Lesson 2
While-listening:
Gap-filling:
Students put the words into the gaps in the text.
MCQ:
Students put the correct words from this table into the arti-
cle. (I).
Students check each other’s works. Peer-assessment.
Playing video games is (1) ____ of the world’s biggest hob-
bies. It only seems right, therefore, that there is a special day to
celebrate it. National Video Games Day is the one day of the year
you can (2) ____ crazy playing your favourite games. It’s OK to
tell people you can’t see them on this day, (3) ____ you want to
play with them. In fact, what (4) ____ way to spend National Vid-
eo Games Day than in a marathon session with fellow gamers.
Video Games Day celebrates all the popular video games (5) ____
yesteryear, like Pac Man and Space Invaders, to today’s graphics-
packed games on PlayStations, Nintendo consoles and Microsoft’s
X-Box. Be careful (6) ____, playing too many video games can be
bad for your health.
For (7) ____ that don’t know, a video game is an electronic
game that involves interaction with a console or buttons, and a
screen. Video games used to be played only on televisions or ar-
cade game screens, but now they are played on all (8) ____ of de-
vices, including computers. The earliest (9) ____ video game was
the "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device" in 1947. It was very
simple. The player controlled a dot on a screen that simulated a
missile (10) ____ at targets. The first coin-operated video game
arrived in 1971. It was called Computer Space and was in black
and white. Technology soon (11) ____ ahead to produce the clas-
sics we know and love today. The future of video games is sure to
be (12) ____ exciting as the games themselves.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
1. (a) some
(b) among
(c) one
(d) belong
2. (a) go
(b) come
(c) have
(d) do
3. (a) useless (b) until
(c) unless
(d) unreal
4. (a) good
(b) best
(c) bettering
(d) better
5. (a) by
(b) from
(c) at
(d) in
6. (a) though (b) through
(c) throughout (d) thought
7. (a) them
(b) they
(c) those
(d) these
8. (a) kindly (b) kinds
(c) kindness
(d) kind
9. (a) known (b) knowing (c) knows
(d) knew
10. (a) fires
(b) fired
(c) fire
(d) fiery
11. (a) leaping (b) leaps
(c) leap
(d) leapt
12. (a) much
(b) some
(c) by
(d) as
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