CLASS 15

PLAYING GAMES
NAME: Johnny Granizo DATE: 2021 – 14 – 12

1. Answer the questions. Read the recent research findings and check your ideas.
1. Who plays more video games? Some recent research findings

Boys _____ Girls __X___ • 56% video games in the last six months were
female. (Three years ago, that figure was 49%,
2. Who plays more video games? so something is changing.)
Teenagers _____ Adults ___X__ • More people over the age of 44 play video
games than children or teenagers.
3. Who spends more time playing video games? • 55% of the population use mobile apps to play
Teenagers __X___ Adults _____ games.
• Gamers over the age of 16 spend 11 hours
gaming a week.
• 8–15-year-old play games for 20 hours a week.

2. Listen to some street interviews and match the people with what they say.
1 the man a I am kind of addicted to Candy Crush. 2
b I never play them. 1
2 Natalia
c I play whenever I get the chance. 2
3 Tasha d I think kids spend way too much time playing them. 3

3. Listen again. Who……?

the man Tasha Natalia
1 is in a hurry? X
2 is Natalia’s friend? X
3 likes games? X
4 is trying to find a clothing store? X
5 isn’t having a very good day? X X
GRAMMAR Indirect questions
4. Listen again. How does the interviewer ask these questions?
1. Do you like playing video games?
Can you tell me if you like playing video games?
2. Do you play video games?
Would you mind telling me if you play video games?
3. How often do you play?
Could you tell me how often you play?
4. What do you think about video games?
Could you tell me what you think about video games?
5. What do you mean by “too much time”?
Could you tell me what you mean by “too much time”?
6. What is Zara?
You mean the clothing store?
7. Where is it?
Do you know where Zara is?

5. Look at the questions in Exercise 4 and these phrases. Then answer the questions
below.
1. What happens to the order of words when you start with one of these phrases?
_The word order changes; it is like a statement rather than a question.
2. What happens to verbs like do?
We don’t use the auxiliar verb do.
6. Write questions about video games using these question stems.

Have you ever…? How often…….? Do you...…?

What is….? Where…….?

1 Have you ever played Fifa?

2 How often do you play Fifa?
3 Do you have a play station?
4 What is your favorite game?
5 Where do you have a video game?
7. Rewrite your questions in Exercise 6 as indirect questions.
1 Can you tell me if you have ever played Fifa?
2 Could you tell me how often you play Fifa?
3 Can you tell me if you have a play station?
4 Could you tell me what your favorite game is?
5 Can you tell me where you have a video game?
8. Write the word game before or after each of these words to make compound nouns.
all-star game
ball game
board game
card game
end game
game plan
game show
multi-player game
war game
zero-sum game

VOCABULARY: Games
9. Match these definitions with six of the compound nouns from the box.

a end game f card game

b game show g zero-sum game
c multi-player game h war game
d ball game I game plan
e all-star game j board ganme

1. a game that is played on a piece of stiff card or wood j

2. a situation where everyone ends up losing as much g
3. the final part in a war or political process when the result is decided a
4. a strategy for achieving success, especially in business, sports, or war i
5. an exercise where people pretend to fight real battles. h
6. an online activity where many players are involved c