Efl guess What! Teacher's Book 6 Grade 6

Student’s Book page 6
1
5 Read and listen.
• 
Direct students to the title and ask 
How many years ago is 
19
80?
How old is Sally now?
and 
How old was she in 
19
80?
• 
Play the recording while students read and listen. 
Then ask 
Could people send emails in 
19
80?
Elicit the short answer 
No, they couldn’t.
• 
Play the recording again and ask students to follow and 
raise their hands when they find 
could
or 
couldn’t
.
CD
2
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1
6 What could people do before 
1
80? Read and 
choose.
• 
Students read and choose
 could
or 
couldn’t
. 
Key: 
1
couldn’t
 
2
could
 
3
could
 
4
could
 
5
couldn’t
7 Read and find the mistakes in Sally’s to-do list.
• 
Say 
When did Sally write this list? 
(
8th February, 
19
8
9
.
)
Say 
Read and find the mistakes. 
Read the example 
speech bubble with the class.
• 
Students make sentences with 
couldn’t
in pairs. 
Key: 
People couldn’t send emails in 
19
8
9
. People couldn’t 
use the Internet in 
19
8
9
. People couldn’t check websites
in 
19
8
9
.
8 Which words sound the strongest? 
Listen and repeat.
• 
Say 
Which words sound stronger?
Tell the students 
to look at the words in 
bold 
and play the recording, 
pausing after the “strong” words. Then play the sentence 
for the second time and pause for students to repeat, 
trying to put the stress on the same words.
CD2:22
People
could 
read
books
. People … read … books
People
could 
read
books
.
They 
couldn’t
send
emails
. couldn’t … send … emails
They 
couldn’t
send
emails
.
• 
Say 
Now listen to these sentences. Which words are the 
strongest?
Play the recording, pausing for students to tell 
you the “strong” words. Remind students that we stress 
important words. Then encourage the students to repeat, 
stressing the correct words.
CD2:23
1
They could 
write letters
.
2
They 
could
n’t 
vi
sit 
web
sites.
3
They 
couldn’t read e-books
.
4
He could 
read
when he was 
five
.
5
I 
couldn’t
swim
when I was 
three
.
6
I could 
walk
when I was 
two
.
Workbook page 4
4 Look and complete the sentences with 
could
 
or 
couldn’t
.
• 
Students complete the sentences.
Key: 
2
couldn’t
 
3
could
 
4
could
 
5
couldn’t
5 Look at activity 4. Write sentences about Mary.
• 
Students write sentences using the words given.
Key:
 
2
Mary could use an encyclopedia in 
19
70.
 
3
Mary 
couldn’t send an email in 
19
70.
 
4
Mary could use the 
Internet in 20
1
0.
 
5
Mary couldn’t read an e-book in 
19
70.
6 Put the words in order.
• 
Students reorder the words and write the sentences.
Key: 
2
Your father could use a dictionary when he was 
young.
 
3
People could play online games in 
199
5.

4
Sam’s mother couldn’t read e-books in 
19
80.

5
My grandfather could send letters in 
19
70.
Ending the lesson
• 
Ask 
What could you do when you were five? What 
couldn’t you do that you can do now?
Students write 
sentences. Elicit ideas.
Extra activities:
see page TB
11
7
(if time)
TB6
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Life in 1980
Sally Rogers was born in 1980. 
How was life diff erent then?
Most people didn’t have a computer at 
home in 1980. Th ey couldn’t use the 
Internet or websites. Th ey watched 
the news on TV or they bought 
newspapers, magazines, or books. Th ey 
couldn’t buy e-books. People could call 
or send letters to their friends, but they 
couldn’t send emails. Now we can send 
emails to friends all over the world.