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LISTENING GAP-FILL

The USA came _____________________ to draw in this exciting Group C match. This game saw the World Cup’s smallest nation, Slovenia, against its biggest, the USA. Size didn’t matter _____________________ Slovenia scored two goals. The first was _____________________ curler from Valter Birsa which left the US goalkeeper _____________________. The second came from Zlatan Ljubijankic _____________________. The US coach’s pep talk _____________________ have worked because the Americans came out much stronger. They got a goal back two minutes _____________________. A defensive slip let Landon Donavon _____________________ to smash the ball into _____________________. The USA pressed for an equalizer and got it with eight minutes to go. There was still time for a _____________________ before the final whistle.

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.

	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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