Guess my Age

the contest

my age

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guess

Have you ever played this game?

He/she could have been 60 may have been 60 might have been 60 can't have been 60 must have been 60

He/she could be 60 may be 60 might be 60 can't be 60 must be 60

before the game , practise

MATERIALS: YOU WILL NEED BLANK SLIPS OF PAPER

There are 3 types of clues:

• the SONG ( one song released on the year of birth of the famous person)
• the EVENT (an important event of the year the celebrity was born),
• the CELEBRITY ( another famous person born in the same year)

Teams will be offered a clue to help you guess the exact age

The class is divided into teams. The aim of the game is to find out the exact age of some famous people while using the target language. In this case, modal verbs.

instructions

3. After that,they can choose a clue to help them guess the right age. Only one clue per celebrity is displayed. Get teams to agree on the first clue.

2. Teams will confer for 30 seconds and the spokesperson for each team will orally give an estimate of the age of the person using the target language. For ex. He might be 60. I would encurage using modal verbs of possibility for this first round.

All the teams play at the same time

1. Teams will be shown a picture of a famous person.

instructions

4. The clue is displayed/shown and again teams will have 30 seconds to agree on the age of the person in the picture but this time they will need to write a sentence using a modal verb and indicating their guess. When the time is up, all teams at the same time will have to raise a slip of paper with the age they think the person has. For ex: He must be 42. I would encourage the use of "must" after students see the clue, to show they are more sure.

7. In this game, there will be some pictures of dead famous people to practise the perfect modals.

6. Display the answer. The winner of this round will be the team closest to the actual age without going over and they will get to choose the clue for the next celebrity-

5. Choose a couple of teams to justify their answer, again using the target language.

instructions

ready?

He/she could be 60 may be 60 might be 60 can't be 60 must be 60

remember the language

How old are they now?

ANSWER

CLUES

NEXT

Brad Pitt

999

next celebrity

READY TO GUESS AGAIN?

EVENT

SONG

CELEBRITY

Choose your clue

BEYONCE

BRAD PITT

MADONNA

QUEEN ELISABETH

THE SONG

BRAD PITT

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ANSWER

CLUES

NEXT

Beyonce

999

next celebrity

READY TO GUESS AGAIN?

EVENT

SONG

CELEBRITY

Choose your clue

BEYONCE

BRAD PITT

MADONNA

QUEEN ELISABETH

THE SONG

Biografía

BEYONCE

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ANSWER

CLUES

NEXT

Queen Elisabeth

999

next celebrity

READY TO GUESS AGAIN?

EVENT

SONG

CELEBRITY

Choose your clue

BEYONCE

BRAD PITT

MADONNA

QUEEN ELISABETH

THE SONG

Biografía

QUEEN ELISABETH

Lorem ipsum dolor sit

ANSWER

CLUES

NEXT

Madonna

999

next celebrity

READY TO GUESS AGAIN?

EVENT

SONG

CELEBRITY

Choose your clue

BEYONCE

BRAD PITT

MADONNA

QUEEN ELISABETH

ESCOGE TÚ CANCIÓN

Biografía

MADONNA

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The following people are sadly no longer with us

He could/may/might/must/can't have been 60 when the picure was taken

you are going to see a picture

and you will need to guess their age when the picture was taken.Your clues this time will be the videos of the featured moment in history.

instructions

When the picture was taken

He/she could have been 60 may have been 60 might have been 60 can't have been 60 must have been 60

remember the language

ANSWER

John Lennon when he recorded Imagine

ANSWER

Martin Luther King's when he gave his famous speech I have a dream

ANSWER

Princess Diana when she got married

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