Language focus ‘Simple present and past passive Level Elementary and, intermediate ‘Trivia pursuit (opie World knowledge “Teams of two oF three Time 18-20 minutes Material Sot of cards, fone per group} UNIT 9 Passive and causative Something in common Vocabulary Nouns: rks, coins, polar bears. ponguins. bot opener corksre, shower cp, cred card, ents, squash, shoes, sacs, paints, brushes, newspepers, mogezines, colle, cot, presents, greeting cords, gloss, cement, somips, anleters Comments Tins game provides practice sai the simple present passive wile challenging Icammers to think of ‘hat the paits of tems have in cornmon (see Possible answers on page 114) Ittocuses on _ecuracy of form, cncourages cooperation wath teams, and 1 sheer fun to play Language output Fear A: What do glass ond cement have i common? Team 8: Gloss and cement / Both cre made fr sand. Procedures 1. efore das, ct out one set of cats for cvery te teams and place the sersn bags oF envelopes. 2 Cn ths Board ents down 8 few pans of dems simiar to those on the cats, and aia wit the terns have m coramon. With each pa of es, madel and monitor the target langage 3. Dnnde the class into teams of two or the, pai off ¢eams, and hand cut the bags oF erwelapes Playing the game: Every to learre must appeimt one player lo ime the game and keep the score 1 Yearn & dears 0 card from the: bag or erwelope and challenges Team 8 with Whotdo . ond ‘ave m commen? Team B has Some (pic-cstablshed) tee to discuss among themsekes and produce an answer using the target language. it accepted by cverjone terns of meaning and form, Teaen & collects the caid. Otherwise, Team A gets the chance to find a good ansnver and collect the cord themselves. Teams take tums proceeding in this wey uni al the cerds have becn used. The team was the largest numberof cards wins the game. Variations 3 You can use the same procedures to practise simple past passive wth pens of tems such as these suggested below, Just make sure yos talor the ilems lo your students’ age and cultue by incluting facts about popular music, entertamment, loca history, and so on, Remember: our arm is to get leamers w practise the target language; the challenge is there to make the geme mace interesting, not 7 test ther world knowledge! Pyranmds and sphunwes buill by the Ancient Egyptant. saxossc Pork and ET were | ddected by Speberg Yellow Submanine and Yesterday recorded by lve Beatles. D Youmay also want to encourage the use of Both ond / Nether versions ofthe game.El Something in common Polar bears Penguins Bottle opener | Corkscrew Shower cap Credit card Tennis Squash Presents Greeting cards Paints Brushes Cement Newspapers Stamps Magazines Airletters 72 From Games for Grammar Practice © Cambridge University Press 200)