Unit 14 World Cup, English 10

Wednesday, March 29th, 2017
Unit 15: The World Cup


Vocabulary

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compete (v) → competition
→competitor (n) → competitive (a)
tournament (n) a competition

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consider(v,) to suppose/ regard
E.g.: World Cup is considered the most popular event.
passionate(a) enthusiastic

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champion (n) a winner of a

competition
→ championship (n)


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gain a victory(v) to win a competition
witness (v, n) to see sth happen
eliminate (v) to remove
→ elimination game (n)
final (a, n) the last of a series of game
→ finalist (n)
jointly (adv) together


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trophy (n) a cup / a prize

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host nation (n)
e.g. Brazil is the host nation of the World Cup
2014.

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honored title (n)


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compete (v) competition (n)
competitor (n) competitive (a)
tournament (n)
consider (v)
passionate (a)

champion (n) championship (n)
gain a victory (v)
witness (v)
eliminate (v) elimination game (n)
final (a) finalist (n)
jointly (adv)
trophy (n)
honored title (n)


Match the words in A with their definitions in B

A
1. Champion

B
a. a competition in which players compete against each other in a
series of games until there is a winner.

2. The globe
b. a team or person that has won a competition.
3. Tournament

c. the world

4. Host nation

d. a prize for winning a competition

5. Trophy

e. a country that provides the necessary space, facilities, etc. for a
special event

6. Hold

f. take place


Choose the correct answers
1. How often is the World Cup held?
a. Every year

b. Every 4 years

c. Every 2 years

2. Where was the 2002 World Cup held?
a. In Japan

b. In Argentina

c. In Uruguay

d. In Japan and South Korea

3.………was the champion of the 2002 World Cup.
a. Italy

b. Germany

c. Brazil

d. Japan

4.………was the runner-up of the 2002 World Cup.
a. Italy

b. Germany

c. Holland

d. Japan


Scan the text and complete each of the following sentences with a word or a number.

13 competed in the first World Cup.
1. Only _____teams
2. Today the final tournament of the World Cup has_______teams.
3. The team which
was defeated in the first World Cup was ___________.
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4. The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted a television audience of over______ billion
viewers. Argentina
5. After FIFA’s first meeting, ____ years had passed before the first World Cup was held in
Uruguay.

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Read the text again and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). Correct the false
ones

1. The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1904.
2. The World Cup is held every two years.

1930
four years

3. The World Cup is regarded as the world championship of the sport.
(line 2)

T

4. Germany and Brazil played in the final match of the 2002 World Cup.
T

(lines 16- 17)

5.Brazil is the country that has played five times in thewon
World
theCup.
World Cup five times.
F

F

F

Talk about the events mentioned in the passage, using the figures below.

- 1904 is the year when FIFA was set up.
- 13

is the number of the teams took part in the first tournament.

- 17

is the number of World Cup tournaments that the world
had witnessed by 2002

- 32

is the number of national football teams become the

finalists.
- 1930

is the year when the first World Cup was held.

- 2002
is the year when World Cup was jointly held by Japan
and South Korea.


dit Master text styles

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Third level

Activity 4:

Complete the chart

Fourth level
Fifth level

Events

-First jointly held by 2
(4)………….
First World Cup
(1)………..

Champion:

was set up

(2)…………….
Uruguay
runner-up:
(3)……………

nations
(5)…… teams
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Champion:

(6)………..
Brazil
runner-up:
(7)……………
Germany

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1930

2002

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