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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Spain kept their nerve in __________________ World Cup exit to beat a tricky Chile 2-1. They had some help __________________ the referee, who sent off Chile’s Marco Estrada just before half-time. Spain were already __________________. The first was a 40-metre lob from David Villa, who saw the goalkeeper __________________; the second was a beautiful finish from Andres Iniesta after __________________ with Fernando Torres and Villa. The Chileans __________________ Spain after the break and scored two minutes into the half – a Rodrigo Millar strike deflected over Spain’s goalkeeper Iker Castillas. This set up a __________________ 45 minutes for Spain as 10-man Chile pressed __________________ that would mean they top the table. Spain __________________ a last-16 clash with Portugal. Chile’s reward for finishing second __________________ is an appointment with Brazil.

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 _____________
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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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