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2010 FIFA World Cup www.Breaking News English.com Ready-to-use ESL/EFL Lessons by Sean Banville 2010 FIFA World Cup “1,000 IDEAS & ACTIVITIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS” The Breaking News English.com Resource Book http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/book.html Spain 2 Honduras 0 http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/world_cup_news_2010/spain_honduras.html 21st June, 2010 THE ARTICLE From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/world_cup_news_2010/spain_honduras.html Spain’s 2-0 win against Honduras puts them back in with a chance of moving to the knockout round. They wasted a lot of good scoring opportunities and could have won by a bigger margin. Barcelona-bound David Villa scored the first of his two goals in the 17th minute. He blasted a shot into the top corner to settle Spanish nerves. It was all Spain after that as wave after wave of attack hit the Honduran defense. Sergio Ramos missed a sitter from inside the six-yard box and another Villa strike hit the bar. It’s amazing how it only finished 1-0 at half-time. The same story continued after the break with Spain’s superstars guilty of missing chances that were begging to be scored. It was Villa who struck again when his shot was deflected in on 51 minutes. He had the chance of a hat-trick but missed a penalty. Spain 2 Honduras 0 – 21st June, 2010 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2010 2 LISTENING GAP FILL From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/world_cup_news_2010/spain_honduras.html Spain’s 2-0 win against Honduras __________________ with a chance of moving __________________. They wasted a lot of good scoring opportunities and could have __________________ margin. Barcelona-bound David Villa scored the first of his two goals in the 17th minute. He blasted a shot into the top __________________ Spanish nerves. It was all Spain after that as wave after __________________ the Honduran defense. Sergio Ramos missed a sitter from __________________ box and another Villa strike hit the bar. It’s amazing how it only finished 1-0 at half-time. The same story continued __________________ Spain’s superstars guilty of missing chances that were __________________. It was Villa who struck again when his __________________ in on 51 minutes. He had the chance of a hat-trick but __________________. Spain 2 Honduras 0 – 21st June, 2010 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2010 3 CORRECT THE SPELLING From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/world_cup_news_2010/spain_honduras.html Spain’s 2-0 win snaatig Honduras puts them back in with a chance of moving to the okktunoc round. They wasted a lot of good scoring opportunities and could have won by a bigger ignamr. Barcelona-bound David Villa scored the first of his two goals in the 17th minute. He blasted a shot into the top roncer to settle Spanish nerves. It was all Spain after that as wave after wave of tacatk hit the Honduran defense. Sergio Ramos missed a sitter from inside the six-yard box and another Villa seitkr hit the bar. It’s amazing how it only finished 1-0 at half-time. The same story continued after the abrke with Spain’s superstars guilty of missing acechns that were begging to be scored. It was Villa who struck again when his shot was eefedcldt in on 51 minutes. He had the chance of a hat-trick but missed a ntyaple. Spain 2 Honduras 0 – 21st June, 2010 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2010 4 UNJUMBLE THE WORDS From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/world_cup_news_2010/spain_honduras.html Spain’s 2-0 win against puts Honduras with in back them a chance of moving to the knockout round. They wasted of scoring and lot good opportunities a could have won by a bigger margin. Barcelona-bound David Villa scored the two his of first 17th the in goals minute. He blasted a shot into the corner top nerves Spanish settle to. It was all Spain after wave as that hit attack of wave after the Honduran defense. Sergio Ramos missed a sitter from inside another and box yard - six the Villa strike hit the bar. amazing It’s finished only it how 1-0 at half-time. The same story continued after the break with Spain’s superstars that begging of chances were guilty missing to be scored. It was Villa when again struck who shot his was deflected in on 51 minutes. He had the chance of a hat-trick but missed a penalty. Spain 2 Honduras 0 – 21st June, 2010 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2010 5 STUDENT WORLD CUP SURVEY From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/world_cup_news_2010/spain_honduras.html 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. Q.2. Q.3. Q.4. Q.5. • 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. Spain 2 Honduras 0 – 21st June, 2010 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2010 6 WORLD CUP DISCUSSION STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B) 1. ________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________ 5. ________________________________________________________ 6. ________________________________________________________ Spain 2 Honduras 0 – 21st June, 2010 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD CUP DISCUSSION STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) 1. ________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________________________ 5. ________________________________________________________ 6. ________________________________________________________ Spain 2 Honduras 0 – 21st June, 2010 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2010 7 WRITING From http://www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com/world_cup_news_2010/spain_honduras.html Write about this game for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Spain 2 Honduras 0 – 21st June, 2010 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2010 8 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. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Spain 2 Honduras 0 – 21st June, 2010 More free lessons at www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com - Copyright Sean Banville 2010 9 .
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