Project Time: Mascots

By María Eugenia García
Level: FCE

Maru gave her presentation using the projection of her power point. She talked about the World Cup Mascots and she prepared a Use of English exercise for her classmates.

Choose the most suitable alternative below to fill in the gaps in the following text.

Each FIFA World Cup 1)______ 1966 has had its own mascot. The designs show  a characteristic feature of the host country.

The World Cup 2)_____ us many things, fun is one of them, and mascots for each event are a very important part of this, too.

The first appearance was in England.

1-   A) by       B) for         C) since     D) from

2-    A)tells       B)gives         C) thinks    D)says

“Willie” England 1966  was the first.

A cute 3)_____footballer who welcomed the participants, wearing a shirt with the flag of Britain. He was widely accepted by the people especially from British people.

3-   A)kitten     B)puppy       

C) calves    D)cub

"Juanito" Mexico 1970

Juanito was a child wearing football clothes with Mexican colours, and he had a big Mexican hat that had on it the words "MEXICO 70".  He wanted to 4)______  fair play.

4-   A)reflect     B)imagine     C)show     D)represent

"Tip and Tap" Germany 1974

Two children that wanted to inspire the union and their t-shirts had the   WM74  on them (World Cup 74- Weltmeisterschaft in German). They pretended to be symbolize of the union of both Germanies, which at that time were separated.

"Gauchito Mundialito" Argentina 1978

He was a little boy that used  to wear the colours of Argentina, and he had details of a cowboy(a neckerchief, a hat and a horsewhip) so for that he was called Gauchito. His puma clothes arose some curiosity.

"Naranjito" Spain 1982

A big change appeared, where humans were no more 5)_____ and a fruit appeared  as a mascot.

It was an orange, a typical fruit from Spain, wearing the kit of the national team.

5-   A)used      B)show        C)part      D) convenient

"Pique" Mexico 1986

For Mexicans this chili with a big hat and a moustache was a better representation 6)_____ Juanito (1970 World Cup Mexico mascot). He had a big smile, an outfit of Mexico team, a ball and many other things that Mexicans felt  7) ------- represented.

6-   A)like       B) as          C)from     D)than

7-   A)most      B)more        C)the most  D)good

"Ciao" Italy 1990

Real characters and fruits were left to move to a  little strange design. It consisted of many cubes that 8)______ to be of wood and they were painted with the Italian colours and the head was a ball.

The name is a Italian  greeting (Hello and goodbye).

8-   A)had      B)seemed       C)may      D) might

"Striker" USA 1994

United States returned to animals as mascots, similar to their American football mascots, wearing a football outfit. For Americans, he was a symbol of fidelity and work.

"Footix" France 1998

Its name came from the beginning of "football" and the ending "-ix" from a popular comic strip (Asterix). It was chosen from a survey. This rooster had a strong , fun and sporty personality.

"Ato, Kaz and Nik, The Spheriks" Korea-Japan 2002

Another change of the mascots was this, the Asian created a kind of alien, that came from Atmozone planet and they were created 9)____  a kind of energy.

Ato (the orange one) was the official mascot, but then Nik (the purple one) and Kaz (the blue one) were joined for marketing.

9-   A) for       B)by          C)from      D)to

"Goleo VI and Pille" Germany 2006

A lion wearing a German shirt with the number 06 and a talking ball named Pille.

Goleo came from the words "goal" and the  "leo", the Latin word for lion. In German, "Pille" is a 10)______  term for football.

10-     A)colloquial   B) perfect   C)another     D) preference

"Zakumi" South Africa 2010

A leopard that is a typical animal from South Africa.

His name came from "ZA", for South Africa, and "kumi", a word that means "ten" in many African languages.

It tried to represent a joined continent.

"Fuleco" Brazil 2014

It's a Brazilian armadillo, whose name is composed by the word football and the word ecology