What is Alex doing? Listen and choose. •
Ask
Who can you see in the photograph? (
Alex and his grandpa. )
What’s he doing? Read the three options and
check comprehension.
•
Say
Listen and choose. Play the recording. Students listen
and choose the correct answer. Ask
What game is he playing? Check that students know what
chess is (show
a photograph of a chess game or a real chess set, if
possible).
Key: c – playing an online game
CD 2 :24 : see Student’s Book page 62
1 0 Listen again and practice. •
Say
Now listen again. Can Alex’s grandpa play online games? Play the first half of the recording, pausing
to elicit the answer (
No, he can’t .). Then ask
Could his grandpa watch television when he was young? •
Continue the recording for students to find and say the
answer (
Yes, he could .). Ask
What kind of television was it? and check that students know the meaning of
black and white . Continue the recording and elicit the meaning
of the last line
I’m not that old! •
Then play the recording again, pausing for students to
repeat the dialog. Students can also practice it in pairs.
11 Make questions. Then ask and answer. •
Ask volunteers to read the example speech bubbles. Say
Ask and answer questions with a friend . Ask some more
questions using the prompts and different ages, e.g.,
Could you write your name when you were two? Could you speak English when you were four? •
Students then continue the activity in pairs. They use the
example speech bubbles and the Focus! box to help.
