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World Cup lessons page

LISTENING GAP-FILL

Could _________________? Could the USA upset England at another World Cup, like they did in 1950? It ended 1-1, _________________. England captain Steven Gerrard _________________ in the fourth minute. He took a lovely through ball from Heskie and cleverly _________________ past USA goalkeeper Tim Howard. The USA were the better team _________________ half. _________________ from a terrible goalkeeping error. Robert Green let a shot from Clint Dempsey slip through his hands and _________________. England coach Fabio Capello was not impressed. England had lots of possession _________________ in the second half but failed to find the net. Overall, this _________________ of how England can disappoint in _________________ that the USA can play football.

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.
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Q.4.
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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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