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Intermediate Communication Games

  


Author(s):  Jill Hadfield
Publisher:   Longman
ISBN: 9780175558728

 
Note: The information below shows topics in the book that are also in the database. It does not represent a complete and accurate list of the book contents. Check publishers'resources where available for an accurate table of contents.
1 - Tower Block
 
2 - Whatsitsname?
 
3 - The three wishes game
 
4 - Relatively speaking
 
5 - Lifeswap
 
6 - Matchmaking
 
7 - Whose
 
8 - Alien
 
9 - Sci-fi dominoes / Fairytale dominoes
 
10 - Crossed lines
 
11 - Ideal homes
 
12 - Good news, bad news
 
13 - Good intentions or The road to hell
 
14 - Future snap
 
15 - Told you so!
 
16 - Why not?
 
17 - Office politics
 
18 - Yuck!
 
19 - Sales reps
 
20 - Parent power
 
21 - Promises, promises
 
22 - It wasn't me, Officer
 
23 - Guess what I've been doing?
 
24 - School reunion
 
25 - Lifemap
 
26 - Houseparties
 
27 - When did you last see your father?
 
28 - The queue
 
29 - Detective work
 
30 - Suggestive shapes
 
31 - Tact
 
32 - Yuppies
 
33 - Archaeologists
 
34 - Crystal balls
 
35 - Christmas swapping
 
36 - Heads, bodies and legs
 
37 - The adverb game
 
38 - Boiled eggs
 
39 - Married life or Getting out of doing the washing-up
 
40 - The last game
 

1 - Tower Block

Page 1 - 2
mill-type activity   speaking   role-play   

All participants are occupants of a tower block.
7 - 46 students.

grammar:
present simple - present meanings
 
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2 - Whatsitsname?

Page 2

Descibing objects from pictures:
A thing for ...ing
A thing that does...
etc.

grammar:
defining relative clauses
functions:
describing
 
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3 - The three wishes game

Page 3

Mill type activity: saying and responding to wishes.

grammar:
wish - present
 
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4 - Relatively speaking

Page 4
small groups   speaking   card game   guessing game   

Card game with pictures. Ss make defintions of objects in pictures and others guess the object.

grammar:
defining relative clauses
 
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5 - Lifeswap

Page 5 - 6
mill-type activity   speaking   role-play   

Each S has a picture of a person with clues to their lifestyle. Ss imagines they are the person in the picture and want to change their lifestyle with someone else's.

grammar:
present simple - present meanings
 
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6 - Matchmaking

Page 6
mill-type activity   speaking   role-play   

Dating agency game with picture cards

grammar:
present simple - present meanings
skills:
romance / relationships
 
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7 - Whose

Page 7
mill-type activity   speaking   writing   

Ss complete questionnaires as follows:

...is a student whose brother...
etc.

grammar:
basic question forms
grammar:
defining relative clauses
grammar:
present simple - present meanings
 
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8 - Alien

Page 8

Witnesses role play. Each S is a witness to an alien visitation. Task is to put info together to find out what happened.

grammar:
past continuous
grammar:
past simple
 
Page 8
mill-type activity   speaking   information gap   role-play   

Ss reconstruct details on a UFO sighting from witness accounts.
Picture correction and sentence completion tasks.

skills:
paranormal
 
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9 - Sci-fi dominoes / Fairytale dominoes

Page 9

Story-making using picture card prompts.

grammar:
narrative tenses
 
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10 - Crossed lines

Page 10
individual / pairwork   speaking   

Making and answering simple telephone enquiries; getting the wrong number.

grammar:
basic question forms
functions:
enquiry - intro
functions:
telephoning - problems
 
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11 - Ideal homes

Page 11

Estate agents game.

skills:
homes
functions:
wants and preferences
 
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12 - Good news, bad news

Page 12
card game   matching   

Picture card game in which Ss match good news and bad news cards.

grammar:
past simple
 
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13 - Good intentions or The road to hell

Page 13

present intentions:
Mill type activity comparing good intentions.

past intentions:
one year later follow-up.

grammar:
future in the past
grammar:
going to - future intentions
grammar:
was going to
 
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14 - Future snap

Page 14
card game   

All main future forms + time expressions.

grammar:
future
grammar:
time expressions - future
 
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15 - Told you so!

Page 15

should /ought
Giving advice using rold cards

should have
One year later follow-up

functions:
advice / suggestions
grammar:
should
grammar:
should have (done)
 
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16 - Why not?

Page 16

Sentence completion activity. Ss complete 2nd conditional sentences on cards.
'If cars ran on milk...' etc.
Shuffle cards and guess who completed which sentences.

grammar:
second conditional
 
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17 - Office politics

Page 17

Role play with role cards. Someone in the office is going to be promoted. Give your opinions and try to find out what others think of you.

functions:
opinions
vocabulary:
personality adjectives
 
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18 - Yuck!

Page 18
individual / pairwork   small groups   speaking   information gap   ordering task   

Describing reactions to pictures. One S describes his/her reaction to a set of pictures, the other listens and puts the pictures in order.

skills:
feelings / emotions
 
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19 - Sales reps

Page 19

2 groups: reps and buyers.
Buyers think of everyday problems; reps have cards with pics of (Heath-Robinson-ish) machines they must sell. ('You will be able to...')

functions:
ability
functions:
persuading
 
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20 - Parent power

Page 20

Fill in questionnaires ubout upbrining. Find out who had the strictest.

skills:
children / childhood
skills:
family
functions:
permission / prohibition
 
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21 - Promises, promises

Page 21

'Will' for promises.
(+ First conditional)
Role Play(family). Ss have to extract a promise out of other family members in exchange for making a promise themselves.

grammar:
first conditional
grammar:
will - future uses
 
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22 - It wasn't me, Officer

Page 22

Role play with cards. Ss have to identify various suspects for thefts.

skills:
crime
grammar:
narrative tenses
grammar:
present perfect for unfinished time periods
 
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23 - Guess what I've been doing?

Page 23
card game   

Guessing game with picure cards. Ss must describe their picture. Others must guess, 'You have been ...ing' etc.

grammar:
present perfect continuous
 
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24 - School reunion

Page 24
mill-type activity   speaking   role-play   

Find information to complete statements about past and present habits.

grammar:
present tenses
grammar:
used to / get used to
 
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25 - Lifemap

Page 25
speaking   board game   

Board game with dice and counters.

functions:
advice / suggestions
grammar:
should
grammar:
third conditional
 
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26 - Houseparties

Page 26

Mill type role play with role cards. Ss ask about future plans etc and decide who they want to spend Christmas with.

grammar:
going to - future intentions
functions:
making arrangements
grammar:
present continuous for future arrangements
functions:
wants and preferences
grammar:
will - future uses
 
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27 - When did you last see your father?

Page 27
small groups   card game   

past simple + ago. Questions, 'When did you last..?'

grammar:
past simple
 
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28 - The queue

Page 28
mill-type activity   

Past simple. Yes / no questions.
Ss have to reassemble a queue of people by asking yes / no questions and using information in role cards.

grammar:
basic question forms
grammar:
past simple
 
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29 - Detective work

Page 29

Card game. Small groups.

Past perfect
Past simple
Language for making deductions.

Murder-solving game with clue cards.

grammar:
modals of deduction
grammar:
past perfect simple
grammar:
past simple
 
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30 - Suggestive shapes

Page 30
individual / pairwork   information gap   

Picture ordering game. Deductions; Looks like.

Students descibe and makes guesses about abstract shapes.

functions:
deductions / guesses
vocabulary:
look - look like - look as if
grammar:
modals of deduction
 
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31 - Tact

Page 31

Role play. Small groups.

Role cards for two parties + a go between who has to negotiate for them.

grammar:
reported speech
 
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32 - Yuppies

Page 32
small groups   speaking   card game   

One S lays a card. Second S lays another card and compares it with the first.

grammar:
comparative and superlative adjectives
functions:
comparing
 
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33 - Archaeologists

Page 33
small groups   card game   

Describing everyday objects as a future archaeologist might.

functions:
describing
 
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34 - Crystal balls

Page 34

Will for prediction.

Mill type role play with role cards.
Role cards: fortune tellers / fortune hunters.

grammar:
will - future uses
 
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35 - Christmas swapping

Page 35

Mill-type role play with role cards.
Ss swap Christmas presents.

functions:
likes and dislikes
 
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36 - Heads, bodies and legs

Page 36

Mill type activity. Cut up pictures.

Describing physical appearance.
Clothing.

Ss are given a head and have to find suitable bodies, legs etc to complete the picture.

vocabulary:
clothing
functions:
describing people - appearance
vocabulary:
facial features
 
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37 - The adverb game

Page 37

Ss must convey the meanings of adverbs on cards without saying the adverb.

grammar:
adverbs of manner
 
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38 - Boiled eggs

Page 38
small groups   

Arranging and guessing.
Ss arrange themselves in order according to a question such as, 'How do you like your boiled eggs, runny or hard?' Other Ss have to guess the question.

functions:
comparing
 
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39 - Married life or Getting out of doing the washing-up

Page 39
pairwork   board game   

Ss make excuses for not doing household chores by saying, 'I've got to (have to) ...'

functions:
obligation
 
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40 - The last game

Page 40

Mill type find someone who activity,

'Find someone who you would like to thank for..

...making you laugh' etc. (15 examples).

functions:
thanking
 
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