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One of the biggest stars of the World Cup is Paul the octopus. He has become an international superstar for correctly guessing the winners of six World Cup matches. People say he’s psychic – he can predict the future. His predictions on German TV have been 100 per cent correct. He predicted Germany’s losses to Serbia and Spain. German soccer fans now want revenge. There are comments on Facebook suggesting Paul should be fried, barbequed or turned into a seafood salad. One angry fan said he should “be thrown into the shark tank”.
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Can an octopus really predict the winners of football games? Paul’s six-out-of-six record suggests there is something special about him. German fans’ hearts sank when he went into a box with the Spanish flag before the Spain-Germany game. They knew this was a bad sign for their team. It’s not really fair though for German fans to want to eat him. It’s not really Paul’s fault their team lost against Spain. Or is it? Perhaps Paul the octopus doesn’t only predict winners, but puts a spell on the match to make a team win. Stranger things have happened.
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Match the following phrases from the article.
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One of the biggest |
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the future |
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correctly guessing |
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shark tank |
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he can predict |
c. |
a seafood salad |
4. |
soccer fans now |
d. |
stars |
5. |
turned into |
e. |
the winners |
6. |
thrown into the |
f. |
want revenge |
Paragraph 2
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predict the |
a. |
sank |
2 |
there is something |
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have happened |
3. |
German fans’ hearts |
c. |
fault |
4. |
this was a bad sign |
d. |
winners |
5. |
It’s not really Paul’s |
e. |
for their team |
6. |
Stranger things |
f. |
special about him |
One ___________________ the World Cup is Paul the octopus. He has become an international superstar ___________________ the winners of six World Cup matches. People say he’s psychic – he ___________________. His predictions on German TV ___________________ cent correct. He predicted Germany’s losses to Serbia and Spain. German soccer fans ___________________. There are comments on Facebook suggesting Paul should be fried, barbequed or turned into a seafood salad. One ___________________ “be thrown into the shark tank”.
Can an octopus really ___________________ of football games? Paul’s six-out-of-six record suggests there is something special about him. German fans’ ___________________ went into a box with the Spanish flag before the Spain-Germany game. They knew this was ___________________ team. It’s not really fair though for German fans ___________________. It’s not really Paul’s fault their team lost against Spain. Or is it? Perhaps Paul the octopus ___________________ winners, but puts a spell on the match to make a team win. Stranger ___________________.
One of the biggest stars of the World Cup is Paul the octopus. He has become an international superstar for (1) ____ guessing the winners of six World Cup matches. People say he’s (2) ____ – he can predict the future. His predictions on German TV have been 100 per cent correct. He predicted Germany’s (3) ____ to Serbia and Spain. German soccer fans now want revenge. There are comments (4) ____ Facebook suggesting Paul should be fried, barbequed or turned into a seafood salad. One angry fan said he should “be (5) ____ into the shark tank”.
Can an octopus really predict the winners of football games? Paul’s six-out-of-six (6) ____ suggests there is something special about him. German fans’ hearts (7) ____ when he went into a box with the Spanish flag before the Spain-Germany game. They knew this was a bad sign for their team. It’s not really (8) ____ though for German fans to want to eat him. It’s not really Paul’s fault their team lost against Spain. Or is it? Perhaps Paul the octopus (9) ____ only predict winners, but puts a (10) ____ on the match to make a team win. Stranger things have happened.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
1. |
(a) |
right |
(b) |
true |
(c) |
correctly |
2. |
(a) |
psychic |
(b) |
physics |
(c) |
physical |
3. |
(a) |
lose |
(b) |
losses |
(c) |
lost |
4. |
(a) |
in |
(b) |
at |
(c) |
on |
5. |
(a) |
threw |
(b) |
thrown |
(c) |
throws |
6. |
(a) |
record |
(b) |
recorded |
(c) |
records |
7. |
(a) |
drowned |
(b) |
choked |
(c) |
sank |
8. |
(a) |
fair |
(b) |
fare |
(c) |
fear |
9. |
(a) |
never |
(b) |
doesn’t |
(c) |
not |
10. |
(a) |
spelling |
(b) |
spelled |
(c) |
spell |
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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the sebitgg stars |
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correctly egsugsin the winners |
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cpridte the future |
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Germany’s sloses |
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ommnstec on Facebook |
6. |
hnrwto into the shark tank |
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7. |
football smgea |
8. |
six-out-of-six odrcre |
9. |
something ecsipla |
10. |
fans’ artehs sank |
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not really Paul’s ufalt |
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Stranger shngti have happened |
Number these lines in the correct order.
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on German TV have been 100 per cent correct. He predicted Germany’s losses to Serbia and Spain. German soccer |
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Spain-Germany game. They knew this was a bad sign for their team. It’s not really fair though for German |
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One of the biggest stars of the World Cup is Paul the octopus. He has become an international superstar for correctly |
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guessing the winners of six World Cup matches. People say he’s psychic – he can predict the future. His predictions |
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special about him. German fans’ hearts sank when he went into a box with the Spanish flag before the |
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only predict winners, but puts a spell on the match to make a team win. Stranger things have happened. |
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fans now want revenge. There are comments on Facebook suggesting Paul should be fried, barbequed or turned |
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fans to want to eat him. It’s not really Paul’s fault their team lost against Spain. Or is it? Perhaps Paul the octopus doesn’t |
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into a seafood salad. One angry fan said he should “be thrown into the shark tank”. |
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Can an octopus really predict the winners of football games? Paul’s six-out-of-six record suggests there is something |
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
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One biggest the the of Cup of stars World. |
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six Guessing World the Cup winners matches of. |
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the – future he can He’s predict psychic. |
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fans want soccer now revenge German. |
5. |
be tank thrown into He the should shark. |
6. |
octopus an Can winners the predict really? |
7. |
something about is special him There. |
8. |
box Spanish He a the into with flag went. |
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their team They knew this was a bad sign for. |
10. |
lost Paul’s fault It’s their not team really. |
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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. PAUL THE OCTOPUS: Search the Internet and find more information about Paul the octopus. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about revenge. Include imaginary interviews with Paul the octopus and an angry German fan. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
5. LETTER: Write a letter to Paul the octopus. Ask him three questions about his predictions. What do you want to know about the future? Give him three more things to predict. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked.
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