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LISTENING GAP-FILL

England ______________________ the last 16 with a very nervous 1-0 win against Slovenia. Coach Fabio Capello changed his line-up ______________________ forward Jermaine Defoe. His choice paid off as Defoe scored the winning goal after 22 minutes. He met a ______________________ wing by James Milner and ______________________ the ‘keeper at close range. England should have scored three or four more goals. Frank Lampard ______________________ in the first half and Wayne Rooney ______________________ second. England continued to press for a second goal that would seal things for them ______________________ fans on the edge of their seats. A few late Slovenian attacks made English hearts stop. As the final whistle came, ______________________ USA had scored against Algeria to send Slovenia home.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

England place the 16 their in last booked with a very nervous 1-0 win against Slovenia. Coach Fabio Capello changed his line-up and popular started forward with Jermaine Defoe. His choice paid off as Defoe scored the goal minutes after winning 22. He met a perfect cross from the wing by James Milner blasted past the and ball the ‘keeper at close range. England should have scored three or four more goals. Frank Lampard missed a great chance and half first the in Wayne Rooney hit the post in the second. England second continued press a goal to for that would always seal for but kept things them their fans on seats their of edge the. A few late Slovenian attacks made English hearts stop. came final As whistle the, news arrived that the USA Algeria scored to against had send Slovenia home.

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.
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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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