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A arbitragem

A arbitragem

How well do you know football vocabulary?

This Football English lesson presents, practises and tests 10 football words that are related to referees and officiating.

  1. assistant referee
  2. flag
  3. foul
  4. fourth official
  5. handball
  6. offside
  7. red card
  8. referee
  9. whistle
  10. yellow card

Use the activity in the LEARN section to learn 10 words and phrases used to describe different football words. 

After you have finished with the learning activity, use the QUIZ to see how much you've learned and to score some points. There are also worksheets you can download to help you learn these football words. 

Remember, when you score points, you move up the leaderboard. You can also help your team and your country climb the leaderboard and become Premier Skills English champions!

Good luck!

Learn and practise the words

Refereeing a match can be difficult sometimes.

Activity: This activity tests your knowledge of the 10 words above. Match the words with the pictures.
Test yourself: Match the words and the pictures

Quiz - How many words have you learnt?

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Igor75
02/02/2018
KZ
47
points

The word 'handball' seems too easy and I confuse it with 'foul'.


Igor75
02/02/2018 14:39
Kazakhstan
Manchester City
47

The word 'handball' seems too easy and I confuse it with 'foul'.

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abdelghani
01/02/2018
DZ
9
points

It was pretty easy all the words I added were correct
I need all the words that relate to your football


abdelghani's picture
abdelghani
01/02/2018 14:46
Algeria
Chelsea
9

It was pretty easy all the words I added were correct
I need all the words that relate to your football

Joel Palmieri
31/01/2018
BR
182
points

Yes. I got everything right.


Joel Palmieri
31/01/2018 17:27
Brazil
Liverpool
182

Yes. I got everything right.

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misabog
25/01/2018
RS
319
points

I got everything right. I knew all words!


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misabog
25/01/2018 21:29
Serbia
Liverpool
319

I got everything right. I knew all words!

frzkhan414
25/01/2018
IN
11
points

I did quite well. Yes, I did get everything right.


frzkhan414
25/01/2018 09:17
India
Chelsea
11

I did quite well. Yes, I did get everything right.

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fserrano121
13/01/2018
CO
19
points

Excellent activity!!!
Thanks.


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fserrano121
13/01/2018 02:57
Colombia
Chelsea
19

Excellent activity!!!
Thanks.

pbidah8's picture
pbidah8
10/01/2018
BR
11
points

Hello!

Easy questions, but I wrong the last!


pbidah8's picture
pbidah8
10/01/2018 13:42
Brazil
Liverpool
11

Hello!

Easy questions, but I wrong the last!

Rich's picture
Rich
10/01/2018
ES
594
points

Hello pbidah8!

Welcome to Premier Skills English! We hope you enjoy the website!

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team


Rich's picture
Rich
10/01/2018 13:52
Spain
Liverpool
594

Hello pbidah8!

Welcome to Premier Skills English! We hope you enjoy the website!

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team

Gonzaga's picture
Gonzaga
24/12/2017
BR
49
points

Yes, all the answers were correct. It was very good and I learned a lot. Very cool.


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Gonzaga
24/12/2017 19:31
Brazil
Liverpool
49

Yes, all the answers were correct. It was very good and I learned a lot. Very cool.

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elgindy
23/12/2017
EG
18
points

yes everything is right, it is the very helpful article as it tough me new words and the definition of the offside was marvels as I am always watching the football game but it did not think about why is the offside take as foul
thank you for your support


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elgindy
23/12/2017 19:31
Egypt
Arsenal
18

yes everything is right, it is the very helpful article as it tough me new words and the definition of the offside was marvels as I am always watching the football game but it did not think about why is the offside take as foul
thank you for your support

ankshuman007
21/12/2017
IN
80
points

Nice initiative! 


ankshuman007
21/12/2017 16:49
India
Liverpool
80

Nice initiative! 

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Roberto Avelar
20/12/2017
BR
110
points

Very Goody!


Roberto Avelar's picture
Roberto Avelar
20/12/2017 01:00
Brazil
Manchester City
110

Very Goody!

ProfeMarcos's picture
ProfeMarcos
17/12/2017
UY
103
points

Thank you It´s great


ProfeMarcos's picture
ProfeMarcos
17/12/2017 00:45
Uruguay
Manchester City
103

Thank you It´s great

Leoma
07/12/2017
JP
11
points

All of the football words help to watch football.


Leoma
07/12/2017 16:04
Japan
Arsenal
11

All of the football words help to watch football.

jarek8385
30/11/2017
PL
25
points

yeah!


jarek8385
30/11/2017 14:02
Poland
Chelsea
25

yeah!

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TheTinyProGoalKeeper
22/11/2017
KH
80
points

easy like a godchurch


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TheTinyProGoalKeeper
22/11/2017 15:55
Cambodia
Manchester United
80

easy like a godchurch

Gonzalez1992
22/11/2017
ES
11
points

good


Gonzalez1992
22/11/2017 13:21
Spain
Manchester United
11

good

kalavenkit
22/11/2017
IN
33
points

It's very much useful for me to learn football words


kalavenkit
22/11/2017 11:41
India
Manchester United
33

It's very much useful for me to learn football words

Ahmed Samir Farid's picture
Ahmed Samir Farid
19/11/2017
EG
17
points

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS MATERIAL ,REALLY I HOPE TO PRACTICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE


Ahmed Samir Farid's picture
Ahmed Samir Farid
19/11/2017 20:45
Egypt
Liverpool
17

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS MATERIAL ,REALLY I HOPE TO PRACTICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Georgiana
19/11/2017
US
7
points

Excellent teaching material! Thank you so much for the superb design and content. 


Georgiana
19/11/2017 02:30
United States
Swansea City
7

Excellent teaching material! Thank you so much for the superb design and content. 

Rich's picture
Rich
19/11/2017
ES
594
points

Thanks Georgiana!

We hope you and your students find the material useful!

Rich - The Premier SKills English Team


Rich's picture
Rich
19/11/2017 15:17
Spain
Liverpool
594

Thanks Georgiana!

We hope you and your students find the material useful!

Rich - The Premier SKills English Team

nessbenites
15/11/2017
PE
106
points

enjoying!


nessbenites
15/11/2017 01:22
Peru
Tottenham Hotspur
106

enjoying!

tacla
10/11/2017
VN
14
points

Great! it's interesting to learn new words


tacla
10/11/2017 07:38
Vietnam
Chelsea
14

Great! it's interesting to learn new words

admin's picture
admin
10/11/2017
GB
560
points

We're very happy that you found it interesting!


admin's picture
admin
10/11/2017 08:26
United Kingdom
Arsenal
560

We're very happy that you found it interesting!

jmesav92
23/10/2017
CO
297
points

I like the significate of offside en English!


jmesav92
23/10/2017 16:47
Colombia
Chelsea
297

I like the significate of offside en English!

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Mahmoud Rady
13/08/2017
EG
24
points

Cool


Mahmoud Rady's picture
Mahmoud Rady
13/08/2017 12:35
Egypt
Manchester United
24

Cool

RafaelRC's picture
RafaelRC
03/04/2017
BR
663
points

Cool. The quiz is good


RafaelRC's picture
RafaelRC
03/04/2017 00:56
Brazil
Arsenal
663

Cool. The quiz is good

Asurada's picture
Asurada
14/03/2017
CN
386
points

The phrasebook defines a fourth official as ' He decides how much injury time to add on'. However, the wiki said that a fourth official ' Notifying the teams and spectators, by means of numbered boards or electronic displays where supplied, of the amount of time added on at the end of each half, after having been advised of this by the referee'. So is the referee in effect deciding the amount of time added on?


Asurada's picture
Asurada
14/03/2017 12:58
China
Arsenal
386

The phrasebook defines a fourth official as ' He decides how much injury time to add on'. However, the wiki said that a fourth official ' Notifying the teams and spectators, by means of numbered boards or electronic displays where supplied, of the amount of time added on at the end of each half, after having been advised of this by the referee'. So is the referee in effect deciding the amount of time added on?

Rich's picture
Rich
14/03/2017
ES
594
points

Hi Asurada

You have made a very good point and you are right, it is the referee who decides the amount of injury time although the fourth official and an assistant keep a record of stoppages. Here is a link to an article on the BBC that has much more detail than this vocabulary article ever could. 

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/20159223

Thanks for your message

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team


Rich's picture
Rich
14/03/2017 14:43
Spain
Liverpool
594

Hi Asurada

You have made a very good point and you are right, it is the referee who decides the amount of injury time although the fourth official and an assistant keep a record of stoppages. Here is a link to an article on the BBC that has much more detail than this vocabulary article ever could. 

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/20159223

Thanks for your message

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team

Asurada's picture
Asurada
14/03/2017
CN
386
points

Hi Rich

Thank you very much!And the article is helpful!
Hope you have a nice day : )


Asurada's picture
Asurada
14/03/2017 16:21
China
Arsenal
386

Hi Rich

Thank you very much!And the article is helpful!
Hope you have a nice day : )

baki333
23/12/2016
BA
310
points

cool


baki333
23/12/2016 22:08
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Chelsea
310

cool

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Ferhad
17/11/2016
AZ
24
points

8/10 not bad


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Ferhad
17/11/2016 18:15
Azerbaijan
Liverpool
24

8/10 not bad

MOHAMMED11
08/08/2016
AE
33
points

i learnt from the quiz many things


MOHAMMED11
08/08/2016 12:30
United Arab Emirates
Chelsea
33

i learnt from the quiz many things

Viet Pham
16/07/2016
VN
49
points

awesome


Viet Pham
16/07/2016 10:00
Vietnam
Chelsea
49

awesome

GUGUN
09/07/2016
ID
223
points

Good job! I got those right


GUGUN
09/07/2016 14:56
Indonesia
Manchester United
223

Good job! I got those right

englishman
15/06/2016
DZ
1734
points

Thank you


englishman
15/06/2016 13:48
Algeria
Manchester City
1734

Thank you

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kwesimanifest
23/05/2016
GH
4779
points

Being a referee for a match is a great responsibility and it requires diligence and attention


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kwesimanifest
23/05/2016 07:40
Ghana
Manchester United
4779

Being a referee for a match is a great responsibility and it requires diligence and attention

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HakanUslu1881
06/03/2016
TR
1761
points

It is simple.


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HakanUslu1881
06/03/2016 20:02
Turkey
Leicester City
1761

It is simple.

haydi's picture
haydi
29/02/2016
TN
3189
points

Football vocabulary becomes more familiar progressively; nice!


haydi's picture
haydi
29/02/2016 13:09
Tunisia
Newcastle United
3189

Football vocabulary becomes more familiar progressively; nice!

Tigrann
01/02/2016
AM
328
points

very easy


Tigrann
01/02/2016 19:44
Armenia
Southampton
328

very easy

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jinlee
12/01/2016
VN
260
points

yay haaha


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jinlee
12/01/2016 09:48
Vietnam
Chelsea
260

yay haaha

Qais
11/01/2016
MY
109
points

it is very good quizs to learn


Qais
11/01/2016 18:33
Malaysia
Arsenal
109

it is very good quizs to learn

tonucatien
04/01/2016
VN
271
points

- What does "second-last opponent" mean? (in sentence "A player is in an offside position if he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent." - Phrase book)
- I think the sentence about offside in the quiz is correct, in phrase book is not.
- I think handball is when a player touches the ball, not matter how deliberately or incidentally.
- The fourth official doesn't decides how much extra time, he decides injury time (I learned it in earlier lesson).


tonucatien
04/01/2016 08:12
Vietnam
Liverpool
271

- What does "second-last opponent" mean? (in sentence "A player is in an offside position if he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent." - Phrase book)
- I think the sentence about offside in the quiz is correct, in phrase book is not.
- I think handball is when a player touches the ball, not matter how deliberately or incidentally.
- The fourth official doesn't decides how much extra time, he decides injury time (I learned it in earlier lesson).

Rich's picture
Rich
04/01/2016
ES
594
points

Hi Tonucatien,

  1. Second-last means the one before the last one. For example, if the ball is played forward and an attacking player is further forward than all the defenders but not the goalkeeper (the last defender) he is offside. 
  2. Both the quiz and the phrasebook questions are correct. The phrasebook explanation is more specific than the quiz question.
  3. Handball is only seen as a foul when it is deliberate. You can see more here http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/laws/football-11-11/law-1...
  4. Officially, extra-time is in cup games when there are 30 extra minutes and like you say injury time is usually 2 or 3 minutes that is decided by the referee att he end of each half. Informally, we sometimes call injury time extra time which can be a bit confusing smiley

Thanks for your comments and I hope you are enjoying the website.

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team


Rich's picture
Rich
04/01/2016 12:30
Spain
Liverpool
594

Hi Tonucatien,

  1. Second-last means the one before the last one. For example, if the ball is played forward and an attacking player is further forward than all the defenders but not the goalkeeper (the last defender) he is offside. 
  2. Both the quiz and the phrasebook questions are correct. The phrasebook explanation is more specific than the quiz question.
  3. Handball is only seen as a foul when it is deliberate. You can see more here http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/laws/football-11-11/law-1...
  4. Officially, extra-time is in cup games when there are 30 extra minutes and like you say injury time is usually 2 or 3 minutes that is decided by the referee att he end of each half. Informally, we sometimes call injury time extra time which can be a bit confusing smiley

Thanks for your comments and I hope you are enjoying the website.

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team

tonucatien
05/01/2016
VN
271
points

Thank you, Rich.
1. Now I understand the word "second-last"
2. I will read the phrase book again to check and reply.
3. If a player touches the ball in penalty area, no matter deliberate or accident, there will be a penalty, right?
4. OK.
Yes, I like this website. I try to take times to visit and learn everyday. Thank you for your support.
Cat Tien


tonucatien
05/01/2016 10:40
Vietnam
Liverpool
271

Thank you, Rich.
1. Now I understand the word "second-last"
2. I will read the phrase book again to check and reply.
3. If a player touches the ball in penalty area, no matter deliberate or accident, there will be a penalty, right?
4. OK.
Yes, I like this website. I try to take times to visit and learn everyday. Thank you for your support.
Cat Tien

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tokomoney
07/12/2015
GE
352
points

10 points : )) It was easy, but very interesting : )) Thank you : ))


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tokomoney
07/12/2015 12:02
Georgia
Manchester City
352

10 points : )) It was easy, but very interesting : )) Thank you : ))

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MUGEMANYI
19/11/2015
RW
2320
points

Understandable lesson!


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MUGEMANYI
19/11/2015 17:47
Rwanda
Arsenal
2320

Understandable lesson!

nikosonris
16/11/2015
UA
2453
points

Refereeing vocabulary quiz is now quite easy for me and it's all thanks to your exercises and activities!


nikosonris
16/11/2015 14:21
Ukraine
Arsenal
2453

Refereeing vocabulary quiz is now quite easy for me and it's all thanks to your exercises and activities!

Natka
09/11/2015
RU
279
points

9 of 10. Good practice! I undestood what "offside" is)


Natka
09/11/2015 07:22
Russia
Chelsea
279

9 of 10. Good practice! I undestood what "offside" is)

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aragorn1986
25/10/2015
ME
3557
points

Well, this one was easy:-)


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aragorn1986
25/10/2015 11:29
Montenegro
Arsenal
3557

Well, this one was easy:-)

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Goals

Complete these activities and you will:

Learn and practise 10 words related to refereeing a football match.

Glossary

Tricky spelling:

It's 'assistant referee' NOT 'asisstant referee' or 'assistent referee'!