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Teacher guide & answers
In this lesson: Identify the launch schedule and distinguish a later update.
Football Manager 27 Plans Its Full Launch
How to use these two pages
Give learners the student worksheet. It contains the story and questions, without the answers. Keep this guide for yourself. Use it to lead the activity and explain the answers afterwards.
Student worksheetA simple 15–20-minute lesson
- Before reading · 2 minutes
Show the title. Ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
- Read and answer · 8–10 minutes
Give out the student worksheet. Learners read for the main idea, then reread to answer the 2 questions. They can compare answers with a partner.
- Discuss and write · 5–8 minutes
Check the answers below together. Ask learners to point to the clue in the story, then finish with the open question.
Adjust the support: Let learners use word help or Level 1 if needed. For a challenge, compare the wording in another level. This activity is not a proficiency test.
Answers to the 2 questions
The question numbers match the student worksheet. Each answer includes a reason and the clue learners can find in the story.
What time was the full launch scheduled to start?
Correct answer: B — 16:00 GMT
Why: The first paragraph gives 16:00 GMT.
Clue in the story: Sports Interactive scheduled Football Manager 27’s full launch for November 10, from 16:00 GMT. Players had already tried a launch preview.
Which work was not yet complete?
Correct answer: A — The later November update
Why: The final paragraph explicitly says the later update is not yet complete.
Clue in the story: A launch update includes crash fixes and updated translations. The developer also plans another update later in November; that later update is not yet complete.
The open question: accept different answers
Ask learners: Explain the preview and the later update.
One possible answer: Players had already tried a launch preview before the scheduled November 10 full launch. Another update was planned for later in November and was not yet complete.
This is an example, not the only correct answer. Look for a relevant idea, a reason and the learner’s own words. Learners can answer aloud or write one or two sentences.
Grammar to discuss
An earlier experience
had already tried
Had + past participle places the preview experience before the scheduled full launch; already emphasises it happened earlier.