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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Ghana ___________________ the quarter finals with a 2-1 win over the USA. They ___________________ African side ever to achieve this. They did it the hard way, ___________________ see off a well-organized, battling USA side. Ghana ___________________ in the fifth minute. Kevin-Prince Boateng gave them an early lead ___________________ stealing the ball from USA midfielder Ricardo Clark. Ghana played the better football throughout the first half. They had ___________________ and energy for the Americans to handle. That changed after the break. The Ghanaians seemed to have ___________________, especially after Landon Donavon equalized from ___________________ 62 minutes. The game went into extra time. Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan ___________________ great control in chesting a long ball and then putting it in the back of the net ___________________ to put his team through.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

Ghana ekobdo their place in the quarter finals with a 2-1 win over the USA. They become only the third African side ever to eievhca this. They did it the hard way, needing extra time to see off a well-organized, tigabtln USA side. Ghana opened the scoring in the fifth minute. Kevin-Prince Boateng gave them an early lead with a low strike after eaitlngs the ball from USA midfielder Ricardo Clark. Ghana played the better football throughout the first half. They had too much reitviyact and energy for the Americans to handle. That changed after the erbak. The Ghanaians seemed to have run out of steam, especially after Landon Donavon qeduleiza from the penalty spot on 62 minutes. The game went into extra time. Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan popped up to show great tcoolrn in hecinstg a long ball and then putting it in the back of the net from a tight lagen to put his team through.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

booked Ghana finals quarter the in place their with a 2-1 win over the USA. They become only the third African side ever to achieve this. did They way hard the it, needing extra time to see off a well-organized, battling USA side. Ghana fifth opened scoring the minute the in. Kevin-Prince Boateng early an them gave low a with lead strike after stealing the ball from USA midfielder Ricardo Clark. Ghana football the throughout better played the first half. creativity energy had much and They too for the Americans to handle. That changed after the break. The Ghanaians to of have steam run seemed out, especially after Landon Donavon equalized from the penalty spot on 62 minutes. The game went into extra time. Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan show up great to popped control in chesting a long ball and then putting it in the back of the tight a from net his put to angle team 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 _____________
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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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