Talk 2

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That sounds like fun.

Before watching
1 Complete the information about playing While watching
games in English with the words in the box.
Use a dictionary to help you. 2 Read the Video skills tips. Then watch the
video and answer the questions with the
board | card | cheating | guessing
correct name or names. Circle A (Angus),
practice | rules | turn | win
M (Maddy) or J (Jamie).

Angus Maddy Jamie

Play games in English! 1 Who had an argument about a card

Playing games is a great way to practise game recently? A|M|J
your English. You can choose between 2 Who doesn’t think playing a game
(1)              games like Solitaire, will be fun? A|M|J
(2)              games like chess or 3 Who disagrees with the first answer
Monopoly, and (3)              games (Justin Timberlake)? A|M|J
like 20 Questions or Trivial Pursuit. 4 Who gets annoyed about the
tennis question? A|M|J
You don’t need much English to start. You might
need to explain the (4)              5 Who argues about the question
on Mozart? A|M|J
to other players, so they know what
6 Who argues when they play Snap!? A|M|J
they have to do, and how they can
(5)              . It sometimes helps 3 Watch the video again. For each of the answers
to have a (6)              round in Exercise 2, write the reason(s) why.
before you start playing for real. It’s also 1 Because   .
important to be able to tell other players when 2   .
it’s their (7)              to play, 3   .
and also to tell them to stop 4   .
(8)              if they break 5   .
the rules!
6   .

Video skills After watching

Following disagreements
4 Match the sentences 1–5 with sentences
• Listen for negatives: I don’t agree, That’s not true,
a–e to make pairs. Watch the video again
No it isn’t, etc. Negatives are often stressed.
if necessary.
• Look at the speakers. When people disagree,
1 Who wants to play a game?   
they often shake their head, look serious, look at
the listener and move their hands to emphasise 2 You sound like my mum.   
their words. 3 It’s always better to do something than
• Listen and look for when a disagreement becomes to just talk about it.   
an argument. When people argue, they talk louder 4 Oh, I give up. I’m not playing with him.   
or shout, they look angry, and use direct language 5 I said Snap! first.   
such as What are you doing?
a) I completely agree.
b) Same here.
c) Really? Well, maybe your mum’s right.
d) That isn’t quite how I see it.
e) That sounds like fun.

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