Efl guess What! Teacher's Book 6 Grade 6

February 8, 1989
Ask Dad for an e-book for my birthday.
Send Grandma an email.
Ask Mom to buy my favorite magazine.
Use the Internet to do my science project.
Check Jane’s website.
Unit 5
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5
Read and listen.
6
What could people do before 80? Read and choose.
People 
could
/
couldn’t
use websites.
2 
They 
could
/
couldn’t
buy books.
3 
They 
could
/
couldn’t
send letters.
 4 
They 
could
/
couldn’t
buy encyclopedias.
5 
They 
could
/
couldn’t
use the Internet. 
People
could 
read books
. They 
couldn’t
send
emails
.
People couldn’t buy 
e-books in 8 ! 
7
Read and find the mistakes in Sally’s to-do list.
People 
could buy
books in 80.
They 
couldn’t buy
e-books.
Say it!
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8
 
Which words sound the strongest? Listen and repeat.
Grammar Pronunciation
 
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Workbook page 4

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Grammar
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9
What is Alex doing? Listen and choose.
 
a
watching television
b
reading a book 
c
playing an online game
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10
Listen again and practice.
Grandpa: 
What are you doing, Alex?
Alex: 
I’m playing online chess with Pedro.
Grandpa: 
Online chess?
Alex: 
Can you play online chess, Grandpa?
Grandpa:
No, I can’t. I’m not good at using computers.
Alex: 
Could you play online games when you were young?
Grandpa: 
No, I couldn’t. There weren’t any computers then.
Alex: 
Could you watch television?
Grandpa: 
Yes, I could. We had a television, 
but it was black and white.
Alex: 
Could you read books?
Grandpa: 
Yes, of course, Alex. I’m not that old!
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12
Go to page 03. Listen and repeat the chant.
Could
you 
play
online games 
when you were young?
Yes, I 
could
. / No, I 
couldn’t
.
11
Make questions. Then ask and answer.
use a 
dictionary
write 
your name
use the 
Internet
read 
e-books
play online 
games
cook
swim
play a musical 
instrument
send text 
messages
speak 
English
Could you use the Internet when you were 
1
?
Could you swim when you were 7?
No, I couldn’t.
Yes, I could.
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Workbook page 50

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Lesson aims
Students ask and answer about what 
people could do in the past.
New language
Could you (play online games) 
when you were (young/seven)? Yes, I could./No, I 
couldn’t.
|
chess, I’m not good at (computers), black 
and white, I’m not that old.
Recycled language
information technology, 
present progressive, simple past, hobbies and skills: 
play online games, use the Internet, cook, swim, read 
e-books, write your name, send text messages, use a 
dictionary, play a musical instrument, speak English,
Can you … ? No, I can’t. There weren’t any … , of 
course
Materials
CD2 
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Word cards: see page TB
1
07
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A photograph of a chess game (or a real chess set) 
|
Homemade cards with verbs from the lesson (
play,
use, cook, swim, read, write, send, play, speak
) or 
statements using 
could/couldn’t
for 
Find someone
who
(optional)
Warmer
• 
Play 
Bluff 
(see page xiv). Help the students with cards to 
make sentences using 
could/couldn’t
and the word on 
their card, e.g., 
People could read magazines in 
19
60
.
Presentation
• 
Think of something you couldn’t do when you were 
young, but your students probably could, e.g., say 
I 
couldn’t use a tablet when I was eight. Could you use a 
tablet when you were eight? 
Help students to reply 
Yes, I 
could
or 
No, I couldn’t.
• 
Repeat with two or three more questions, e.g., 
Could you send a text message when you were eight? 
Could you play computer games when you were eight?
Student’s Book page 62