anguage focu: Pre-intermediate or intermediate Gard game Unplanned decisions Groups of three oF four 10 :sninutes Material ‘Two sets of cards per group UNIT 4 Future Make it snappy Vocabulary Words and expressions: min hard, fit broke, okay nse, spiting headache, sct up, fred, coze &0 deoth, soaking vet, sox, borteay, get a fosn, callin ik, order, ve had it, chenige ito semeting worm Comments This activity focuses. on the use of wil for unplanvied, spontancaus decisions. Athough il does not ‘ally requve language production, this game does provde alot of useful npul and the quick pace actu cinforces this meaning of wail here Language output (At tts your matherielow's birthday today. 1B: Gosh I cles forgot 1h send her some Rowers/Fl 90 to wit her then Procedures 1 Before clas, cut out one set of station cards and one set of reponse cards fr each group. 2. inclass tite on the board a few situations siviler to those on the stuation cards. Ask students how they would respond spontaneously to each ane of thera, iit she responses and draw thet attention lo the mearing and use of vl 3 Die the cass iwo groups and hand out the mater 4 Playing the gare: Players shuffle the situation cards and place them face down on the tebe. Then, dhey shuile the response cards and deal them out evenly. The fist playc! fips over the fis stuation card end reads it aloud, Notes The situation cards have been written the right way up and upside down so that everyone can sce. 1F The fist player to call out an approprizte response lo the silualion gels rd ofthe contesponding ‘sponse caid that he or she holds. Note: There are always two possible responses to each uation, 50 players have to be quick. Players proceed in this way until someone has discarded all of his or her response cards and wins the goreMake it snappy Situation cards -unoys aig Jo asneseq 39m Bupyeos awioy onste NO, “yeydsoy wy 51 ss0q nog, -gofanok agey no, “42UUIp 10} 1980 Suiu0> s1 soyzow sno, You arrive home soaking wet because of the storm. Your boss is in hospital. You hate your job. Your mother is coming over for dinner. -ypeap 03 Suizaoy 91,00, ~Aepoy Aepyyig 5 Me|-U}-F4JOUL ANOK 5,34 “pasty. ud9q 9A,NO, sasnoy ay Uy pos ou 51 x04], ‘ ~ It's your mother-in-law’s “ ” There is no food in You're freezing to death. athdlaysotey You've been fired. To “ploo peq -Aepyguig 1904403 000'3 “ssoursng Uo ‘yoons ay jo ajppru aya Ajjeas e308 an nog, You've gota really bad cold, nok sani sayjowpuesd ino, Your grandmother gives you £3,000 for your birthday. anok dn jas 0] qUeM no, You want to set up your own business, ur umop varses 3snf'9n,n0f, You've just fallen down in the middle of the street. “aysepeay Sumuds v ancy nog You have a spi headache. -asu Arges 81g & 303 oA,NOY, You've got a salary rise. “DHO19 Je] B4,NOK You're flat broke. It is raining hard. ar From Games for Grammar Practice © Cambridge University Press 2001 [IUCUQZETMake it snappy Response cards I'll borrow some money from my father. Great! I'll buy a new car, lll take a taxi. I'll take an aspirin, mM babh I'll go back home eee I think I'll take a ab cath; teat getaloan from |} | MiNkTT Ble Wt call in sick, ® : the bank. a ? I go to th gotothe Hl ri startlookingfor || Ill send hersome I'l take a supermarket this H another job. flowers. hot shower. afternoon. \) f lvehsd Re Vt change into Ul order a pizza. Iit'set up my I'll go to visit her. Bs {i : something warm. own business. 3 F From Games for Grammar Practice © Cambridge University Press 2001