Ex. Perseverance is a very important feature when you prepare for the exams.
Match the collocations.
| to use resources | to budget |
| sound | achievement |
| develop valuable | familiar |
| carry | with |
| face | through mistakes |
| to deal | and inform |
| to develop problem | out |
| to overcome | for |
| learn | information |
| sense of | effectively |
| learning how | challenges |
| pay | life skills |
| to educate | solving skills |
| personal | the obstacles |
| reach | computer skills |
| have excellent | the solution |
Make your own sentences
Ex. Learning how to budget is a valuable life skill.
Put the words in the correct order
- skills, develop, video, could, playing, teenagers, help, valuable, life, games
- challenges, personal, every, we ,at, work, in, our, face, lives, school, day, or
- are, there, other, more, that, be, challenging, to, skills, acquire, important, can
- patience, and, difficulties, are, essential, overcoming, skills, in, perseverance, everyday, three, life.
- expose, video, can, you, to, in, virtual, making, world, decisions, games, the
- you, isolate, too, time, can, the, real, much, world, screen, from
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6. Fill in the gaps:
perseverance, difficulties, patience, to overcome, achievement, confidence, essential, develop,
For example, there are many video games which can help us to ________problem solving skills. Some games help develop _________and_______ skills by continuing to increase the level of difficulty. As a result of playing these games, players can develop__________, as being able_______ the obstacles gives you a real sense of_______. Patience, perseverance and overcoming_________ are three________ skills in everyday life.
develop, deal with, challenges, carry out, social, to acquire, vital, to master
Every day we face______ at school, work or in our personal lives, and we need to______ the skills to______ them. Computer skills, for example, are_______ for most activities we______ in our daily lives as well as helping you with studying. When we are young we are able to learn basic______ skills but there are other important skills that can be more challenging______. Surprisingly, video games can offer help us_______ these.
pay for, real world, beneficial, make sure, running up, screen time, personal
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However_______ these games may be, there are things to remember. Too much______ can isolate you from the_______ and if you play multi-player games online, then you need to be sure who you are playing with. You shouldn’t give your_______ information about yourself to someone you don’t know. It’s also vital to_______ that you are not______ a huge bill in games that you _______online.
Choose the correct word:
1. Video games could help teenagers develop______ life skills.
| great | valuable | inevitable | modern |
2. Video games can help us to______ essential skills.
| replace | drill | master | enhance |
3. Some games help develop patience and______________ skills.
| perseverance | confident | selfish | imaginative |
4. Video games can_________ you to making decisions in the virtual world.
| help | bring | push | expose |
5. They constantly place_______ in your path until you reach the solution.
| problems | difficulties | obstacles | regulations |
6. There are other important skills that can be more challenging ________.
| to inquire | to acquire | to require | to learn |
7. _________suggests that video games may help young people with life skills.
| knowledge | fact | experiment | research |
8. To________ in the world of StarCraft you have to plan ahead.
| succeed | produce | create | build |
9. Computer skills are vital for most activities we_______ in our daily lives.
| carry on | carry off | carry out | carry over |
10. Making errors in a game may help players understand their________.
| results | consequences | decisions | drawbacks |
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You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen-friend Bob who writes:
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… All my days, including weekends look almost alike. How do you spend your free time? Do you like to play video games? Why? What skills do video games develop?
I got a perfect video game for my birthday …
Write a letter to Bob.
In your letter
- answer his questions
- ask 3 questions about his video game
Write 100–140 words.
Remember the rules of letter writing.
12. Speaking
Answer 5 questions
1. Why do some parents approve of children playing video games?
2. What essential skills can video games develop?
3. In which way do teenagers learn how to make decisions while playing video games?
4. What are the drawbacks of playing online games?
5. How can school education inform students about benefits and drawback of video games?
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Task 4. Imagine that you are doing a project “Kinds of games for teenagers” together
with your friend. You have found some illustrations and want to share the
news. Leave a voice message to your friend. In 2.5 minutes be ready to tell the
friend about the photos:
• give a brief description of the photos, justifying the choice of the photos the project;
• say in what way the pictures are different, justifying the choice of the photos for the project;
• mention the advantages and disadvantages (1–2) of the two kinds of games for teenagers;
• express your opinion on the subject of the project – whether you would like to play video games or board games and why.
You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (2–3 sentences for every item of
the plan, 12–15 sentences total). You have to talk continuously.
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