GAME DAY!

Are you ready for the Super Bowl? The Super Bowl is a championship game for the National Football League. Super Bowl Sunday is not just an ordinary day in America. Each year, millions of fans celebrate with family and friends by gathering around a television and rooting for their team. Even if you are not into football, you may still have an interest in the parties, food, and commercials that revolve around the game. A large segment of the audience tunes into the game just to see the commercials. Companies pay an average of 3 million dollars for a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl. The halftime show consists of a performance by an artist or musical group. The halftime show is like a mini concert that entertains the viewers. 

Vocabulary

Championship (noun)- a contest for the position of a winner in a sport 

Ordinary (adjective)- normal  

Rooting (verb)- cheering on a team

Revolve (verb)- treat something as the most important

Segment (noun) – part of something

Average (noun)- a number expressing a typical value in a set of data  

Consists (verb)- made up of

Mini (adjective)- very small

Vocabulary Exercise

Grammar Point:

Rhetorical questions are questions asked in order to create a dramatic effect/point to draw the audience’s attention. Rhetorical questions are those questions that do not expect an answer.

Examples:

What is the meaning of life?

Did you ever wonder what’s it like to be invisible?

How many times do I have to tell you not to run in the house?

Can you find the rhetorical question in the paragraph above?