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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Australia _____________________ draw against Ghana in spite of playing with ten _____________________ match. They should have had a penalty in the first few minutes when Harry Kewell was _____________________. They went ahead in the 11th minute when Brett Holman _____________________ error. Australia _____________________ first quarter of the game. Ghana had little in response to Australia’s creativity, _____________________ game with non-stop fouls. Everything changed _____________________ first half. Kewell was red-carded for _____________________ the line – his arm got in the way of a close range shot. Asamoah Gyan sent Aussie ‘keeper Mark Schwarzer _____________________ the penalty to level the scores. Both teams _____________________ in an exciting second half.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

Australia hung on for a 1-1 draw aaintgs Ghana in spite of playing with ten men for most of the cthma. They should have had a nyplate in the first few minutes when Harry Kewell was hubgotr down in the box. They went ahead in the 11th minute when Brett Holman pounced on a goalkeeping rorre. Australia looked in control for the first quarter of the game. Ghana had little in response to Australia’s creativity, except to stop the game with non-stop osufl. Everything changed mid-way through the first half. Kewell was red-rdcead for handling the ball on the line – his arm got in the way of a close aengr shot. Asamoah Gyan sent Aussie ‘keeper Mark Schwarzer the wrong way from the ynltape to level the scores. Both teams had chances to score in an ciixgtne second half.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Australia for draw a against 1 hung - on 1 Ghana in spite of playing for men ten with match the of most. They should have had a penalty in the first few minutes when Harry down the Kewell brought in box was. They went ahead in the 11th minute when Brett Holman pounced on a goalkeeping error. looked Australia the for control in first quarter of the game. Ghana had little in response to Australia’s creativity, non to the with except stop game- stop fouls. Everything changed mid-way through the first half. Kewell carded - red was ball the handling for on the line – arm the a his in of range got way close shot. Asamoah Gyan sent Aussie ‘keeper Mark Schwarzer the level to penalty the from way wrong the scores. Both teams had chances to score in an exciting second half.

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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