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Building Background Games
What kind of games do you play with your friends? Choose one game
and complete the chart below.
Vocabulary Getting Ready to Play & A Game from Ghana
Read the definitions and write the words from the Word Bank.
[ Word Bank ]
What is the name of the game?
How many people are needed to play the game?
directions
clap
game
freeze
beat
score
1. an activity or sport in which people compete with each other
according to agreed rules
2. to stop moving suddenly and stay completely still and quiet
freeze
3. to win a point in a sport, game, competition or test
score
What is the most important rule of the game?
What is an interesting fact about the game?
4. to hit your hands against each other many times to make a
sound
clap
5. to hit someone or something many times with your hand or a
stick
stick
6. instructions about how to get from one place to another
Write a paragraph about the game using the information from the
chart that you completed above.
game
direction
Circle the antonym of the underlined words.
1. When both players are ready, start the music.
① begin
② stop
③ play
④ jump
2. If players kick different legs, Ohyiwa wins a point.
① loses
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② gets
③ scores
④ freezes
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Comprehension Getting Ready to Play & A Game from Ghana
Read the paragraph and circle the answer.
Ampe is a jumping game that’s fun for everyone. Two players play at a
time. In Ghana one player is called Ohyiwa. The other is called Opare.
1. What is the paragraph about?
① jumping
② Ghana
③ Ampe
④ player
Comprehension Getting Ready to Play & A Game from Ghana
Read the steps and circle the answer.
(1) Together, clap to the beat.
(2) After four claps jump up. As you land, choose a foot to kick out. Freeze
with that foot up.
(3) Decide who is Ohyiwa and who is Opare. When both players are ready,
start the music.
1. What are the steps for?
① how to play a game
2. How many players are needed when you play Ampe?
② how to make magnets
① two
② four
③ how to make a soup
③ five
④ twenty
④ how to make a musical instrument
2. Number the sentences in order.
3. What is a synonym of the underlined words?
① soon
② at all
③ at once
④ quickly
(
3
)
→( 1
)
→( 2
)
3. What is a synonym of the underlined word?
4. What might the next paragraph be about?
① finish
② move
③ stop
④ continue
① why people play games
② how to play Ampe
③ how to play a hide-and-seek
④ why people play a hide-and-seek
4. When does Opare win a point in Ampe? If needed, read Book page 5 again.
① If Ohyiwa cannot stand with one leg, Opare wins a point.
② If Opare jumps higher than Ohyiwa, Opare wins a point.
③ If Ohyiwa cannot stop jumping, Opare wins a point.
④ If Opare and Ohyiwa kick the same leg, Opare wins a point.
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Vocabulary A Game from Mongolia & A Game from Japan
Complete the word puzzle using the Word Bank.
❶
Read the paragraph and circle the answer.
❷
c i s s o r s
o
h
c
e
k i
e
s
❸
❺
e
p
❻
f
l
a
[ Word Bank ]
❹
c
k
o
r
❽
i n g e r
e
c
t
❼
t
b
o
n
i
kick
finger
bone
sheep
rock
flat
tie
scissors
correct
piece
Across
Down
1. a tool for cutting paper or cloth
1. a farm animal that is kept for its wool
3. to hit something with your foot
5. one of the parts that something divides
or breaks into
6. one of the four long thin parts on your
hand, not including your thumb
7. the result of a game in which two or more
people or teams get the same number of
points
Comprehension A Game from Mongolia
and its meat
2. the hard substance that forms the main
Children in Mongolia play with game pieces made from sheep
anklebones. In the Mongolian language, the bones are called shagai. This
game is a form of a Mongolian game played with shagai. You use _____
instead of real shagai.
1. Which is true about shagai?
① Children play with game pieces made from sheep anklebones.
② Children in Mexico play shagai.
③ This is a form of Mexican game.
④ Recently children do not play this game anymore.
2. Where does the word shagai come from?
① France
② Mexico
③ Mongolia
④ Australia
3. What does shagai mean?
① paper
② dice
③ coin
④ bones
surface of the Earth
4. having no mistakes
6. smooth and level without raised or
hollow areas
8. one of the hard parts that together form
4. Which word goes in the blank?
① stone
② dice
③ coin
④ magnet
the frame of a human, animal or fish
body
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Comprehension A Game from Japan (1)
Read the paragraph and circle the answer.
In many parts of the world, this game is known as Rock, Paper,
Scissors. Two people can play the game anywhere because you don’t
need a game board. All you need is a friend willing to play.
1. What is the paragraph about?
① Kokla Chhapaki
② Ampe
③ Shagai
④ Jan, Ken, Pon
2. How many people can play the game?
① four
② two
③ ten
④ five
3. Why can people play the game anywhere?
Comprehension A Game from Japan (2)
Look at the pictures and write the number of them to match the
sentences.
(1) Paper and Scissors
(2) Scissors and Rock
(3) Paper and Rock
(4) Paper and Paper
1
4
3
2
Scissors win because scissors cut paper.
No one wins. Two hands in the same shape is a tie.
Paper wins because paper covers rock.
Rock wins because rock dulls scissors.
① Because it needs only music.
② Because it doesn’t need a game board.
③ Because it needs only a dice.
Look at the picture. Who wins? Explain why.
④ Because it doesn’t need bones.
4. What do you need to play the game?
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① a dice
② music
③ a friend
④ anklebones
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Rock and Rock
No one wins. Two hands in
the same shape is a tie.
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Vocabulary A Game from India & A Game from Egypt
Comprehension A Game from India
Write the words from the Word Bank under the correct category.
Read the paragraph and circle the answer.
[ Word Bank ]
coins
player
scientist
board
Words Related to
People
Write 2 words.
scientist
player
buttons
handkerchief
square
circle
Kokla Chhapaki is a fun game for a large group. Children in India have
played it for many years. Children in other countries play versions of the
game, too. In many parts of the world, the game is called ____________.
Word Related to
Shapes
Write 2 words.
square
circle
1. What is the paragraph about?
① Jan, Ken, Pon
② Kokla Chhapaki
③ Seega
④ Shagai
2. Which is true about the paragraph?
① Only in India, children play Kokla Chhapaki.
② Two players are needed to play Kokla Chhapaki.
③ Kokla Chhapaki is a game for a large group.
④ Kokla Chhapaki comes from Mongolia.
Things Needed to Play
Seega
Write 3 words.
coins or buttons
board
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Things Needed to Play
Kokla Chhapaki
Write 1 word.
handkerchief
3. Which words fit in the blank?
① Rock, Paper, Scissors
② Anklebones and Shagai
③ Drop the Hankie
④ Seega and Ampe
4. What might you need to play the game in the paragraph?
① a dice
② music
③ a board
④ a handkerchief
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Comprehension A Game from Egypt
Final Test (1)
Circle the answer.
1. What is the jumping game in which two players jump and kick their legs?
1.Which is true about ‘Seega’?
① Ampe
② Seega
③ Shagai
④ Jan, Ken, Pon
① Scientists found Seega boards in the tombs of Mongolia.
② It is a game that people have played for thousands of years.
2. Which is true about Shagai?
③ It comes from Japan.
① It comes from Egypt.
④ It is also called Drop the Hankie.
② In the Mongolian language, the bones are called shagai.
③ It needs a game board and coins.
④ Scientists found Shagai had beed played in Egypt.
2. Write two things you need to play Seega from the box.
a game board
a handkerchief
buttons
thread
3. Which game are the following directions for?
a game board, buttons
If a player tags It, the game goes on with the same It. If It runs all the way
around the circle without being tagged, he or she sits in the other player’s places.
Then the player with the hankie is It.
Look at the pictures and write the numbers that match the
sentences.
(1)
(2)
① Seega
② Ampe
③ Kokla Chhapaki
④ Shagai
(3)
4. Where does Seega come from?
2
3
1
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① Mongolia
② Egypt
③ Japan
④ India
A straight line across wins.
A straight line on a diagonal wins.
A straight line up and down wins.
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Grammar Verbs to Be (1)
Final Test (2)
Write answers from the box.
Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.
- Ampe
- Kokla Chhapaki
- Shagai
- Seega
- Jan, Ken, Po
1. Juan
① is
② are
2. His brother
very tall.
① am
② be
3. The pigs
1. Which game is good for a large group?
in the playground.
① is
③ am
④ be
③ is
④ are
③ are
④ was
③ be
④ am
in the pen.
② am
Kokla Chhapaki
4. They
① are
in the school office.
② is
2. Which game has been played for thousands of years?
Seega
3. Which game does not need anything but people willing to play?
Jan, Ken, Po
Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. These photos (is are) pretty good.
4. Which game needs pieces of anklebones to play with?
Shagai
2. My jacket (is are) blue.
3. Those oranges (is are) not fresh.
5. Which game needs two players called Ohyiwa and Opare?
Ampe
4. My backpack (is are) under the desk.
5. The cow in the field (is are) very hungry.
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Grammar Verbs to Be (2)
Writing I Play Games
Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. Ampe
① is
2. The other
① am
3. The bones
① be
4. This game
① are
Choose a game that you play with your friends. Then write about
what you need for the game and how to play the game.
a jumping game that’s fun for everyone.
② are
③ am
④ be
③ be
④ are
③ are
④ is
Game:
called Opare.
② is
Materials:
called shagai.
② am
known as Rock, Paper, Scissors.
② am
③ is
④ be
Steps:
1.
Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. This game (is are) a form of a Mongolian game played with shagai.
2.
2. Kokla Chhapaki (is are) a fun game for a large group.
3.
3. These players’ hands (is are) in the paper and rock shapes.
4. If you (is are) in the circle, feel behind you for the hankie.
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Listening Practice
MEMO
Listen to the sentence and fill in the blanks.
jumping game that’s fun for everyone.
1. Ampe is a __________
dice if two players are playing.
2. Use ten __________
ten __________
points wins the game.
3. The first player with __________
Drop __________
the
Hankie
4. In many parts of the world, the game is called __________
__________.
thousands of years.
board game that people have played for __________
5. Seega is a __________
Listen to the paragraph and fill in the blanks.
anklebones In the
6. Children in Mongolia play with game pieces made from sheep __________.
shagai This game is a form of a
Mongolian language, the shagai are called __________.
instead __________
of
Mongolian game played with shagai. You use dice __________
real
shagai.
Rock __________,
Paper
7. In many parts of the world, this game is known as __________,
Scissors Two people can play the game anywhere because you don’t need a game
__________.
board All you need is a __________
friend willing to play.
__________.
It
holding the
8. If you are __________,
walk around the outside of the circle while __________
hankie Pretend to drop the hankie __________
behind each player.
__________.
beans __________
buttons or any small items as Seega pieces. Just
9. You can use coins, __________,
whose pieces are __________.
whose
make sure you know __________
move his or her pieces into a __________
straight line wins. The line
10. The first player to __________
across or __________.
diagonally It can’t be the same as the starting line.
can run down, __________,
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WORKBOOK
Let’s Play Games Around the World
Publisher Jae-yoon Chung
Managing Director Hannah Lee
Senior Editor Jung-ah Kim
Project Editor Reese Ji
Written by Jeong Hee Choi
Proofread by Alwin G. Fontenot
Recorded by Yeasung Media Tech
Illustrated by Donghyun Lee, Youngjoo Jung
Designed by DOD Design
Printed by POD KOREA
Copyright © 2008 by Language World Co., Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form
or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system,
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Second Edition in 2008
ISBN 978-89-256-0021-5