Упражнение №1 "Sports"

SOCCER. Complete the following sentences with the words or phrases from the list below.

captain coach draw fair
football ground (or pitch) footballer fouls free (or penalty) kick
goal kick-off league opponents
referee score soccer

1. What Europeans call "football", Americans call .
2. The instructor of the team is the .
3. When you play in a football team you are a .
4. The games take place on a .
5. The leader of the team is the .
6. The man in the is the goal-keeper .
7. The beginning of the match is the .
8. During the match each team tries to as many goals as possible.
9. When the teams have scored the same number of goals we say it's a .
10. The players of the other team are the .
11. The man who enforces the rules during the game is the .
12. Playing correctly is called play.
13. Unfair moves are called .
14. When a player breaks the rules the other team may get a .
15. A federation of football clubs is called a football .

Упражнение №2 "Sports"

FOOTBALL. Choose the right answer.
1. This year our team are the ....... favourites to win the cup.
firm
full
grand
hard
2. The team's coach insisted on a programme of ....... , training before the big match.
harsh
rigorous
severe
searching
3. The team has practised hard so that it could ....... the trophy.
regain
replace
restore
return
4. The team's recent wins have ....... them for the semi-finals.
fitted
matched
promoted
qualified
5. John is always ....... about how well he plays football.
boasting
flaunting
parading
puffing
6. His poor standard of play fully justifies his ....... from the team for the next match.
ban
exception
exclusion
rejection
7. The footballer was ....... the field for kicking the referee.
brought off
put off
sent off
taken off
8. The footballer scored four ....... so his team won the match.
aims
games
goals
scores
9. The fan shouted at the ....... of his voice.
head
height
limit
top
10. The ....... at the football match became violent when their team lost.
customers
groups
observers
spectators
11. Our village team were hopelessly . ....... by the professional visitors.
outclassed
outgrown
outnumbered
outraced
12. He was nervous at the beginning of the game but later he came into his ....... .
best
nature
own
style
13. The ....... said it was a foul and gave us a free kick.
controller
director
referee
umpire
14. In his first game for our team he ....... a goal after two minutes.
earned
gained
scored
won
15. Manchester United are playing ....... Birmingham this Sunday.
against
facing
opposite
with
16. Even though the match wasn't very exciting, the ....... managed to make it sound interesting.
announcer
commentator
narrator
presenter
17. The football match resulted in a ....... .
draw
equaliser
loss
zero
18. The football team won partly because they had been trained by such a good ....... .
coach
director
instructor
teacher
19. After their long period of training, the footballers were in good ....... .
cut
figure
shape
style
20. The referee ....... the goal because of a previous infringement.
annulled
demolished
disallowed
disqualified
21. Having lost the match, the team travelled home in ....... spirits.
cold
dark
empty
low
22. As they watched the match, the crowd ....... in unison.
bellowed
chanted
crowed
intoned
23. We still don't know who is going to win, because at half-time the score is one ....... .
all
each
equal
together
24. I advise you not to ....... the referee's decision.
condemn
condone
conduct
contest
25. As the minutes ticked by and we held on to our narrow lead our hopes of victory ....... steadily.
arose
aroused
raised
rose