Pastimes & Board Games for Spotlight 6, Modules 6b, 6c

draughts [ drɑ:fts ]

Scrabble [ skræbl ]

backgammon [ ˈbækɡæmən ]

Monopoly [ məˈnͻp(ə)li ]

What do these pictures have in common?

1.In the pictures we can see board games .

2.All pictures show us board games .

Monday, the twenty-third of January

Classwork

Board Games

Homework

Checking

EX.7, p.59. Choose the correct word/phrase:

1. Alice isn’t / doesn’t like playing backgammon.

2. Do / Are you doing your homework? 3.We usually eat / eating out on Sundays.

4. Do / Are they playing chess now?

5. My friends and I play / are playing Scrabble on Wednesday afternoons.

6. I don’t / isn’t like jigsaw puzzles.

EX.5, p.64. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1. I can’t go out tonight because I ( study ) for my Math exams.

2. I ( not/want ) to leave yet. I ( have ) such a good time.

3. Christine ( not/watch ) much TV because she ( prefer ) to read.

EX.5, p.64. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1. I can’t go out tonight because I ( study ) for my Math exams.

2.I ( not/want ) to leave yet. I ( have ) such a good time.

3. Christine ( not/watch ) much TV because she ( prefer ) to read.

… because I ’m studying for my Math exams.

I don’t want to leave yet. I ’m having such a good time.

Christine doesn’t watch much TV because she prefers to read.

Read and listen to the extracts about board games.

Which of the games:

CLUEDO

is about solving a crime?

is about buying and selling

property?

uses letters to make words?

MONOPOLY

SCRABBLE

board games [ bɔ:dgeimz ]

Cluedo [ˈklu:dəu]

Scrabble [skræbl]

Monopoly [məˈnͻp(ə)li]

Snakes and Ladders

[sneiksəndˈlædə (r) z]

Look through the texts (p.61) and complete the fact files below :

CLUEDO

SCRABBLE

MONOPOLY

Game

Where

When

The aim of the game

Who

New York,

the USA

the USA

England

1943

1933

1934

Alfred Butts

Charles

Darrow

Anthony Pratt

try to make words using letters

to make money

to solve the crime

What board games are popular in your country?

Listen and match the speakers to activities they like:

E

F

C

G

B

EX.2. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1. Please, be quiet, the baby ( sleep ).

2.I don’t like John. He ( always/tell ) lies.

3.Sue ( dislike ) pink colour, she ( prefer ) black.

4.The climate ( get ) warmer.

5.The football match ( start ) at 4 pm.

6.Every Sunday my parents ( take ) me to the country.

7. We ( fly ) to Sochi on Sunday evening.

8. This soup ( smell ) and ( taste ) delicious.

EX.2. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1. Please, be quiet, the baby ( sleep ).

2. I don’t like John. He ( always/tell ) lies.

3.Sue ( dislike ) pink colour, she ( prefer ) black.

Please, be quiet, the baby is sleeping .

I don’t like John. He is always telling lies .

Sue dislikes pink colour, she prefers black .

EX.2. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

4.The climate ( get ) warmer.

5.The football match ( start ) at 4 pm.

6.Every Sunday my parents ( take ) me to the country.

The climate is getting warmer .

The football match starts at 4 pm .

Every Sunday my parents take me to the country .

EX.2. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

7. We ( fly ) to Sochi on Sunday evening.

8. This soup ( smell ) and ( taste ) delicious.

We are flying to Sochi on Sunday evening .

This soup smells and tastes delicious .

roller skates

a bicycle [ əˈbaisikəl ]

a chess board

a dart set

a table tennis set

a jigsaw puzzle

a hang-gliding plane

Vocabulary [ bɔ:dgeimz ]

£ (pound) [ˈpaund]

€ (euro) [ˈjʊərəʊ]

wrap [ræp]

expensive [ikˈspensiv]

cost [ kɔ:st]

puppet [ˈpʌpit]

EX.4, p.62. Say the prices:

HOW MUCH

It is £ 55. They are € 19.

It cost s £ 55. They cost € 19.

(fifty-five pound s ) (nineteen euro s )

are

is

EX.2, p.62. Read the sentences and mark:

Who is saying the phrase?

Shop assistant

Customer

2

1

3

5

4

7

6

8

EX.2. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1.Betty ( always/wake up ) late at the weekend.

2. ( Cook ) Mum dinner every night?

1.Shh…! Sue ( talk ) on the phone.

2.We ( leave ) for Moscow tomorrow.

1.John ( not/like ) fish, he ( prefer ) meat .

2.On Sunday my friend and I ( not/play ) tennis.

1. ( Live ) parrots in the jungle?

2. The movie ( start ) at 6 pm and ( end ) at 8.20.

EX.2. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1.Betty ( always/wake up ) late at the weekend.

2. ( Cook ) Mum dinner every night?

Betty always wake s up late at the weekend .

Do es Mum cook dinner every night?

EX.2. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1.Shh…! Sue ( talk ) on the phone.

2.We ( leave ) for Moscow tomorrow.

Shh…! Sue is talking on the phone.

We are leaving for Moscow tomorrow.

EX.2. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1.John ( not/like ) fish, he ( prefer ) meat .

2.On Sunday my friend and I ( not/play ) tennis.

John do es n't like fish, he prefer s meat.

On Sunday my friend and I don’t play tennis.

EX.2. Put the verbs into the Present Simple or Present Continuous:

1. ( Live ) parrots in the jungle?

2. The movie ( start ) at 6 pm and ( end ) at 8.20.

Do parrots live in the jungle?

The movie start s at 6 pm and end s at 8.20.

Thanks for the lesson!

Goodbye !