Football Shout-out: Goals
Football Shout-out: Goals
Welcome to Football Shout-out from Premier Skills English, where we talk about the language you need when watching a match. Whether you are a super fan or an armchair fan you won't be able to avoid football on TV this summer. In Football Shout-out, Jack and Rich present useful language to shout at the TV screen when watching a match with or without friends! In this episode, they look at the language you need when your team scores a goal.
Transcript
Jack: Hello and welcome to Premier Skills English - Football Shout-out
Rich: Football Shout-out is the series that teaches you the language you need when you’re watching the game.
Jack: Hi everybody my name’s Jack
Rich: and my name’s Rich and welcome to our new series of football English podcasts where we talk about the English you need when you’re watching football.
Jack: Everyone is really excited about all the football that’s coming up, so we’re here to help you with some essential football English.
Rich: That’s right. Whether you’re a super fan or you just watch sometimes, you won’t be able to avoid the football on TV over the next few weeks.
Jack: So in this series of podcasts, we’re going to talk about what to say, shout or scream when watching a match.
Rich: If you listen to our lessons, you’re going to sound like a real football expert in English. This is our first lesson and we’re going to start by talking about goals. What do you say when your team scores a goal?
Jack: Listen to this:
Jack: Come on ...
Rich: Shoot ...
Jack: Take a shot...
Jack: Yeah!
Rich: Woohoo!
Jack: Get in!
Rich: Come on!
Jack: What a goal!
Rich: What a belter.
Jack: What a great time to score.
Rich: We can get back in this.
Jack: It’s a great feeling.
Rich: Yeah - there’s nothing better.
Jack: So the language: Get in and come on are probably the most common phrases.
Rich: But you don’t say them like that - it’s probably much more like get in! and come on!
Jack: I always thought we used ‘come on’ more to encourage a team.
Rich: You’re right! Fans will shout or chant, yes chant is a better word something like ‘come on England, come on England’.
Jack: Unless you’re a fan of Colombia or Senegal.
Rich: Very good. Anyway, ‘come on’ can be used for encouragement and as an expression of happiness just like ‘get in’.
Jack: OK, but that’s probably just the first reaction as well as cheering and jumping up and down of course, but then you might describe the goal and say something like ‘What a goal!’ if it was a good goal or ‘what a belter!’
Rich: A belter?
Jack: Yeah. It means an incredible or fantastic goal. You could say screamer too If it was a powerful shot. That’s an absolute screamer! Or ‘a cracker’ if it was really good.
Rich: And here you might add something like: he gave the goalkeeper absolutely no chance which means the goalkeeper couldn’t possibly save it.
Jack: I suppose you start with a natural reaction like get in and then you describe the goal and say something like ‘what a goal!’.
Rich: Then you might talk about it a bit more and talk about the context of the match and what the goal means. You probably calm down a bit and say something like: that’s a brilliant time to score - just before half-time or I think we can get back into this now or I think we’re going to win this.
Jack: Listen again.
Jack: Come on ...
Rich: Shoot ...
Jack: Take a shot ..
Jack: Yeah!
Rich: Woo hoo!
Jack: Get in!
Rich: Come on!
Jack: What a goal!
Rich: What a belter.
Jack: What a great time to score.
Rich: We can get back in this.
Jack: So, that’s how you celebrate and talk about a goal in English. But what about when our team concedes a goal.
Rich: I don’t think we should talk about that, should we?
Jack: Haha, you’re probably right.
Rich: We’ve got some activities to help you remember the phrases that we’ve been speaking about in the lesson below this podcast.
Jack: We’ll be back soon with our next football English lesson, which will be about what to say when a player is fouled.
Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
Language
The language you need when your team scores a goal
In the listening, Rich and Jack split the language into three categories:
- Natural reactions
- Describing the goal
- The context of the match
Natural Reactions
This is what you say at the exact time of the ball hitting the back of the net. Jack and Rich used two examples:
Get in!
Come on!
These expressions are used to show that you are very happy about something happening. It's important to say them in the right way. Have a listen to the conversation again and repeat.
Describing the goal
The structure what a + noun is very common to describe goals. 'What a goal!' is the most common.
All of these examples can be used to describe goals. Which ones did Rich and Jack use in the podcast?
What a goal!
What a beauty!
What a belter!
What a pearler!
What a screamer!
What a cracker!
If it is a really, really good goal you can use the adjective absolute + noun. You could say:
That's an absolute beauty!
That's an absolute screamer!
That's an asolute pearler!
Task
The Context
The context of a football match is always important. If your team is winning 5-0 or losing 5-0 and you score, your celebration will be very different from if your team scores a 90th-minute winner! What do you think would be the situation in the match if you heard these phrases:
- That's a brilliant time to score!
- We can get back into this now!
- Come on! I think we're going to win this!
- Get in! We can turn this around, you know!
- There's no way back for them now!
- Get in! We've broken the deadlock at last!
Write your answers in the comments section at the bottom of the page!
Quiz
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What do you think?
- Were any of these phrases new for you?
- Can you tell us any other phrases connected to scoring goals?
Write your answers in the comments section below and don't forget to write your answers to the task above.
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Comentários
02/08/2018
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Some of phrases I do not know , but thanks to this course I learning more about all the things that this course brings us every day
02/08/2018 04:32
Chelsea
310
Some of phrases I do not know , but thanks to this course I learning more about all the things that this course brings us every day
02/08/2018
points
º Yes, many of these I had not heard in the games I've seen.
ºIn many of the parties in my country, they say "Chao papà"
02/08/2018 01:35
Manchester United
481
º Yes, many of these I had not heard in the games I've seen.
ºIn many of the parties in my country, they say "Chao papà"
02/08/2018
points
No, almost all of them I have listened to my English teacher.
02/08/2018 00:47
Arsenal
732
No, almost all of them I have listened to my English teacher.
02/08/2018
points
No, almost all of them I have listened to my English teacher.
02/08/2018 00:47
Arsenal
732
No, almost all of them I have listened to my English teacher.
01/08/2018
points
-Some of these phrases if knew but other are new to me. It is very interesting to know as they say some phrases in another language and more than all in the language most important.
-These are some of the phrases that he uses the most.
_What happened in the field, stays in court.
_The party hard so has to last.
_Was criminal.
01/08/2018 18:58
Manchester United
622
-Some of these phrases if knew but other are new to me. It is very interesting to know as they say some phrases in another language and more than all in the language most important.
-These are some of the phrases that he uses the most.
_What happened in the field, stays in court.
_The party hard so has to last.
_Was criminal.
01/08/2018
points
Really interesting lesson.
01/08/2018 01:47
Manchester United
523
Really interesting lesson.
01/08/2018
points
Good lesson and good podcast.
01/08/2018 01:38
Chelsea
761
Good lesson and good podcast.
01/08/2018
points
Some yes, but others, if I recognized them.
Other phrases related to the goals, one of them could be "Sáquelo papá" (In my country, Colombia).
01/08/2018 01:34
Chelsea
761
Some yes, but others, if I recognized them.
Other phrases related to the goals, one of them could be "Sáquelo papá" (In my country, Colombia).
01/08/2018
points
I think that when these phrases are named, it is because the team is winning with name they are shoutingI think
I recognize some of the ones they name, others are new to me
Ohh, I do not know
01/08/2018 00:21
Manchester United
352
I think that when these phrases are named, it is because the team is winning with name they are shoutingI think
I recognize some of the ones they name, others are new to me
Ohh, I do not know
31/07/2018
points
amazing is to learn
31/07/2018 23:09
Manchester City
154
amazing is to learn
31/07/2018
points
1) No, I knew them and could manage them easily
2) I don't really know more phrases for it.
31/07/2018 14:49
Newcastle United
462
1) No, I knew them and could manage them easily
2) I don't really know more phrases for it.
31/07/2018
points
There were a few words new to me
31/07/2018 06:06
Manchester United
781
There were a few words new to me
31/07/2018
points
Very good lessons.
31/07/2018 04:04
Arsenal
571
Very good lessons.
31/07/2018
points
Hello everybody. All phrases are new for me, a common phrase in Colombia it´s say only "Gooooool" + expressions of here. Good podcast.
31/07/2018 03:33
Chelsea
635
Hello everybody. All phrases are new for me, a common phrase in Colombia it´s say only "Gooooool" + expressions of here. Good podcast.
31/07/2018
points
Some, others are new to me.
31/07/2018 02:51
Manchester United
156
Some, others are new to me.
31/07/2018
points
Really interesting lesson.
31/07/2018 00:53
Arsenal
595
Really interesting lesson.
31/07/2018
points
I think that when these phrases are named, it is because the team is winning with name they are shoutingI think
I recognize some of the ones they name, others are new to me
Ohh, I do not know
31/07/2018 00:27
Liverpool
43
I think that when these phrases are named, it is because the team is winning with name they are shoutingI think
I recognize some of the ones they name, others are new to me
Ohh, I do not know
31/07/2018
points
When I hear those phrases, I think they're scoring a goal at that moment. Yes, only some of them are new to me, since others I have heard them on several occasions. I do not know.
31/07/2018 00:27
Liverpool
-903
When I hear those phrases, I think they're scoring a goal at that moment. Yes, only some of them are new to me, since others I have heard them on several occasions. I do not know.
30/07/2018
points
Very good lessons , in particular you learn the information provided.
30/07/2018 02:15
Arsenal
644
Very good lessons , in particular you learn the information provided.
30/07/2018
points
All phrases are new for me and i don't know others phrases
30/07/2018 00:32
Liverpool
795
All phrases are new for me and i don't know others phrases
29/07/2018
points
Some but most of them I say in a party.
You are a crack, I take off my hat.
29/07/2018 23:29
Chelsea
889
Some but most of them I say in a party.
You are a crack, I take off my hat.
29/07/2018
points
+All of these phrases are new for me, I have learned a lot .
+Yeah! I think we can win this!
29/07/2018 22:55
Wolverhampton Wanderers
693
+All of these phrases are new for me, I have learned a lot .
+Yeah! I think we can win this!
29/07/2018
points
it's great
29/07/2018 22:49
Arsenal
533
it's great
29/07/2018
points
is Amazing
29/07/2018 17:36
Manchester United
924
is Amazing
29/07/2018
points
Many of these phrases are really new to me, I am very interested in this, Entry! We have finally broken the stalemate!
29/07/2018 16:36
Leicester City
627
Many of these phrases are really new to me, I am very interested in this, Entry! We have finally broken the stalemate!
29/07/2018
points
I learned many sentences thanks for this
29/07/2018 15:00
Manchester United
246
I learned many sentences thanks for this
29/07/2018
points
Good test
29/07/2018 02:39
Chelsea
520
Good test
29/07/2018
points
- Yes, a lot of these phrases are new for me.
- "yes! This is how it's done!".
29/07/2018 01:13
Liverpool
829
- Yes, a lot of these phrases are new for me.
- "yes! This is how it's done!".
28/07/2018
points
yes, all phrases are new for me and i don't know others phrases
28/07/2018 22:37
Manchester United
725
yes, all phrases are new for me and i don't know others phrases
28/07/2018
points
-Yes, the sentences here are quite varied
-a clean sheet
28/07/2018 21:34
Chelsea
594
-Yes, the sentences here are quite varied
-a clean sheet
28/07/2018
points
What a belter!.
Come on! I think we're going to win this!.
If many of these words are new.
28/07/2018 21:05
Arsenal
774
What a belter!.
Come on! I think we're going to win this!.
If many of these words are new.
28/07/2018
points
yes a lot
¡come on!
28/07/2018 01:54
Liverpool
658
yes a lot
¡come on!
28/07/2018
points
Yes, if some sentences were unknown to me as if they were pearly! and what a cookie!
28/07/2018 00:25
Manchester City
641
Yes, if some sentences were unknown to me as if they were pearly! and what a cookie!
27/07/2018
points
This is new for me, I really did not know any of these phrases.
27/07/2018 23:37
Manchester City
513
This is new for me, I really did not know any of these phrases.
27/07/2018
points
These are new phrases for me, I do not know other phrases
27/07/2018 22:39
Manchester United
707
These are new phrases for me, I do not know other phrases
27/07/2018
points
There are two new phrases for me
What a pearler!
What a belter!
27/07/2018 03:45
Chelsea
624
There are two new phrases for me
What a pearler!
What a belter!
27/07/2018
points
Yes, there were a few new words for me
27/07/2018 01:06
Manchester United
866
Yes, there were a few new words for me
26/07/2018
points
Most are new to me
I really do not know
26/07/2018 18:49
Chelsea
533
Most are new to me
I really do not know
25/07/2018
points
Yes, many of these phrases are new to me, since my knowledge of football is very basic.
¡come on! You have to do it until the end.
25/07/2018 02:38
Arsenal
833
Yes, many of these phrases are new to me, since my knowledge of football is very basic.
¡come on! You have to do it until the end.
23/07/2018
points
-Were any of these phrases new for you?
yes, I almost do not talk about football
-Can you tell us any other phrases connected to scoring goals?
no
23/07/2018 23:37
Chelsea
594
-Were any of these phrases new for you?
yes, I almost do not talk about football
-Can you tell us any other phrases connected to scoring goals?
no
21/07/2018
points
absolutely
21/07/2018 17:53
Manchester United
36
absolutely
21/07/2018
points
These are new phrases for me, I do not know other phrases
21/07/2018 17:49
Manchester United
707
These are new phrases for me, I do not know other phrases
21/07/2018
points
1.There are many new words for me but I try to know their meaning.
2.Come on! we should not give up
Everything is possible with God
in a minute we can change the world, come on!
21/07/2018 17:30
Arsenal
40
1.There are many new words for me but I try to know their meaning.
2.Come on! we should not give up
Everything is possible with God
in a minute we can change the world, come on!
21/07/2018
points
1.in this situation it is a moment of joy because the team will score with a goal.
2.In this situation I think we are losing because we are in the last minute.
3.in this situation we are going to win this match because the match is almost over and we are all full of emotion.
4.in this situation we are losing as it says in the writing we can change this means that we are going badly and that in the last moment we can score a goal.
5.in this situation I think we are winning because I think we have to not look back and go ahead and score with a goal in the last minute
6.in this situation we are winning because we gave everything, and at the last minute we scored a goal and we passed.
21/07/2018 17:25
Arsenal
40
1.in this situation it is a moment of joy because the team will score with a goal.
2.In this situation I think we are losing because we are in the last minute.
3.in this situation we are going to win this match because the match is almost over and we are all full of emotion.
4.in this situation we are losing as it says in the writing we can change this means that we are going badly and that in the last moment we can score a goal.
5.in this situation I think we are winning because I think we have to not look back and go ahead and score with a goal in the last minute
6.in this situation we are winning because we gave everything, and at the last minute we scored a goal and we passed.
20/07/2018
points
There are two new phrases for me:
-What a belter!
-What a pearler!
Task:
1-They just score at 90th minute.
2-The team is lossing and they can do a better game.
3-The time is running up and we are winning this.
4-The team is lossing but they have chance to win the game.
5-This happens when the other team dont have chance to win
6-They are changing the course of the game
20/07/2018 17:40
Chelsea
660
There are two new phrases for me:
-What a belter!
-What a pearler!
Task:
1-They just score at 90th minute.
2-The team is lossing and they can do a better game.
3-The time is running up and we are winning this.
4-The team is lossing but they have chance to win the game.
5-This happens when the other team dont have chance to win
6-They are changing the course of the game
19/07/2018
points
I think that it is a very interesting activity because it could help us to know more about The vocabulary or phrases that some people use in English when they are watching a soccer match
19/07/2018 23:06
Chelsea
742
I think that it is a very interesting activity because it could help us to know more about The vocabulary or phrases that some people use in English when they are watching a soccer match
18/07/2018
points
1. It was a very interesting and productive activity for learning.
2. All the phrases were new to me.
3. My phrase is Never give up in the life.
18/07/2018 23:41
Liverpool
326
1. It was a very interesting and productive activity for learning.
2. All the phrases were new to me.
3. My phrase is Never give up in the life.
18/07/2018
points
Task:
I think:
1. the situation is : they just scored.
2.the situation is: the another team is weak.
3.the situation is: the time is about to end and we are winning.
4.the situation is: the team is losing but we are not gonna surrender.
5.the situation is :when there is not a solution.
6.the situationis: the team can finally attack.
18/07/2018 03:35
Manchester United
864
Task:
I think:
1. the situation is : they just scored.
2.the situation is: the another team is weak.
3.the situation is: the time is about to end and we are winning.
4.the situation is: the team is losing but we are not gonna surrender.
5.the situation is :when there is not a solution.
6.the situationis: the team can finally attack.
18/07/2018
points
A good attempt at the task, Lucia! Especially because the phrases were new for you!
Rich - The Premier SKills English Team
18/07/2018 09:04
Liverpool
594
A good attempt at the task, Lucia! Especially because the phrases were new for you!
Rich - The Premier SKills English Team
18/07/2018
points
Yes, all phreses were new for me.
No, I can't.
18/07/2018 03:14
Manchester United
864
Yes, all phreses were new for me.
No, I can't.