Olympic Games Challenge

Here's a challenge! To celebrate the Winter Olympics, go to this website and find out the names for the sports in French. You can switch between the 'English' and 'français' tabs, and you will find out some of the answers. Find the English words for: le patinage, le ski alpin, le ski de fond, le surf des neiges, le hockey sur glace. Attention!! Both pages are in alphabetical order, which means it may be a different order in English to French. Extra challenge! Can you find out the names for the 3 Olympic mascots (les trois mascottes) on this site? Prizes at school...

Les Jeux Olympiques 2010, Vancouver

Did you know that the official languages for the Olympic Games are English and French? That's why you always hear both languages at the medal ceremonies. So we'll be hearing lots of French in London 2012. Canada also has both English and French as official languages, and in Québec (a large area of Canada) the main language is French and English is their second language.