Lead-In
Look at the pictures (A–E). Which picture(s) show(s) the following games?
a mobile game |
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a board game |
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a console game |
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a PC game |
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A
B
C
D
E
Pairwork 1
Talk to your partner about why games are useful. Look at the pictures (A–E) and discuss with your partner in English. You can also mention other games not pictured.
All About Games
Pairwork 2
Walk around the class. When the music stops, ask the nearest classmate a question in English. Use at least one word from the boxes in your question. Then switch roles and answer your partner’s question in English.
computer
art
mobile phone
board game
minute
story
video game
lie
museum
password
pen
tic-tac-toe[explanation: tic-tac-toe (AmE) [ˌtɪktækˈtəʊ] – trips-traps-trull]
team
paper
big brother
card
draw
solitaire[explanation: solitaire (AmE) [ˌsɒlɪˈteə(r)], [ˈsɒlɪteə(r)] – pasjanss]
ball game
win
friend
Do you like to take pictures with your mobile phone?
- It’s a board game for two people. Each player has 16 pieces, including a king. Your aim is to move your pieces so that your opponent’s king cannot escape being taken.
- In this game, a person tries to guess the exact location and length of their opponent’s ships to destroy them.
- In this game, two players take turns drawing either an X or an O in one square of a three-by-three grid. The first player to get three of the same symbols in a row wins.
- It’s a game in which a player has to match similar items pictured on cards. Each time they don’t find a pair, they turn the cards over and remember their location to try to match correctly next time.
- It’s a playground game in which one player chases the others and tries to touch one of them to make them chase in the next round.
- This game is played by two people on a cloth-covered table. They compete by using long sticks called cues to hit the balls into pockets.
- games
- played
- What
- you
- have
- ?
- game?
- ball
- is
- What
- favourite
- your
- what
- a
- do
- you
- create
- need
- games
- In
- story?
- to
- you
- game?
- do
- do
- at
- when
- a
- you
- What
- don’t win
- game
- you
- the
- have
- interesting
- ever
- played?
- What is
- most
Pairwork 3
In turns, ask and answer the questions from Exercise 2.
Go Ahead!
Take the quiz. Use the Internet to help you.
Now You!
Names: | ||||
What was your favourite game as a child? | ||||
What do you enjoy playing now? | ||||
What game would you like to play in school classes the most? | ||||
What kinds of games don’t you like at all? |
- My classmates’ favourite childhood game(s) was/were .
- Now, they enjoy playing .
- The games that my classmates would like to play in school classes are .
- The games that they don’t like at all are .
- It was surprising to me that .
- Before interviewing my classmates, I thought that .
- After interviewing them, I can say that .
Pairwork 4
Talk to your partner. Discuss your interview results by answering the questions below.
- What was similar about your classmates’ answers?
- What was different?
- Which finding was particularly interesting to you and your partner?
- How would you answer the questions from Exercise 3?
How Am I Doing?
I can talk about the benefits of different games. | |
I can name some games in English. | |
I can talk about my game-related experience and preferences. |
