Unit 14: The World Cup

In South Korea and Japan / Brazil The 2002 World Cup was held in South Korea and JapanA. The final game of the2002 World Cup tournament attracted more than one billion2 3.. Today the fin

Listen to the song and answer the questions:

1 What is the name

of the song?

2 What is the song about?

The cup of life

It is about football The cup of life

UNIT 14:

• LESSON: READING

Choose the best answers:

1 How often is the world

cup held?

• A Every year • B Every 2 years

• C Every 4 years • D None are correct

The World Cup is held every 4 years.

2 Where was the 2002 World Cup held?.

Which team became the champion?

A In America / Brazil

B In France / France

C In South Korea and Japan / Japan

D In South Korea and Japan / Brazil

The 2002 World Cup was held in South Korea and Japan

Brazil became the champion.

3.……….… … organises the World Cup.

4 The World Cup is watched by millions of

Match the pictures with the suitable

words in your hand-outs

PICTURE 1

PICTURE 4 PICTURE 3

PICTURE 2

PICTURE 5 PICTURE 6

PICTURE 1

PICTURE 4 PICTURE 3

PICTURE 2

globe(n) trophy(n)

PICTURE 5 PICTURE 6

Viewer (

Fill in the blanks with the words you have just

learned (change their forms if necessary) :

1 Italy(1) France and became the

winner in the 2006 World Cup

2 The final game of the2002 World Cup tournament attracted more than one billion(2)

3 There are five (3) all over the world 4.Argentina football team is the(4) in

Listen the tape and do the following tasks

Task 1 :Complete the sentences with a word

or a number in the passage

1.Only………teams competed in the first World Cup

2 Today the final tournament of the World Cup

has ………….teams

3 After FIFA’s meeting, …….years had passed

before the first World Cup was held in Uraguay

4 The final match of the 2002 World Cup

attracted a television audience of

over……… billion viewers

5 The team which was defeated in the first

1.Only … teamscompeted in the first World Cup

2 Today the final tournament of the World Cup has …… teams

3 After FIFA’s meeting, …….years had passed

before the first World Cup was held in Uraguay

4 The final match of the 2002 World Cup

attracted a television audience of

Task 2 True/ False?

1 The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in

1904.

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2 The World Cup is regarded as the world

championship of the sport.

3 Germany and Brazil played in the final

match of the 2002 World Cup.

4 Brazil is the country that has played five

times in the World Cup.

Brazil is the country that has won the trophy five times.

Work in 2 groups to make sentences

using the following figures:

Make a short paragragh , using these words or phrases:

It was not until, then , At that time, However, and……

Example :

2002 World Cup tournament attracted more than one billion viewers.

VOCABULARY

to view (v) viewer (n)