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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Neither __________________ ever been to the World Cup quarter-finals. Their nerves showed in this very scrappy game. There were few chances __________________ they seemed to want to defend more than attack. Perhaps the Japanese had the best of the near misses and played with a __________________. The closest either team came to finding __________________ was a powerful shot from Japan’s Mitsui which __________________ but hit the crossbar. Extra time came and there was still no change in the tactics. Penalties __________________ came. Paraguay went first and Barreto confidently put the ball away. Japan’s Endo __________________. Lucas Barrios and Hasebe put their kicks away. Riveros put Paraguay 3-2 up and then Komano misses for Japan. Advantage Paraguay. Valdez and Honda __________________ to leave it to Oscar Cardozo to put Paraguay through.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Neither of the to been ever had teams these World Cup quarter-finals. Their showed nerves scrappy very this in game. There were few chances for either side as they seemed to more defend to want attack than. Perhaps the Japanese near the of best the had and misses played with a little more teamwork. The closest either team came to back the finding a was net the of powerful shot from Japan’s Mitsui goalkeeper the over curled which but hit the crossbar. Extra time came and there was still no change in the tactics. Penalties loomed and penalties came. Paraguay put confidently Barreto and first went the ball away. Japan’s Endo replied to level. Lucas Barrios and Hasebe put their kicks away. Riveros put Paraguay misses up for and 3 then - Komano 2 Japan. Advantage Paraguay. Valdez and Honda score their next penalties to leave it to Oscar Cardozo to put Paraguay through.

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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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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