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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Germany totally dominated Maradona’s Argentina and ____________________ anyone left in the tournament they mean business. Germany ____________________ as a team against Messi, Tevez and the other Argentine superstars who ____________________ of the match. Thomas Mueller ____________________, heading in a free-kick after just three minutes. Argentina had little in ____________________ the match, rarely testing the German ‘keeper. Miroslav Klose tapped in Germany’s second from close range to get his 50th goal on his 100th German appearance. Germany’s third came after a ____________________ through the penalty area left defender Friedrich ____________________ his first ever international goal. Klose finished the scoring in the final minutes ____________________. He is now one goal behind the all-time World Cup scoring record.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

Germany ayltlto dominated Maradona’s Argentina and sent a message to anyone left in the tournament they mean uisbssne. Germany played fantastically well as a team against Messi, Tevez and the other Argentine pastsrrsue who seemed lost for most of the match. Thomas Mueller opened the scoring, egdanih in a free-kick after just three minutes. Argentina had little in reply for the whole of the match, rarely tignets the German ‘keeper. Miroslav Klose aepdtp in Germany’s second from close rgean to get his 50th goal on his 100th German appearance. Germany’s third came after a fantastic envgaiw run through the penalty area left defender Friedrich with a tap-in for his first ever international goal. Klose finished the isongrc in the final minutes with a clinical voylel. He is now one goal behind the all-time World Cup scoring record.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Germany totally dominated Maradona’s Argentina and message to anyone left in the sent a tournament they mean business. Germany played fantastically well as a team against Messi, Tevez and the other Argentine seemed who superstars most for lost of the match. Thomas Mueller scoring the opened free a in heading ,-kick after just three minutes. Argentina had little in reply of whole the for match the, rarely testing the German ‘keeper. Miroslav Klose Germany’s tapped second in from close goal 50th his get to range his on 100th German appearance. fantastic a after came third Germany’s weaving area penalty the through run left defender Friedrich with a tap-in for his first ever international goal. Klose minutes the in final finished scoring the with a clinical volley. He is now one goal behind the all-time World Cup scoring record.

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.

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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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