The Player
The Player
Listen to the player's first day and try to answer these questions:
- Who does the new player meet?
- How is the player feeling?
- Who is he going to meet next?
When you have finished, click on learn below for some practice activities, then try the quiz.
Improve your listening
Activity 1: In this activity, you have to match the pictures to some of the football phrases you heard in the listening.
Can you match the football words to the picture?
Activity 2: In this activity, you have to complete the gaps in the sentences. Listen again if you're not sure of the answer.
Listen again and put the words in the correct part of the text.
Quiz
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What do you think?
- Was the listening easy or difficult?
- It was the player's first day at a new club. How do you think he felt?
- How did you feel on your first day in a new job or at a new school or university?
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Comentários
14/04/2020
points
The listening for me was easy and sometimes difficult, I think he will score lots of goals and he felt excited, the first day in something new i can say is a little bit bored, you have to meet all your coworkers, you have to fill forms and you are going to feel uncomfortable because you feel strange, but its only the first day, the most important think is being motivated and open to all knowledge.
14/04/2020 19:04
Manchester City
7
The listening for me was easy and sometimes difficult, I think he will score lots of goals and he felt excited, the first day in something new i can say is a little bit bored, you have to meet all your coworkers, you have to fill forms and you are going to feel uncomfortable because you feel strange, but its only the first day, the most important think is being motivated and open to all knowledge.
24/03/2020
points
The listening was not too, difficult but I had to listen carefully. He felt good, because the chairmad said: A chief scout saw him in Ecuador.
I felt a little bit nervous because everything was new at my workplace.
24/03/2020 07:41
Chelsea
3396
The listening was not too, difficult but I had to listen carefully. He felt good, because the chairmad said: A chief scout saw him in Ecuador.
I felt a little bit nervous because everything was new at my workplace.
21/03/2020
points
The first day of work to everybody is not easy. I felt fear and headache when I take English classes for the first time. The same thing happened when I got my first day of work, I been sick by two or three days, premonition I supposed.
21/03/2020 01:48
Manchester United
50
The first day of work to everybody is not easy. I felt fear and headache when I take English classes for the first time. The same thing happened when I got my first day of work, I been sick by two or three days, premonition I supposed.
17/03/2020
points
Nice
17/03/2020 16:59
Arsenal
15
Nice
03/03/2020
points
easy
03/03/2020 12:04
West Ham United
13
easy
15/02/2020
points
The listening was easy! I think he felt very excited for his first day at a new club!
On my first day at my new club I had felt excited and I couldn't wait to get started!
15/02/2020 12:18
Manchester City
13
The listening was easy! I think he felt very excited for his first day at a new club!
On my first day at my new club I had felt excited and I couldn't wait to get started!
14/02/2020
points
Not so easy,
14/02/2020 17:36
Manchester City
314
Not so easy,
10/02/2020
points
cool
10/02/2020 11:27
Liverpool
45
cool
10/02/2020
points
good job
10/02/2020 11:22
Chelsea
28
good job
06/02/2020
points
nice work
06/02/2020 14:11
Liverpool
112
nice work
03/12/2019
points
Thanks.
03/12/2019 08:38
Manchester United
237
Thanks.
21/11/2019
points
I like a learn vocabulary
21/11/2019 00:03
Wolverhampton Wanderers
435
I like a learn vocabulary
06/11/2019
points
Easy, but good
06/11/2019 23:32
Wolverhampton Wanderers
7
Easy, but good
29/10/2019
points
These are great exercises for learning
29/10/2019 20:38
Liverpool
581
These are great exercises for learning
09/10/2019
points
It's cool man.
09/10/2019 07:58
Leicester City
42
It's cool man.
30/09/2019
points
easy, great exercise!
30/09/2019 16:40
Leeds United
58
easy, great exercise!
12/09/2019
points
Yes, it was.
He felt excited because was his first top division club.
I felt normal.
12/09/2019 21:22
Arsenal
7
Yes, it was.
He felt excited because was his first top division club.
I felt normal.
11/09/2019
points
It was easy.
I think that he felt excited.
I usually feel anxious.
11/09/2019 15:41
Liverpool
21
It was easy.
I think that he felt excited.
I usually feel anxious.
30/08/2019
points
it's not difficult
he felt very excited .
it's very wonderful because i performed my dream when i was child
30/08/2019 10:28
Manchester City
5
it's not difficult
he felt very excited .
it's very wonderful because i performed my dream when i was child
29/08/2019
points
It was easy, just some words I did not understand at once
29/08/2019 17:57
Liverpool
11
It was easy, just some words I did not understand at once
26/08/2019
points
the listening was a little bit difficult
he felt very excited to begin with his new team
in my new job I felt very scared that I could not live up to the job that entrusted me
26/08/2019 19:38
Liverpool
97
the listening was a little bit difficult
he felt very excited to begin with his new team
in my new job I felt very scared that I could not live up to the job that entrusted me
26/08/2019
points
It was difficult.
He felt tha manager was kind.
I felt nervous.
26/08/2019 11:43
Norwich City
7
It was difficult.
He felt tha manager was kind.
I felt nervous.
22/08/2019
points
The listening was easy. The player felt excited and happy. I felt happy and excited on my first day in a new university.
22/08/2019 12:50
Manchester United
49
The listening was easy. The player felt excited and happy. I felt happy and excited on my first day in a new university.
11/08/2019
points
The listening was not difficult. He felt very happy to play in a new club. I still remember my first working day in a new job. I woke up late and rushed to the job. Unfortunately, the bus was breakdown and took the taxi. Finally, I reached the office on time.
11/08/2019 16:52
Arsenal
285
The listening was not difficult. He felt very happy to play in a new club. I still remember my first working day in a new job. I woke up late and rushed to the job. Unfortunately, the bus was breakdown and took the taxi. Finally, I reached the office on time.
08/08/2019
points
A little bit Easy.
Anyway, be a new learner thanks to football.
08/08/2019 15:11
Liverpool
137
A little bit Easy.
Anyway, be a new learner thanks to football.
02/08/2019
points
Nice
02/08/2019 22:08
Manchester United
27
Nice
21/07/2019
points
It’s a new experience in specific topic but It’s interesting because I can to learn different words referent to football, how pronounce correctly It help me too much because I can listen the correct pronunciation, practice the correct spellings and how sound two word when it need to link then the sound change.
In my first day in my new job I feel nervous and scared about what is my new roll in the company, who train me and how I can to learn it to do my work easy.
This activities I think help me to much to learn this interesting language. I like and love to practice and learn ENGLISH. If you feedback I can help me because I can check my advance.
21/07/2019 17:50
Manchester United
50
It’s a new experience in specific topic but It’s interesting because I can to learn different words referent to football, how pronounce correctly It help me too much because I can listen the correct pronunciation, practice the correct spellings and how sound two word when it need to link then the sound change.
In my first day in my new job I feel nervous and scared about what is my new roll in the company, who train me and how I can to learn it to do my work easy.
This activities I think help me to much to learn this interesting language. I like and love to practice and learn ENGLISH. If you feedback I can help me because I can check my advance.
16/07/2019
points
Ready
16/07/2019 12:20
Liverpool
264
Ready
16/07/2019
points
Easy!
16/07/2019 11:50
Liverpool
264
Easy!
11/07/2019
points
It was easy.
I will little excite for first day.
11/07/2019 01:33
Manchester City
309
It was easy.
I will little excite for first day.
04/07/2019
points
the listening was medium. the player felt excited. in my first day of school i felt excited and nervous becouse i didn't know where to go
04/07/2019 10:38
Liverpool
21
the listening was medium. the player felt excited. in my first day of school i felt excited and nervous becouse i didn't know where to go
14/06/2019
points
It is easy to understand the audio although the new words.
The player has said he was very exited to play for the first time at a top division football club then surely he should feel happy.
My first time at a new school has been a very good experience even though I was nervous my hart was beaten a lot. That was definitely a good time for me.
14/06/2019 02:38
Manchester United
120
It is easy to understand the audio although the new words.
The player has said he was very exited to play for the first time at a top division football club then surely he should feel happy.
My first time at a new school has been a very good experience even though I was nervous my hart was beaten a lot. That was definitely a good time for me.
30/05/2019
points
The listening was quite easy but I didn't know some of those words about this environment.
I think the player was very excited about his first day at the club like me every time I have started a new job.
30/05/2019 10:46
Chelsea
21
The listening was quite easy but I didn't know some of those words about this environment.
I think the player was very excited about his first day at the club like me every time I have started a new job.
25/05/2019
points
It was quite easy :)
25/05/2019 12:21
Manchester United
17
It was quite easy :)
15/05/2019
points
Very nice!!!
15/05/2019 04:33
Crystal Palace
28
Very nice!!!
04/05/2019
points
after a long interval I study english and It is medium.
I couldn't hear some words but this is the thing that I have to try.
I think this course is good.
04/05/2019 08:34
Manchester United
7
after a long interval I study english and It is medium.
I couldn't hear some words but this is the thing that I have to try.
I think this course is good.
26/04/2019
points
Great listening passage!
as for the player, he might have felt a bit anxious, but also quite excited and happy to play for a top division club for the first time. That's how I normally feel in first days.
26/04/2019 04:48
Manchester United
11
Great listening passage!
as for the player, he might have felt a bit anxious, but also quite excited and happy to play for a top division club for the first time. That's how I normally feel in first days.
27/03/2019
points
This listening was very good. The player was very excited. I don’t remember exactly, but my first day at current job also made me very excited and a little bit nervous.
27/03/2019 22:35
Manchester City
20
This listening was very good. The player was very excited. I don’t remember exactly, but my first day at current job also made me very excited and a little bit nervous.
23/03/2019
points
It was an easy task.The voice and vocabulary are all crystal clear.
My first day at work was horrible.I break things and keep asking for help.
23/03/2019 03:52
Chelsea
1749
It was an easy task.The voice and vocabulary are all crystal clear.
My first day at work was horrible.I break things and keep asking for help.
16/03/2019
points
Not too much easy to understand
16/03/2019 14:16
Chelsea
174
Not too much easy to understand
14/03/2019
points
i think the listening is medium with me and i'm very excited.
14/03/2019 08:48
Liverpool
123
i think the listening is medium with me and i'm very excited.
12/03/2019
points
Great exercise.I Really like it.
12/03/2019 12:13
Chelsea
14
Great exercise.I Really like it.
12/03/2019
points
Thanks, Karbo11. We're really happy you like it!
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12/03/2019 12:29
Liverpool
594
Thanks, Karbo11. We're really happy you like it!
Rich - The Premier SKills English Team
08/03/2019
points
The listening was a little difficult and normally when we speaking about
The first day in every job we might face some things difficult like stress,exciting and wonderment
08/03/2019 17:39
Manchester City
44
The listening was a little difficult and normally when we speaking about
The first day in every job we might face some things difficult like stress,exciting and wonderment
27/02/2019
points
The listening was soy easy.
So excited like me.
Nervous
27/02/2019 12:41
Tottenham Hotspur
171
The listening was soy easy.
So excited like me.
Nervous
23/02/2019
points
Tive dificuldade em manter a firmeza de um sonho..
had difficulty maintaining the firmness of a dream ..
23/02/2019 03:43
Manchester United
7
Tive dificuldade em manter a firmeza de um sonho..
had difficulty maintaining the firmness of a dream ..
03/02/2019
points
Not difficult not easy , need to time and participate
he discover the club trying to recognize the new players
for first day in anew job it's not comfortable in anew place with new people
03/02/2019 20:43
Liverpool
18
Not difficult not easy , need to time and participate
he discover the club trying to recognize the new players
for first day in anew job it's not comfortable in anew place with new people
03/02/2019
points
Easy
03/02/2019 11:53
Manchester City
17
Easy
01/02/2019
points
The listening was easy, we can feeling the new player is excited to start training and play with his new club.
In my first day in my new club like a player I felt a bit shy because I didn't know a lot to speak English.
01/02/2019 14:42
Fulham
24
The listening was easy, we can feeling the new player is excited to start training and play with his new club.
In my first day in my new club like a player I felt a bit shy because I didn't know a lot to speak English.
12/01/2019
points
I found the listening activity challenging. I bet the player felt as
excited as I was on my first day at school!
12/01/2019 17:27
Chelsea
69
I found the listening activity challenging. I bet the player felt as
excited as I was on my first day at school!