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    MACMILLAN HEINEMANN SiaLrea re PYN7 GAMES) uted ENGLISH if TEACHER'S RESOURCE BOOK COLIN GRANGER with illustrations by John Plumb Revised edition in 3 levels Tiles inthis series inca lay Games With English Teacher's Resource Book 1 Colin Granger 0435 250167 Play Games With English Teacher's Resource Book 2 Colin Granger 0495 25017 5 Word Games with English 1 Deira Howara- Wiliams & Oya Hord 0435 28980 4 ‘Word Games with English 2 Dovdee Howara- Wiliams & Cyntvia Herd 0 436 28981 2 Word Games with English 3 Deidre Howara:Waiams & Cyrtia Hord 0 435 28982 0 ‘Word Games with English Plus Deirde Howard. Witams & Cynthia Herd 0435 28979 0 English Puzzles 1 Dovg Case 0 495 28200 8 2 Doug Case 0435 28281 6 English Puzzles 3 Doug Caso 0 435 28262 4 English Puzzles 4 Doug Case 0 435 282802 Macmilan Heinemann English Language Teaching, Oxord Adlvision of Macmilan Publishers Limited Companies and representatives throughout the world (SBN 0 435 250187 Acknowledgements We would tke to thank David King o the Eurocentrein Brighton fr his hep inthe preparation ofthis book. ‘Also fo teachers atthe Migs Kubschule, Basle. Finally to Jahan and Nicola for ideas and suggestions for language games, {© Calin Granger and John Plum 1993 Design and ilustation © Macmilan Pubshers Limited 1998 Fist published 1983 Permission to copy ‘The materi inthis book s copyright. However, the publisher grants permission for copes of pages to be ‘made without fee on those pages marked with the PHOTOCOPIABLE symbol Private purchasers may make copes for their own use of for use by classes of which they ae in charge: ‘school purchasers may make copies for use within and by the staf and students of the school ony. This permission does not extend to addtional schools or branches ofan institution, who should purchase a ‘Separate master copy ofthe book for their own use, For copying in any other teumstances, prior permission in witing must be obtained from the Pobisners. Cover designed by Marin Cox ‘Mustrations and student's pages designed by John Pum Teacher's pages typeset by The Design Syndicate Printed in Great Brtain by Athenseum Press Lis, Gatoshead, Tyne & Wear 98 99 00 01 02 15 14 13 12 11 109 CONTENTS "TEACHER'S INTRODUCTION MEMORY + ‘The Long Sentence Game earn ct ‘THE NAME GAME ‘The Name Game onension es Wat iy Jb? we Game Mime Gane exerson ‘opposes uz gesies Gare wens ante re TidienBcue ane" ‘OseeRvATION (MEMORY 2 Monat Sexenion Joas quz 20 Questons: Jobs Hide and Seek 10 0 2 2 “ “ 6 6 8 8 Ey MEMORY 3 ust Game OBSERVATION 2 em WHATS MISSING? ‘wnat’ Ditlerent? 20 Questions: Animals wHoser Famiy Tee ae ‘CONNECTIONS 1 invention Game 20 Questions: Famous People whats Diferent? ‘COMPARATIVE QU Conor Tac: oe CComparave Quiz extension enemies) SUPERLATIVE QUIZ 50 Superiave Guz extension 50 (CONNECTIONS 2 82 ‘20 Question Animal Vegetabie and Minera 2 Flow my neighoou 54 ‘OBSERVATIONS 8 Brainstorming ey DETECTIVE ‘ALIBI 8 ‘The Long Sentence Game so DO-T-YOURSELF QUIZ 6 ‘Acton Game 60 Picnic 8 Pien extension CI MEMORY 4 6 cant Remember Story me . Youbontke Tie 6 carEcorues 2 Simiartes Game "gg aT so ec eee Se connecnons3 Memon extension INSTRUCTIONS QUIZ Please Say Please CATEGORIES 3 Voting Game Follow On Dieetons extension ‘SPELLING QU Speling Gui extnsion Vor Guz entonion versing ‘The Crossword Game change a eter OE SLES n n ™ ™ saa sss 8 Seed 2 8 6 6 6 es 2 2 TEACHER'S INTRODUCTION In ley Games Wh Ena tou wl 43 ra game onto phtsopile suet pages eared tush 20 ihoway gamer eaten one aconparseg wae Bap tte ee a yx tase otter eames sc ele Momer guhes- St pages whee Se ee a oe re res Oa ess oe BS Play Games With English 1 can be used in wo waye: ‘@_systomaticaly Playing each main game in tur with as many ofthe follow up games as you think ecoseary. As the games are graded, you wil be providing systematic practice of language Sructures approprate to students at a beginner or false beginner level. The Contents on page 3 ‘wl show you wat language poins each game pracises. '¢ selectively Choosing and playing games to provide additional practice of points you feel your ‘Students need xtra help with Tho Index of Structure and Language Points on page 96 wil help you to select games to ft your students naeds. USING LANGUAGE GAMES IN THE CLASSROOM Most games in Play Games With English 1 have four stagos: 1. The Rules ofthe Game General, tne best way of gottng the students to understand how a game i played isnot to expan ‘the roles Bufo play tal round wih the students. 2. Choosing Sides ‘The games in Play Games With English 1 canbe played in the following ways: «Player A vPlayerB Hore each person in the class plas agains eachother. "Sm team v. Small team Hera the cass is divided up nto number of smal teams ‘Team Av. Team B Here the class vided into two tars. ‘You w-tno lass Hr you (or individual studonts In urn) play against the rest ofthe class ‘Some games are best played in one particular way. in others you can be more Texble. If the students organice themales ino teams, make sure that not all the best students end up in the same team, 3. Playing the Game In games involing team discussion, stess to your students thatthe working language should, as faras possible, be Engi. Correction ‘init the game is being played, any correction of mistakes shouldbe done in as unobtrusive a way as possBle 60 a nolo isvact rom the game 4. Fallow up ‘The purpose of his stage & to focus the studons'atenton on the main language points practisod inh game. At the sfage, any mistakes made during tle game can be corected and any new vocabulary writen up. (eteival Articles (a, an): pie, an orange Cardinal Numbers + Plural Nouns: six eggs Dhvide the class info small teams of two to three payers and appoint team secretaries. ive the teams two minutes to study the picture and then ask thom to cover the picture s0 if cannot be seen. The team secretaries, helped by the other payers in thir tam, then have fo write down as many objects as they an remember, Make sure they wie either an artile or a number Belore each abject. 0.9. an apple ‘seven fomatoes. Seta mo lint of five minutes fr this task. The team with the most corect answers Is the winner 0 ‘THE LONG SENTENCE GAME ‘Have got + Aticles (a, an): Ive gota cake. Cardinal Numbers + Piral Nouns: Ive gor six pons. ‘Bogin the game by eaying Ive got a cake. Explain tha the frst player has to repeat his sentence and add ‘a new abject o° objects, e., ve got a cake and two pons. The game continues with each player in tum trying to remember what the last player sald, and then adding on a new tom othe sentence. Players get ‘minus points they (a) make a memory mistake: or () hesitate to long. Do not give players minus points for grammar mistakes ~ ust correct the mistake and et the player continue. Example round with a group of five players: Payor 1: Te gota cake and wo pens. Player 2: Ive gota cake, wo pens anda book Player S: The gota cae, to pons, @ Book ae sc ays Playré: —Tvegota cae, abeok (This payer makes a memory mistake and so ges 2 minus pint) Player: Te gota cae, fo pens, # book, st keys and an apple. Player! The gota cate, wo pane. [And s0 on. You cou then begin a now game witha diferent basic sentence, e.g. Me's got a car ..The player withthe loast numberof minus points athe end of the game is the winno. Hints: Play a tial round before playing propery. pu Cardinal Numbers: one, two, ec “The fst player calls out one, he nex player two, the next tree, and soon, around the cass, As soon as the number fv or any mutle thereat (10, 15,20, 25, et) i reached, the player whose turn is must ‘ay buz. Il he number contains a fe But snot a mutiple of ve, only par ot tis replaced by buzz, eg ‘5¢would be buzefour Players get minus points if they (a) forget to say buzz; or (2) hesitate too long. The payer with the least ‘umber of minus points atthe end of he game isthe winner. ra Fizzis played exact lke Buzz, except the players say fizz for sevens or multiples of seven severe trmatoeo, a pie an apple, irene Personal Pronouns + Verb fo be: i's atolephone, Thayre books. Thia/These: What's hs? What aro these? Divide the clas ito two teams (Team A and Team B). The two teams take it in turn to team What's his? and What are these? questions about the picture. For example: 3k he other eam A: (abou objec 3: ¥mars me? Team®: —ffsanaarmaock Team B: (about objec) Whar te? Teams: IRealgnt ‘The payers in each team should take it in tums to ask and answer questions. Score 1 point per corect question, 2 pons por cortact answer. The team wih the most pons at the end isthe winner. ANSWERS: Heatnpnone, % tsapiw 4S retnsomeos. rs CSR 8 1 heyretwets 18 fami THE NAME GAME extension This/MavThese/Those: What's that? What are these? Personal Pronouns » Verb fo be: I's a window. Continue as above but hist with questions about objects inthe room. Introduce the use ofthis and these for near and that and those for far singular and plural objects, by providing some example questions before paying the game. ‘ints: You could make the vocabulary more Ineresting and varied by geting the players to ‘lace personal possessions in view. How many things can BS ateleplove 2. Thedire bosks, \ Exes) Personal Pronouns + Verb fo be H's a dents. Theyre footalrs Divide the class into small teams of two to three players. Appoint team secretares. Sota time limit of five minutes for he foam secretaries, helped by theres oftheir team, to write down wiat the various jobs are. ‘The team withthe most cect sentences isthe winner Thm deeaatn, 10. Tyre Seow WHATS MY Jos? ‘Verb tobe + Personal Pronouns: Are you a doctor? Yes, famNo, Im ne ‘Ask one ofthe players to wre the name of a job ona sip of paper and hand itt you, without any ofthe ‘ter players seeing It Mime an action whichis associated wrth the ob. Your mime doos not have tobe ‘9000, n fact tis better f you do Not mime the job too clearly as this makes I 00 easy to guess wha the [bb i. Then get the rest of he payers to try to quess your job: Are you a doctor? Ave you a butcher? Answer wth Yes, ! am or No, mot Give futher mime oF verbal hints ifthe clas find impossbe to {quess, eg. i'you are.a car mechanic say garage You can also guide the class to th right answer by Exying a definte no thay are way off he mark, and an encouraging no they are geting warm. The payer who guesses the right anewer gets the chance fo mame the next oD for the others to guess, and 50 fn, unt everyone has had atm. ‘Hints: Pract Is has she questions by geting two players to think ofa job; one then mimes an action ‘associated with tho job who the oer answers the questions. Encourage interesting jobs by suggesting obs forthe students fo ake on, eg. a window cleaner, ‘spy, @ surgeon, an optician, an undertaker, 2 football rere, a farmer, a sient. 10 > 4 ihe ida u What are their hina 2 ets A pg 8 igs Ube hese words Es seas, SS seovatar corr vinsoucharet Meat teacher Groner 1..Hels a dentist. ‘ 2. Theyre. footballers : 2 8 “ ® 5 " 1 é exes Present Continuous: He's shaving. Divide the class into small teams of two to thee players and appoint toam secretaries, Set a time limit of five to eight minutes forthe team soeretares, helped by the rest oftheir team to write down the ations ‘beng mimed in he pictures. The tear withthe most correct sentences isthe winner. Hints: Point out te speling rule SHAVE + ING = SHAVING betore playing the game. ANSWERS: Fs eave. Shes cambro hrm 2 Shespayon te nao. © She demi nepatin. 5S fasceanngme eer 2 fesdinm| t Hessoroueaae 8 Shoshone (MIME GAME extension Present Continuous: Are you combing your hair? Yes, !am.No,Itinot, [Ask one ofthe players o write an action ona slip of papor and hand it to you, without any of the other payers seeing. Mime the acon forthe est of ho group te guess: Are yeu combing your hair? Are you brushing your hair? Anewer with Yes, | am or No, 1m net. (Your mime does not have to be good — the tore amateur the mime, the more questions wil have to be asked) Give verbal hints i necessary. The player who quosses the right answer then gets the chance to mime an action forthe others to guess, and 50 6n, unl everyone has hada tur, ‘ints: You could pacts ls has she questions by geting two students to tink ofan action; one then ‘Tums the action while the other answers the question. the players cannot thnk of an action to ‘mime, you coud suggest washing hands, telephoning, ovng a car, playing chess. ighting a fre, ‘making an omelet, having a shower. Another vatiant othe game is o suggest aiferent Categories such as eating something, cooking something, doing something nthe house, playing a ‘game, Each player thon has to mime, fr example, eating a diferent kind of food forthe others ‘Quess, eg. aang spaghett. eating an epg, eating peas. Ciesuask cs Adjectives: happy'sad ‘hide the class into emal teams of two to three playors and appoint team secretaries. Sat atime limit of ‘tree to five minutes forthe team secretaries, helped by the rest oftheir team to wie the oppestes. The team wit the most eorect opposes i the wionet. | ieee 2 Sept sosecrves came i gots hc» Hou: Het gta bw a \Wrto up the basic stucture He's got aan .. car. Begin the game by saying He's got a blue car. Explain that each player in tum has to say the same sentence but wth adiforent adjective, for example: Player: Hoi got an olde. Player? Hos gota fast car. Playera) Het gota comtatable car Players get minus points hey (a) are unable to thnk ofa new adjective; (o) repeat an adjective which has been previousy used (c) uso an inappropriate adjective; or) hesitate to0 long. Example found wih a group of five payors Payer: Hots gotan obs car. Payer: He'sgotalastcar Payer. He's gota comionabie ca Payers: Hes got {Tes paper estates too lng ac so gets amis pint) Payers: He's gota sow ca Payer: Me'egotanew ar [And s0 on. Start anew round ofthe game with a diferent base sentence and a diferent vocabulary area ‘as soon as players begin to run out of ies, ‘The player withthe least numberof mus points atthe end of the games the winner ints: Suggestions for further games: They vo got a/an house; Weve got alan... dog: She's got an... coat ve got aan. book bPhAObTLLS B4k4 Find the opposite to these words. VERB GAME Present Continuous: !™ watching television inthe living voor, \Wetkng indvually (orn pais), he players have to write down as many sentences as they can inthe five minute time ln. The player withthe most correct sentences isthe winner 2 SING STiowernine aston & Tmisening rs me hag or 3. More cang srowiswaintnekioen 8. Theyeputra ont cones rw bagoom, 4 SUemsoemetses "OT NEEM eons en & Mesrenaro ook nora oon ‘THE HIDDEN PICTURE GAME Present Continuous: Is he eating an apple? Yes, he is. No, ho sn. Draw a simple sketch of someone doing something. Do not lot anyone see whal you are drawing, The ‘ass then has to ty fo guess what the person you have drawn is doing Answer wih short answers, 6g leering? hoe [She aating someting? No. on {She mating something? Yes, he. [she making he bes?” Yes. AO. ‘Continue the game either by geting he player who guessed correctly to draw someone doing something forthe others fo guess, or by drawing he sketches yoursolt and giving them to diferent players to use Hints: Some suggested drawings: Hh RA Ge U ¥ ro = Practise the they frm wit pictures showing we people doing the sare action, #9. AR [Atornatively, you could use pictures cutout from magazines, 6 VERB GA. How many sentences can you write? wt ten to 1.__,/m latching television mn the lini yoow OBSERVATION 1 Presont Simple: She crives a car. Divide the cass into small teams of two f tree players and appoint team secretaries, Give the teams ten to ftoen minutes to study the picture and fr the team secretaries, helped by the rest ofthe players in their team, fo wte down sentences about Nicola. The team withthe most cortect sentences Is the ‘Hints: You cous also ask th teams to pont out tho evince fr tek statoments, 0.9. She plays the guitar. There's a guitar near the record player. answens: ‘Sepa he a sherk cot Shelcane Sac! mace Stour sgn. Shareasemaganes St wee oso Sha wou ars She aks poten rts (OBSERVATION 1~ extension Present Simple: You eat sweets. Ask the clas to ompty out the contants oftheir pockets, handbags, bifcases, etc, The clas then has to ‘deduce things about each payer In tur, 2.9, You ant swaets (a packat of sees) Youravelbybus. (anak bus kat ‘Hints: You wil probably manage to persuade everyone to reveal thet personal possessions if you start, ‘of wit your own things. this doos prove tobe a prablom, beng ina number of objecs ane ‘assign them to fttous characters. 6 g JGSenverion 1 i dnsven a cam, Ee She stushro oounce, Write eight 1688 about Nicola, MEMORY 2 ‘There ie-There are: There's ashi There are two pairs of shoes. ‘Some: There are some magazines. Divide the class ito small teams of to to three players and appoint team secrtaries. Give the teams two minutes fo study the picture and thn ask them fo cover th picture soit cannot be seen. The team ‘seorstanes, halpod by the oer payers Inthe team, then have to write down what i in the suteas. ‘They must not lok athe picture while doing tis. Each team thon reads out ther list of sentences. The {cam with the mast cortct sentences i the winner. Aloratively, sore two points Ifthe sentences ae both giammatcaly and factually correct, one pot only factually correct. The team withthe most points isthe winner — a Esiiedee ieee Sue. seuon oxen Tre hee ny centr the table? Yes, tere is No, thre ist ‘Ars there any matches on te able? Yes, thre are No, there aren Place a large numberof objects on a table or desk, For example: paper, magazines, a book bread, 2 rrewspaper, matches, arin, an emp exp, sugar. some files, a cassette. k would be beter if you cous do thes without the class Seeing you. iow the ass one minute to study what is onthe table. Then cover the objects. Then ask the class questions about what ison the table, Take care to ask questions which require a negative as well as a postive answer. For example: (snore a lass onthe tale? Ne, ter is |simereacupon he abe? Yes three ‘there any tes on able? Yes, thre ae {ether any toa one abe? No mores ‘Allow tho class a tow moments fr consultation beloe they answer. Wit their answers up in note form, 129, lasso: cupyes te. Then uncover he objects and award 1 point or each corect answer. ‘Toon get the clase to test your memery. Play a& above, but tis time you have to answer the players’ Is tnora/Are there questions. 2 There's a shivt, there are two pairs of shoes, there are some magazines. eer Present Simple: She answers the telephone. ‘Working individually (on pat), the players wrte down twa sentences foreach character. Set a ten 19 ‘teen minute time lt. The player wih the most correct sentences i the winner, Sat aroner te ephone ‘Shey crs 2 KGtwmeontessbonsa Shams homewan. Cocker aopnts Sresomige tre 20 QUESTIONS - JoBs Present Simple: Do you work outside? Yes, 130/N9, don Does he work nan office? Yes, he does.No, he doesn Introduce some useul vocabulary fo this game by discussing your own jb, for example: nats my 00? Youre teacher Wnt each? You teach English Were co work? You wen screo Wino do work fo? You wor for Dol work nate or outs? You work ad, 1 wear Special ces for my job? No, you don ‘rite the name of job ona sip of paper, and assign it toa ettious frend, The class has to quess the pb by asking Does questios, for example: ees ne work outsise? io, he doesn Dees he eam aot ot many? Yea, he des ‘Divide the class into two teams (Team A and Team B). The two teams take itn tums to wrte down the fname ofa Jeb forthe ofher team to guess. Each team has 20 questions with which to find out the jb, \Wirte up the score, Ike this: e.9 I Team B gos the answer in fouren questons, wt: Team 8 74 Team falls fo guess the job in twenty questons, wite: Team 8 20. A the end, the team withthe lowest totals the winner ‘Hints: Suggest thatthe teams allcate each ob toa paricular member ofthe team; in tis way, vatious forms can be practised, eg Does she dive 2 bus? Doyou work wih chico? Encourage the teams to choose unusual obs (bullightr, astronaut, gangster, aun, clown, et.) rather than ordinary jobs, 1 Sally omsniors the telephare. She types, letters, ii Propositions of Place: Thor's a mouse inthe ‘cupboard. Working individually (or in pairs), the players wrte down as many sentences as they can in the five ‘inate tm limit The layer with the mast corect sentences is the winner. Hints: Aremaively. you coud play this asa speed game, tling the players that there are seen mice which they have to locate inthe picture. The frst player to wre the sixteen sentences covacty = the winner. | a oor. ‘hooters, niapal we cupdoars. dre eae. thesaceo Sie Soe on ctw Bites emcee gas ane a Snhontt net nie pate ‘MIDE AND SEEK Propositions of Place: isha rng an something? Yes, tis.No, iis You need two small objects fr this game, for example, a ring and a pair of scissors. is important that ono of these objects shouldbe something that requires the pial, ©, so8sors, spectacis, Lave the ‘oom fora short time, ting the class to hide the two cbjcts in two separate paces while you are gon. Come back into ne room an frst ask questions to find ut where the ring 18 NGden,e {she ring on something? No, itis 'situndeysomeming? No. tsa leitbehind somomng? Yes, leitbehind te curtains? — No, itint \When you have found the rng ty to locate the scissor: (Arete sss nsomatng? te. ‘Thon the players can take over the quossng role by leaving the room for a moment while the objects are hidden in new places. To scare this game, count the rumbar of quastons each player requires before ‘nding the oboe. The player wih the lowest number isthe winner. ‘Hints: Wit a large clas, speed up the game by sending more than one payer out ofthe oom ata time, and having thm ask questions in tur. Hf you want fo avoid sending players out of he room, imaginary hing places could be writen down. ‘You have five minutes to find them, ‘There are sixteen Thave’ a mouse inthe cupboard ‘There's a movse behind the door Bate ckasaes Speling; Vocabulary ‘Working individual (oF n pars), the players write down the corectspeling ofthe sitfrent objects. The Player who does ins inthe shortost eis the winner. & fyems 12 drgroon HANGMAN Alphabet; Spelling; Vocabulary Divide the class into two teams (Team A and Team 8) and appoint team secretaries. The team Seorotates, helped bythe other players intel team, have to white Gown six words of five To six eters. ‘Check to make sure thatthe words they choose are not oo dificut [Rplayr rom Team & then writes up the same rumor of dashes as there are leer n his or her team’s fest word. Team B has to guess what the ltrs are (and eventually what the word is} by caling out eters Ii'Team B says a letter which Is in the wore, tho player from Team A replaces the appropriate dash or (ashes with he letter. I Team B says alter wich i notin the word, the player rom Team A draws & par of gallows, nthe order in whch the pats are numbered 43. 56, 2 336. fi u tthe deawing of the gallows is completed (0. alter slevon wrong guesses), Team A wins a pont Team B guesses the word before the dawing s completed, Team 8 wins a point Hints: Practise pronourcing tho alphabet before playing the game, "You could ioduce there thatthe lter a team cals out stands even if they meant a diferent eter Piay a practice round before paying propety. Can you spell these words?

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