5. Hobbies:   Board games

8. Reading: The history of board games.

Board games are games you play on a board on a table, such as Monopoly and chess.
The history of board games quiz
     
1. People have played board games for more than ____________.
  300 years
  3,000 years
  30,000 years
     
2. The first American board game was about ____________.
  money
  Egyptian kings
  happiness
     
3. At first, Monopoly was very popular because ____________.
  people didn’t have money but liked to imagine making money and buying property
  American people had a lot of money and property
  people liked playing board games
     
4. When video games first appeared in the 1980s ____________.
  people played board games more than before
  people played board games the same as before
  people played board games less than before
     
5. Board games became popular again because ____________.
  a new, exciting board game was made
  video games became less popular
  families didn’t want to watch television
     

 

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9. Vocabulary: The Monopoly board.

Choose the correct options to name the items from a board game.

Objects

     

 

Verbs

     

 

10. Language: Obligation and permission.

Obligation and permission

Use have to + verb when it is an obligation to do something.
You have to go to school during the week.

Use don’t have to + verb when there is no obligation to do something.
You don’t have to go to school at the weekend.

Use can + verb when you have permission to do something.
You can drive a car when you are 18 years old.

Use can’t + verb when you don’t have permission to do something.
You can’t drive a car if you don’t have a driving licence.

Choose the correct option to complete the Monopoly rules.
       
  1. Players choose their counter.
       
  2.
 
Players throw the dice before the game starts.
       
  3. One of the players be the banker.
       
  4.
 
Players move the number they throw on the dice.
       
  5.
 
Players buy the property of the square they are on.
       
  6. Players move backwards.
       
  7.
 
Players buy the property of the square they are on.
       
  8.
 
Players pay to get out of jail; they can throw a double or wait three turns.