Students will learn about to ask questions about different topics.

The pedagogical intention of this guide is to apply your knowledge to ask some questions related to general information.

PLEASE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

Which are board games? Which are puzzles? • Which do children often play? • Which have the same name in your language? • Which of the games do you play? Which are your favourites? Why?

1. Jay and Tina both took part in the leisure time survey. Complete what they say with the correct verbs from the box

-go to the cinema - listen to the radio- watch live music -go out with friends-use the internet -play computer games -listen to music- play a musical instrument -go to the gym -go to evening classes - play sport -watch TV

JAY

‘My computer is very important for me. I’m a student at Manchester University, so I 1. ____________the internet a lot for my studies and my friends and I 2._____________________ a lot of computer games. I don’t 3_____________________ any sport. I 4____________________to evening classes twice a week; it’s a course on Computer Skills. On other nights, I 5 ____________________ out with friends – we usually 6________________ to the cinema.’

TINA

‘I’m a professional musician, so music is my life! I 7_______________ to the radio nearly all day – mainly classical or jazz. When I 8 _________________________TV, it’s always a music channel. I even 9 to music when I 10__________________________ to the gym! I 11____________________ the piano and the saxophone. And I 12_________________________ a lot of live music in my free time.’

2. Match questions 1–4 with answers a–d in parts A, B and C below.

A 1 When do you play football? 2 Who do you play football with? 3 Where do you play football? 4 Why do you play football?

a My friends from college. b On Sunday mornings. c Because it’s fun and it’s good exercise. d In the local park.

B 1 How often do you have English lessons? 2 How long are the lessons? 3 Which days do you have lessons? 4 How many teachers do you have?

a Two. b Twice a week. c Tuesdays and Thursdays. d 90 minutes

C 1 What time is it? 2 What time does the train leave? 3 What day is it? 4 What date is it today ?

a 16th May. b Monday. c Nearly three o’clock. d Five forty-fi ve.

3. Read the article and answer the questions. Which sport:

1 is good for playing with friends?

2 can you play in a park?

3 do you do on your own?

4 is similar to dancing in some ways?

5 is likely to result in injuries?

6 can you play in many different countries?

4. NEW WAYS WITH OLD SPORTS

Can you play golf without a ball? Or tennis without a tennis racket? These days the answer is ‘Yes you can’. Here are some 21st century ways of playing our favourite traditional sports.

1. WII SPORTS

Nintendo’s Wii Sports is the best-selling computer game of all time. You can play tennis, baseball or golf, go bowling or do boxing. You don’t run around or get tired, however. You do everything by moving your arm and pressing a button on your games console. It’s also a good social activity and many people organise gaming parties with their friends. But there is a downside; at least ten people in the UK injure themselves playing Wii Sports every week and have to go to hospital. There are also hundreds of cases of broken furniture, broken windows and injured pets! Some people call this new 21st century problem ‘Wii-it-is’.

2. DISC GOLF

The game of golf is more than 250 years old. But for the 21st century version of the game, you don’t need any expensive special equipment. Players don’t hit a ball; they throw a plastic disc towards the ‘hole’ – which is actually a metal basket. The winner is the player who reaches the ‘hole’ with the lowest number of throws. More than half a million people around the world now play the game. There are more than 1,000 disc golf courses in 40 countries many of them in public parks. It’s a great way to get exercise in the fresh air.

3. FREESTYLE FOOTBALL

In Freestyle football there are no teams, you don’t kick the ball, and you never score a goal. Freestyle footballers try to keep the ball in the air using any part of their body. Some people describe it as a mixture of breakdancing and football. Judges give points for ball control and original moves. John Farnworth, from Lancashire in the north of England, was the world’s fi rst Freestyle champion: in 2011 he ran the London Marathon (42 km) in 12 hours 15 minutes, keeping a ball in

the air all the way!.

4.1 Complete the questions below with one word.

1 _____________’s the name of the world’s bestselling computer game?

2 ___________do you hit the ball when you play Wii-tennis?

3 ____________ old is the game of golf?

4 How ___________ Disc Golf courses are there in the world?

5 _______________is John Farnworth?

6 ____________long did it take John Farnworth to run the London Marathon?

4.2 Look at the words in the box and put them into three groups: things you need, verbs and people.

ball --------racket ------ games console---- equipment hit ------throw -------------winner --------------player team -----------kick----------- score----------- champion

VERBS	PEOPLE

AND SELF EVALUATION

• 1.What I have learned?

• 2.What was easy from the lesson?

• 3.What was difficult?

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