Super Bowl Sunday: Commercials or "The Big Game"

On Super Bowl Sunday one can find many Americans huddled around their big screen televisions, mimicking the huddles that can been seen on the football field. Typically, I don't find the game of football to be interesting nor do I fully understand the rules. I find enjoyment in watching the television commercials and the half-time show. The commercials that take place during the four quarters of the Super Bowl are extremely expensive, costing over one million dollars.

This year in particular I was disappointed by many of the commercials, I found them to be lackluster. However, one of my favorite commercials of the night was for Doritos. In the commercial titled "Man's Best Friend," a man is gardening and comes across a collar for a cat named Fluffy in the dirt. A Great Dane then pushing a bag of Doritos in front of the man with a note stating "YOU DIDNT SEE NUTHIN." Next, the man finishes his bag and is asked by his wife, "Honey, have you seen our cat?" He answers "Nope" when he sees the dog with another bag of Doritos for him. I thought it was a hilarious commercial of "man's best friend" bribing his owner.

Vocabulary

Super Bowl- yearly football match between the best teams in the USA
Huddled- closely together, usually in a circle
Mimicking- copying, looking similar
Football- a popular American sport
Commercials- advertisements in between breaks from television programs
Half-time show- the performance during the break between the two halves of the game
Four quarters- the time of a football game is divided into four parts
Lackluster- not special, dull
Doritos- a chip company
Great Dane- a large and powerful dog

Vocabulary Exercise
Please put the correct word in the space provided.

Arthur loves to watch the ____________ every year with his family and dog, a __________. His family is always _____________ around the television, _____________ the players on the field. _________ is his favorite sport. When the teams are not playing, there are ___________________ and a __________________ is performed after two quarters. There are a total of ________________ in a football game. Hopefully the game is not ____________ or the only good thing will be eating _____________.

Grammar Point-

There are many nouns written in the story. Proper nouns are words, which begin with capital letters and are not at the beginning of the sentence. Proper nouns are often the names of people, places, or institutions. Find as many “proper nouns” in the story as possible and circle them.

Grammar Activity-

Write about viewing a popular sporting even from your country. Include as many “proper nouns” as possible.