Focus Ss' attention on the pictures. Ask: What can you see in the pictures? All of this together is our environment. Is the environment important? What ways are there to save it? Did you ever consider gaming a way to save the environment? Give brief description of the context of gaming and saving the planet.

Gist: Show G-form. Tell Ss to listen to the text and answer the question by ticking the right answers. Gamer 2, Gamer 3, Gamer 4 Ask one further question about each gamer, why they would/wouldn't play these games. 1. Does he think these games would be fun? Explain "buzz" 2. Would she feel better knowing she is helping the planet? She would feel less guilty 3. Would he play the games if they were poor in quality? No, in the end he wants to gain points. 4. Would he try them out by himself? No, only with friends. Intensive: Show Gform with phrases that have a blank space. Tell Ss to read the text this time and fill in the blank spaces. 1. 'd have thought; 2. would make us do; 3. Would you tell us; 4. would get; 5. they wouldn't; 6. 'd sooner play

Meaning: Show Gform and tell students to pick the right meaning for the sentence. 1. I’d have thought that the games would turn out to be pretty dull. (You can express speculations) 2. When I was at school, the teachers would make us do these educational games … (You can describe how things were in the past) 3. That’s interesting. Would you tell us what happened? (You can sound more polite) 4. I didn’t realize it would get so addictive, and that’s important … (You can talk about the future in the past) 5. I asked some friends to try them out, but they wouldn’t. (You can express a refusal in the past) 6. They would sooner/rather play shooting games and I think that would be true of lots of gamers. (You can describe a preference) Form: Show Gform and tell students to shorten the sentences as much as possible. 1. I’d've thought that the games would turn out to be pretty dull. 2. When I was at school, the teachers would make us do these educational games … 3. That’s interesting. Would you tell us what happened? 4. I didn’t realize it'd get so addictive, and that’s important … 5. I asked some friends to try them out, but they wouldn’t. 6. They'd sooner/rather play shooting games and I think that'd be true of lots of gamers. Show that would = 'd; would have = 'd've; would not = wouldn't; would not have = wouldn't've. You only use it like that in spoken English. Pronunciation: Show Gslide with pronunciation and read it to them while they repeat it with mics closed. Afterwards stop screen sharing and let some students repeat.

Show G-slide. Tell Ss to match the sentences and type in would/wouldn't in the right position. Show one example. 1 e We never imagined the game WOULD become so popular. 2 d Most gamers WOULD sooner starve than stop playing in order to eat! 3 c If you had to choose between career and family, which WOULD you go for? 4 f WOULD you ever consider working in the games industry? 5 a There'll be plenty of people interested in this project, I WOULD have thought. 6 b I asked to take a selfie with my favorite player, but he WOULDN'T let me.

Show G-slide with interview questions. Tell students to answer these questions using 'would' wherever possible. Afterwards put them into pairs, letting them interview each other and ask further questions. Do you like video games? (i.e. I would play video games with my friends when I was younger) What benefits do video games have? What negative sides of video games are there? In the end tell them that this lesson is supposed to make them aware of more usages of would but that they should ensure that they do not overuse it but use other ways of expressing things like 'used to'

Show Gslide with mistakes and let students try to correct them.