Spotlight 6. Module 6. Leisure activities. Unit 6. Free time.

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Free Time. Board Games .

Aims:

- to speak about our free time - to check the homework - to develop auditory skills - to get information about English board games - to sing a song - to speak about Russian (board) games - to revise Present Simple and Present Continuous

Read: [w] – w indsurfing, s w imming, w in [ʌ]- s u ccess , p u zzle, f u n [ı] - w i n, b i lliard, j i gsaw puzzle [a:] – m ar bles, d ar ts, p ar tner [ɳ] – meeti ng , fishi ng , cycli ng [æ] –scr a bble, backg a mmon, a cting

Ex. 9 p. 59 Listen and match the speakers to the activities they like:

A billiards

B marbles

C darts

D dominoes

E scrabble

F chess

G jigsaw

Speaker 1 - …

Speaker 2 - …

Speaker 3 - …

Speaker 4 - …

Speaker 5 - …

Check yourself:

Speaker 1 - F

Speaker 2 - E

Speaker 3 - C

Speaker 4 - G

Speaker 5 - B

Mistakes - Marks

0 - “5”

1 – “4”

2 – “3”

3 – “2”

Ex. 8 p. 59.

Complete the text with the correct form of these verbs:

Hi, I`m Sarah and I 1)________ in London. I 2)________ playing games, especially board games like monopoly and scrabble. My sister also 3)________ games. We 4)________ scrabble at the moment but we 5)________. We often 6)________ because I 7)________ scrabble but she 8)________ monopoly. Today my sister 9)________ very happy because I 10)________ again.

like

argue

play

prefer

live

love

win

enjoy

(not always) agree

not be

Ex. 8 p. 59.

Complete the text with the correct form of these verbs:

Hi, I`m Sarah and I 1)_ live _ in London. I 2)_ like _ playing games, especially board games like monopoly and scrabble. My sister also 3)_ loves _ games. We 4)_ are playing _ scrabble at the moment but we 5)_ don`t always agree _. We often 6)_ argue _ because I 7)_ enjoy _ scrabble but she 8)_ prefers _ monopoly. Today my sister 9)_ isn`t _ very happy because I 10)_ `m winning _ again.

People in my Town I see a firefighter, fighting fires, I see a car mechanic changing tires. I see a pilot, flying through the air. I see a barber, cutting people’s hair. I see the people in my town And I say: Hey, brother, what’s going down?

Ex. 1 p. 61. A B C

• Which of the games is about solving a crime?
• Which of the games is about buying and selling property?
• Which of the games uses letters to make words?

England, 1943. Anthon Pratt invents Cluedo and his wife designs the board. Waddington Games buys the idea, releases the game in 1949 and it becomes a great success. The aim of the game is to find out the identity of the killer of Dr Black, the murder weapon and the scene of the crime. In order to do that, players move around the house and ask the other players questions. The first player to solve the crime wins.

Cluedo

Scrabble

New York, 1933. Alfred Butts notices how popular crossword puzzles are and comes up with the idea of Scrabble.

In Scrabble players pick seven letter tiles at random and they try to make words using their letters. Players get bonus points for using certain squares on the board and using letters like Q and Z. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Monopoly

USA, 1934. Charles Darrow invents the Monopoly board game and makes the first 5000 sets of the game himself.

The aim of the game is to make as much money as possible. In order to do that players buy, sell and rent property . One by one, the players run out of money and the last player left is the winner. Today, Monopoly is the best selling board game in the world with sales of over 200 million sets in different countries.

Ex. 2 p. 61. Read again and mark the sentences Y (Yes) or N (No):

• Cluedo is a game to play at home.
• In Scrabble , the players answer questions.
• You can buy Monopoly in 200 countries.
• Scrabble is like a crossword puzzle.

… Yes

… No

… Yes

… Yes

Explain the words in bold

• To design
• To release
• Killer
• Murder weapon
• To come up with
• At random
• Bonus points
• Aim
• Property
• To run out
• Sales

Ex. 4 p. 61.

What is the popular board game

in Russia?

• Name
• Aim
• How to play it
• Number of players

Homework

Ex. 5 p. 61

Write a paragraph about a popular

board game in Russia.

• Name
• Aim
• How to play it
• Number of players

found out…

learnt…

T oday at the lesson I have

remembered…

known …