The Olympic Games are an international sports competition which are held every four years in a different city. Thousands of athletes from all over the world compete against each other in individual and team sports. Over 1 billion people watch the games on TV.

Contents (30 pages)

• Introduction
• Ceremonies and symbols of the Olympics
• The International Olympic Committee
• How athletes take part
• The ancient Olympic Games
• The modern summer and winter games
• Politics and the Olympics
• The Olympic Games today
• Host cities
• Magic moments of Olympia
• Popular Olympic sports
• Exercises
• Word list
• Key
• Interactive PDF – Let your students do the exercises directly in the PDF file !

Image: Original author: Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons,