
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Artur Ayvazian Shooting sports
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Enver Ablaiev Freestyle skiing
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8. Ganna Sorokina
9. Halyna Pundyk Fencing
10. Igor Razoronov Weightlifting
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Iryna Lishchynska Track and field athletics
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Irini Merleni Freestyle wrestling
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Kateryna Grygorenko Cross-country skiing
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Lesya Kalitovska Track cycling
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Lilia Efremova Biathlon
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Mikhail Gumenyak Cross-country skiing
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Nadiya Didenko Freestyle skiing
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Nataliya Dobrynska Track and field athletics
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Nataliya Tobias Track and field athletics
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Natalya Davydova Weightlifting
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Oksana Khvostenko Biathlon
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Oleksandr Abramenko Freestyle skiing
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Oleksandr Putsko Cross-country skiing
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Oleksandr Vorobiov Artistic gymnastics
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Oleksiy Torokhtiy Weightlifting
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Olena Antonova Track and field athletics
Grammar Corner.
Passive Voice be + Past Participle
Present Passive am, is, are + Past Participle (am/is/are done)
Past Passive was, were + Past Participle (was/ were done)
Exercises:
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Put the words in brackets in the Passive Voice.
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The first Olympic Games (hold) in Greece more than 2 000 years ago.
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The last Winter Olympiad (hold) in Sochi, Russia in 2014.
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The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games from the Fisht Olympic Stadium ( broadcast) all over the world.
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At the Closing Ceremony the Fisht Olympic Staduim ( transform) into a giant dance floor.
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The baton of the next Olympic Games ( pass) to the Korean hosts during the Closing Ceremony.
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Modern Summer, Winter Games and Paralympics (hold) every four years.
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The host country ( choose) by the IOC.
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Complete these sentences with an active verb. Then make these sentences passive.
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The Sports Institute ________ visits to places of interest.
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The local swimming pool ________ a free entry ticket to all students.
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Guides ________ groups into the hills on mountain bikes.
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The Hillside Centre ________ transport into the town.
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In the afternoons Action Sport _______ everyone to take part in a team sport.
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Action Sport ________ a different event every evening.
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Sports for All _______ lessons in swimming, diving or athletics.
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Sports for All _______ everyone to play football, hockey, rugby or tennis together.
(The key: 1.arranges, 2.gives, 3. take, 4.provides, 5, expects, 6.organises, 7.offers, 8. encourages)
Use of English.
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Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning.
Example: (0) their.
SPORTS TOURISM
Hundreds of thousands of fans travel worldwide to watch (0) their favourite sport –an international match, a tennis championship, a Formula One Grand Prix.
In recent years (1) ______ has been a huge increase in sports tourism. (2) ______ longer are people content to (3) ______ in an armchair to watch their teams or sporting stars on television. They want to be (4) ______ the action is, (5) ______ they pack their bags and head straight for the airport.
In (6) _____ to the usual sporting events, the Olympic Games are held (7) ______ four years. The Olympics may only last a couple of weeks, but (8) _____ affect the host city for several years before. New facilities (9) _____ to be built, not just for the Games themselves (10) ______ also for the thousands of international visitors (11) ______ come to stay. The effects are also felt outside the host city (12) _____ many visitors choose to explore the surrounding region, and this (13) _____ a lasting effect on tourism in the country. For example, (14) _____ the 1992 Olympic Games were held in Barcelona, in Spain, the city has (15) ______ an extremely popular tourist destination.
(The key: 1 there, 2 No, 3 sit, 4 where, 5 so, 6 addition, 7 every, 8 they, 9 have , 10 but, 11 who, 12 as, 13 has, 14 since, 15 become )
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Read the text below and decide which answer A,B , C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning.
Example :
0 A years B rule C period D reign
THE EARLY DAYS OF FOOTBALL
Football became the game we know today during the (0) _____ of Queen Victoria in the nineteenth century. So many different (1) _____ of the game were being played in Britain at that time, that in 1863 the Football Association was (2) _____ in order to draw up and agree the (3) _____ of the game.
Throughout the country new football (4) ____ were built and the development of the railways (5) _____ that football teams and their (6) _____ could travel to the matches. In 1888 the Football League was ( 7) _____ up with twelve clubs, and football became a national sport, (8) _____ to rugby by many people as the more popular game of the (9) _____
Sometimes people played the game in just a field. In one town, Burnley, in the north of England, the field had a river (10) ____ along the side of it in which players (11)___ baths after matches. People stood on banks (12) ____ from earth and it was not until the early 1900s that (13) ____ stands were built. The players would have had two wooden (14) ____ for the goals with tapes across the top instead of a cross bar, and nets were not (15) ____ until 1891.
1. A methods B conditions C forms D ways
2. A formed B made C joined D offered
3. A techniques B laws C rules D lines
4. A grounds B places C lands D courses
5. A helped B intended C said D meant
6. A organizers B fans C partners D helpers
7. A put B got C set D made
8. A wanted B preferred C liked D favoured
9. A two B both C other D one
10. A lying B moving C running D causing
11. A got B took C ran D picked
12. A produced B made C consisted D worked
13. A accurate B right C proper D correct
14.A pins B nails C points D posts
15.A invented B composed C completed D presented
(The key:1C, 2 A,3 C,4 A,5 D, 6 B, 7 C, 8 B, 9 A,10 C,11 B,12 B,13 C, 14 D, 15 A)
Composed by Chepelianska G.O.
 
Knowledge is the facts, skills and understanding that you gain through learning and experience.
(Education in Ukraine, Prepositions,types of questions in Past Simple and Present Simple)
Match the proverbs and their equivalents in the Ukrainian language:
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Train hard fight easy. A) Вік живи – вік навчайся.
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To know everything is to know nothing. B) Ученому – світ, а невченому – тьма.
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As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. C) Важко в навчанні, легко в бою.
(Socrates)
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Learning is the eye of the mind. D) Знати все - це нічого не знати.
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Live and learn. E) Щодо мене, то я знаю тільки
те, що я нічого не знаю.
(Key: 1 C, 2 D, 3 E, 4 В, 5 A)
Vocabulary
Types of educational establishments
school
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школа
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nursery school
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дитячий садок
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primary school
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початкова школа
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secondary school
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середня школа
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state school
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державна школа
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private school або independent school
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приватна школа
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boarding school
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sixth-form college
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technical college
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vocational college
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art college
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teacher training college
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university
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університет
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