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LISTENING GAP-FILL

A 1-0 win was _____________________ mouthwatering tie against the old enemy England in the knockout round. It was an exciting game _____________________ either way. Germany’s Mesut Ozil settled the matter in the 60th minute with a _____________________ from outside the penalty area. The game was played with great pace. It was _____________________ and Ghana had enough chances to win the game themselves. Their strategy was to hit Germany _____________________ and it caused the German defenders a lot of problems. It was always the Ghanaians' finishing _____________________. Germany increased the _____________________. They knew if Serbia scored in the group’s other game, they could be _____________________. German playmaker Ozil popped up on 60 minutes to settle German nerves and ensure they headed the group table.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

A 1-0 win was enough to set up a mouthwatering tie against the old eemyn England in the knockout round. It was an exciting game that could have nugsw either way. Germany’s Mesut Ozil settled the matter in the 60th minute with a beautiful curling yllove from outside the penalty area. The game was played with great pace. It was real end-to-end tusff and Ghana had enough chances to win the game themselves. Their getrsaty was to hit Germany on the counterattack and it caused the German eddesfenr a lot of problems. It was always the Ghanaians' sniifghni that let them down. Germany increased the tpmoe after the break. They knew if Serbia scored in the group’s other game, they could be on the plane home. German marpeaylk Ozil popped up on 60 minutes to settle German nerves and ensure they edhaed the group table.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

A 1-0 win enough set a was to up mouthwatering tie against the old enemy England in the knockout round. It was an exciting game swung have could that way either. Germany’s Mesut Ozil settled the matter in the 60th minute with volley outside a curling from the beautiful penalty area. was with pace game played great The. It was real end-to-end stuff and Ghana had enough chances to win the game themselves. Their strategy was to hit Germany the on caused it and counterattack the German defenders a lot of problems. It was always the Ghanaians' let finishing them that down. Germany increased break the after tempo the. They knew if Serbia scored in the group’s other game, they could be on the plane home. German playmaker Ozil popped up on 60 minutes German settle to ensure and nerves they headed the group table.

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 _____________
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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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