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LISTENING GAP-FILL

Switzerland ___________________ shock of the World Cup by beating tournament favourites Spain 1-0. What ___________________ was that Spain pretty much dominated ___________________. The only goal came in the 52nd minute. The Swiss attacker Gelson Fernandes ___________________ ball and managed to get past several Spanish defenders and goalkeeper Iker Casillas to bundle the ball into the ___________________. This was totally against ___________________. Spain had their chances but ___________________ possession into goals. After a ___________________, it looked like Spain would step up a gear. David Villa, Xabi Alonso and Andres Iniesta all went close, with Alonso firing a rocket of a ___________________. Spain have a lot of work to do now. No team ___________________ opening game and then become champions.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

Switzerland provided the first ohcks of the World Cup by beating tournament favourites Spain 1-0. What made the ptuse bigger was that Spain pretty much dominated the whole game. The only goal came in the 52nd minute. The Swiss tekatcar Gelson Fernandes got hold of a long ball and managed to get past aslerev Spanish defenders and goalkeeper Iker Casillas to uneldb the ball into the back of the net. This was totally sianagt the run of play. Spain had their chances but never nudetr their possession into goals. After a lslosage first half, it looked like Spain would step up a gear. David Villa, Xabi Alonso and Andres Iniesta all went close, with Alonso firing a erckot of a shot against the bar. Spain have a lot of work to do now. No team has ever lost an pginneo game and then become champions.

UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

Switzerland the provided the of shock first World Cup by beating tournament favourites Spain 1-0. What made the bigger upset pretty Spain that was much dominated the whole game. The only goal came in the 52nd minute. The Swiss attacker Gelson Fernandes got hold of a long ball get to managed and several past Spanish defenders and goalkeeper Iker Casillas back bundle ball the to the into of the net. This was against totally play of run the. Spain had their chances never possession turned but their into goals. half goalless After first a, it looked like Spain would step up a gear. David Villa, Xabi Alonso and Andres Iniesta all went close, a of with firing rocket a Alonso shot against the bar. Spain work of lot a have now do to. No team has ever and game opening an lost then become champions.

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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