Students read about five legendary football World Cups and events that happened at each with a review of the simple passive form.
Legendary World Cups
Overview
People and placesSeasonal
Level
Upper-Intermediate: B2Advanced: C1
Included
3 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 90 mins
Language functions
Describing people, places, or thingsTalking about the past
Language forms
Passive voicePast forms
Activities
DiscussionGap fillQuestions and answersReadingRewriting
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