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LISTENING GAP-FILL

The Netherlands won their _____________________ tournament against a _____________________ Japanese side. With six points, the Dutch must surely qualify for the last 16. It was a very _____________________ and Japan were unlucky to have lost. In the first half they had _____________________ on goal. They defended superbly and limited the Netherlands _____________________ target. Perhaps the Netherlands were trying to _____________________. They played with a lot of patience and did not allow Japan a lot of space. Their _____________________ the second half. Wesley Sneijder's thunderous shot was too much for Japanese goalkeeper Kawashima, who failed to keep it out. Japan had a chance _____________________ in the 89th minute when Shinji Okazaki fired his _____________________ from the corner of the 6-yard box.

 

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.

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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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