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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Algeria 0 Slovenia 1 will not ____________________ of the greatest games in history. It wasn’t quite as boring as France v Uruguay ____________________. Neither team played with any real purpose. Perhaps the players were ____________________. This is the World Cup and a loss in the opening game makes it ________________. The first half was just ____________________ that didn’t produce any goal scoring opportunities. Slovenia didn’t ____________________ goal until the 44th minute. ____________________ excitement came in the 79th minute when Slovenia’s Robert Koren scored. It was ____________________ of the USA’s goal against England – a ____________________ from 25 metres that the goalie failed to hold. The Algerian and England ‘keepers will probably ____________________ on the match ball.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

Algeria 0 Slovenia 1 will not go down as one of the greatest games in tosryhi. It wasn’t quite as boring as France v Uruguay but it came close. Neither team played with any real spoeurp. Perhaps the players were suffering from eservn. This is the World Cup and a loss in the npigoen game makes it difficult to progress. The first half was just a series of rcrosne that didn’t produce any goal igcrson opportunities. Slovenia didn’t have an effort on goal until the 44th minute. The only ceepi of excitement came in the 79th minute when Slovenia’s Robert Koren scored. It was almost a lcirepa of the USA’s goal against England – a pretty tame shot from 25 metres that the eaiogl failed to hold. The Algerian and England ‘keepers will probably blame their errors on the tacmh ball.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Algeria 0 Slovenia 1 down go not will one as of the greatest games in history. boring quite It as as wasn’t France v Uruguay but it came close. Neither team played with any real purpose. suffering players Perhaps were the from nerves. This is the World Cup and a loss in the opening game to difficult it makes progress. The first half was just of series a didn’t that corners produce any goal scoring opportunities. on effort an have didn’t Slovenia goal until the 44th minute. of only excitement piece The came in the 79th minute when Slovenia’s Robert Koren scored. a almost was It of replica the USA’s goal against England – pretty a 25 from shot tame metres that the goalie failed to hold. The Algerian and England ‘keepers the blame match their ball errors will on probably.

STUDENT WORLD CUP SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about the World Cup in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
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• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WORLD CUP DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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 WRITING

Write about this game for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. MY REPORT: Write a newspaper report about yesterday’s games. Read your report to your partner(s) in your next lesson.

3. WATCH TODAY’S GAMES IN ENGLISH: Write down all the new words you hear below. Bring them to class tomorrow to share with your classmates.

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