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LISTENING GAP-FILL

All eyes were on Lionel Messi _________________ the stage against Nigeria at Ellis Park, Johannesburg. The world player of the year _________________ in producing some Messi magic. _________________ except score a goal in Argentina’s 1-0 victory. Every touch _________________, including a spectacular bending _________________ by the superb, very busy and brave 'keeper Enyeama. But it was Argentine defender Gabriel Heinze _________________ game’s only goal – a stunning _________________ the penalty spot into the top corner. Argentina _________________ most of the game but Nigeria _________________, especially late on. This victory meant a lot to Argentina’s legendary coach Diego Maradona. He hugged and kissed all of his players after _________________.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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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.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

• 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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