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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Argentina made it ____________________ against a Greek side who never looked like troubling the South Americans. Greece were determined to defend for the whole match, ____________________ contest. Argentina had ____________________ goal in the first half and dominated possession. The Greeks didn’t have a single shot at goal. Things ____________________ break. Greece’s 11-man defense and their tactic of fouling ____________________ really quietened the crowd. A goal finally came with 13 minutes of the game remaining. Martin Demichelis’ ____________________ him and he gratefully smashed it ____________________ net from the edge of the six-yard box. The second came soon after. Messi’s shot was ____________________ ‘keeper only for Martin Palermo to be at hand to find the goal.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Argentina row a in wins three it made against a Greek side who like never troubling looked the South Americans. Greece were determined to defend for the whole match, it made which contest boring a. Argentina had at in first attempts goal the several half and dominated possession. The Greeks didn’t have a single shot at goal. break the after worse got Things. Greece’s 11-man defense tactic their and at fouling of every opportunity really quitened the crowd. A goal finally came remaining of with the 13 game minutes. Martin Demichelis’ header rebounded to him and he gratefully the into it smashed net the of back from the edge of the six-yard box. The soon second after came. Messi’s shot was palmed away by the ‘keeper only for Martin Palermo to hand at be to goal the find.

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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