Vocabulary Unit 4 " LEVEL 1
" REINFORCEMENT"
5 Betis 3  Leganés 3
1 Complete the sentences with words in Betis and Leganés _________________ .
the box.
6 Wales 4  England 0
Wales _________________ England.
supporters whistle stadium football
referee goalkeeper players
7 Juventus 0  Marseille 0
Juventus and Marseille _________________ .
1 __________________ is the most popular
8 Celtic 1  Everton 4
team sport in the world.
Celtic _________________ the match against
2 A __________________ tries to stop goals.
Everton.
3 When the __________________ blows the
__________________ the match is over.
4 Complete the verbs about football. Then
4 A football team has eleven
translate them.
__________________ .
1 th _ _ w
5 Football __________________ usually wear
scarves and T-shirts of their teams.
2 h _ _ d
6 You go to a football __________________ to
see a football match.
3 k _ _ k
2 Match the scores.
4 tac _ _ e
1 four all a 0  0
2 three nil b 4  0
5 sc _ r _
3 one all c 1  1
4 four nil d 1  2
5 one two e 4  4
6 five three f 0  2
7 nil nil g 3  0
8 nil two h 5  3
3 Read the scores and complete the sentences
with the words in the box.
beat (x2) drew (x2) lost (x2) won (x2)
1 Chelsea 3  Manchester City 2
Chelsea _________________ the match
against Manchester.
2 Real Madrid 3  Liverpool 0
Real Madrid _________________ Liverpool.
3 Bayern Munich 2  Barcelona 3
Bayern Munich _________________ the
match against Barcelona.
4 Uruguay 4  Brazil 2
Uruguay _________________ the match
against Brazil.
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Vocabulary Unit 4 " LEVEL 2
" CONSOLIDATION"
3 Change the underlined words to correct the
sentences.
1 Read the clues and order the letters to make
football words.
11 The goalkeeper blew his whistle and the
1 endfeder __________________________ match ended.
one of the players in a game such as
football who has to defend their team s goal
12 Bernabéu is the name of Real Madrid s
from the opposing team
pitch.
2 epgokealer __________________________
the player in a team whose job is to try to
13 France drew yesterday against England.
stop the ball going into the goal
The final score was 0  3 to England.
3 erstirk __________________________
a football player whose main job is to score
14 Zidane tackled the ball over the
goals
goalkeeper s head.
4 eferere __________________________
someone who makes sure that the rules
15 Normally there are 11 referees in a
of a sport such as football, basketball, or
football team.
boxing, are followed
5 supersport __________________________
people who like a particular team, and
16 The striker kicked the ball with his head.
often go to watch them play; fans
6 meat __________________________
17 The striker tackled a goal.
a group of people who play a game or sport
together against another group
18 At the moment the score is two none to
Germany.
2 Complete the sentences with a verb in the
box in the correct tense.
19 Arsenal won Leeds in an exciting final.
beat draw cheer lose
win support throw kick
10 After the first half, Portugal was beating
1 Chelsea __________________ Manchester
3  1.
United 3  0.
2 The crowd __________________ when the
player scored a goal.
3 The goalkeeper __________________ the ball
into play in the last minute.
4 I __________________ Real Madrid. They re
my favourite team.
5 The player __________________ the ball a
long way.
6 Brazil often __________________ the World
Cup.
7 My team __________________ the match
because the other team were better.
8 The two teams __________________ . The
final score was four all.
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Vocabulary Unit 4 " LEVEL 3
" EXTENSION"
3 a) Choose the correct sport for each sport
idiom.
1 Match the sports (1-12) to the areas in
the box.
1 They had a great chance of scoring.
a any sport b athletics
track (x2) ring table rink (x2) course
court (x2) circuit pitch fi eld
2 They aren t going to play ball.
a baseball b boxing
11 ping pong
3 The director had a brilliant game plan.
12 horse racing
a ping pong b American football
13 ice hockey
4 She struck out when she tried to open a new
14 boxing
business.
15 volleyball
a baseball b chess
16 athletics
5 He always wants to call the shots.
17 motor racing a basketball b cricket
18 cricket 6 He isn t a team player.
a all sports b all team sports
19 baseball
10 squash
b) Match the sports idioms (1-6) from
11 ice skating
exercise 3a to their meanings (a-f).
12 golf
a someone who works well with others
b succeeding
2 Match the sports (1-10) to the sports
c plan of action
equipment (a-j). Use your dictionary.
d to make the decisions
11 boxing
e do business with us
12 squash
f fail
13 horse racing
14 golf
15 baseball
16 ping pong
17 soccer
18 volleyball
19 chess
10 ice hockey
a goal, net, whistle
b board, king, queen, pawn
c saddle, bit, reins, hat
d puck, stick, net, pads
e gloves, boots, shorts
f ball, net
g bat, glove, ball, pads
h paddle, ball, net
i racket, ball
j clubs, iron, bag, ball
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