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2010 FIFA World Cup

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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.

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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

______.

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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. 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.

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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.

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STUDENT WORLD CUP SURVEY

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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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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.

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WORLD CUP DISCUSSION STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

4. ______

5. ______

6. ______

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WORLD CUP DISCUSSION STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1. ______

2. ______

3. ______

4. ______

5. ______

6. ______

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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.

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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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