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Officiating

Officiating

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. appeal
  2. body language
  3. caution
  4. coin-toss
  5. direct free-kick
  6. drop-ball
  7. indirect free-kick
  8. sending off
  9. stretcher
  10. suspension

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

 
The referee gives a player a red card.

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?

Quiz

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Natka
02/11/2015
RU
279
points

10 of 10 but it not easy for me. I don't nuderstand what tackle is?


Natka
02/11/2015 16:55
Russia
Chelsea
279

10 of 10 but it not easy for me. I don't nuderstand what tackle is?

Rich's picture
Rich
02/11/2015
ES
594
points

Hi Natka, Tackle is when one player tries to take the ball from another player in a challenge. Tackle can be a noun or a verb. Hope that helps!


Rich's picture
Rich
02/11/2015 21:42
Spain
Liverpool
594

Hi Natka, Tackle is when one player tries to take the ball from another player in a challenge. Tackle can be a noun or a verb. Hope that helps!

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almirpereira
02/11/2015
BR
1339
points

Reading, Reading LOTS OF


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almirpereira
02/11/2015 00:48
Brazil
Chelsea
1339

Reading, Reading LOTS OF

abdellah najouh
30/10/2015
MA
36
points

the lesson was a little bit easy but very valuable


abdellah najouh
30/10/2015 22:39
Morocco
Liverpool
36

the lesson was a little bit easy but very valuable

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aragorn1986
25/10/2015
ME
3557
points

Brought down- new phrase I've learned


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aragorn1986
25/10/2015 10:13
Montenegro
Arsenal
3557

Brought down- new phrase I've learned

Noka's picture
Noka
17/10/2015
AL
250
points

Great Quiz, Love british council


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Noka
17/10/2015 09:08
Albania
Manchester City
250

Great Quiz, Love british council

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Rich
25/10/2015
ES
594
points

Thanks for your comment Noka! Rich - Premier Skills English Team


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Rich
25/10/2015 19:48
Spain
Liverpool
594

Thanks for your comment Noka! Rich - Premier Skills English Team

Noka's picture
Noka
17/10/2015
AL
250
points

Go Manchester City


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Noka
17/10/2015 09:05
Albania
Manchester City
250

Go Manchester City

lenny
02/10/2015
ID
67
points

really enjoy the quiz :D


lenny
02/10/2015 14:21
Indonesia
Manchester United
67

really enjoy the quiz :D

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Salloum
26/09/2015
SY
1308
points

New vocabularies for me


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Salloum
26/09/2015 19:45
Syria
Manchester United
1308

New vocabularies for me

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elghoul
23/09/2015
DZ
3988
points

Very well, thanks to the Learning part.


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elghoul
23/09/2015 18:54
Algeria
Manchester City
3988

Very well, thanks to the Learning part.

Abdallah
22/09/2015
KW
1814
points

Yes was easy


Abdallah
22/09/2015 09:41
Kuwait
Chelsea
1814

Yes was easy

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Omnia ji
21/09/2015
EG
62
points

delightful quiz :)


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Omnia ji
21/09/2015 21:49
Egypt
Manchester City
62

delightful quiz :)

Shefeek
20/09/2015
IN
1608
points

British council, I hope we missed " officiating " football phrase book download. It shows the phrase book of refereeing a match


Shefeek
20/09/2015 22:12
India
Manchester United
1608

British council, I hope we missed " officiating " football phrase book download. It shows the phrase book of refereeing a match

chriswar
17/08/2015
PL
44
points

I improved my exercise and I got 10 of 10 possible points.


chriswar
17/08/2015 09:11
Poland
Leicester City
44

I improved my exercise and I got 10 of 10 possible points.

chriswar
17/08/2015
PL
44
points

Unfortunately, I didn't get everything right. I had one mistake.


chriswar
17/08/2015 09:04
Poland
Leicester City
44

Unfortunately, I didn't get everything right. I had one mistake.

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Aymenbl_96
15/08/2015
DZ
0
points

I'm very exiting because I managed to answer all the questions !


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Aymenbl_96
15/08/2015 15:38
Algeria
Liverpool
0

I'm very exiting because I managed to answer all the questions !

rached ro
30/06/2015
DZ
0
points

good


rached ro
30/06/2015 12:39
Algeria
Chelsea
0

good

kharmxas
21/05/2015
UG
0
points

liked this quiz


kharmxas
21/05/2015 15:10
Uganda
Arsenal
0

liked this quiz

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K.Jelali
11/05/2015
TN
0
points

funny Quiz


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K.Jelali
11/05/2015 15:44
Tunisia
Southampton
0

funny Quiz

mongolia_messi
20/04/2015
MN
0
points

what is different between attacker and striker. thank you.


mongolia_messi
20/04/2015 15:53
Mongolia
Manchester United
0

what is different between attacker and striker. thank you.

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Rich
20/04/2015
ES
594
points

We don't all use the same descriptions but I usually describe players such as Diego Costa (Chelsea), Robin van Persie (Man Utd) and Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) as strikers. They are the players who are the closest to the opponents goal and usually score the most goals. Strikers are attackers but attackers also include more creative players like Santi Cazorla, Juan Mata, and David Silva and wingers like Jesus Navas, Raheem Sterling and Angel Di Maria. I hope this helps. Rich - The Premier Skills English Team


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Rich
20/04/2015 16:55
Spain
Liverpool
594

We don't all use the same descriptions but I usually describe players such as Diego Costa (Chelsea), Robin van Persie (Man Utd) and Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) as strikers. They are the players who are the closest to the opponents goal and usually score the most goals. Strikers are attackers but attackers also include more creative players like Santi Cazorla, Juan Mata, and David Silva and wingers like Jesus Navas, Raheem Sterling and Angel Di Maria. I hope this helps. Rich - The Premier Skills English Team

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zaza977
15/04/2015
GE
-1
points

Super!


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zaza977
15/04/2015 09:38
Georgia
Chelsea
-1

Super!

adel
27/03/2015
EG
0
points

great and interesting


adel
27/03/2015 14:12
Egypt
Arsenal
0

great and interesting

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admin
27/03/2015
GB
560
points

Thanks Adel - glad you liked it.


admin's picture
admin
27/03/2015 19:17
United Kingdom
Arsenal
560

Thanks Adel - glad you liked it.

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piyomaru93
20/03/2015
PE
25
points

It was a fantastic excercise about football!


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piyomaru93
20/03/2015 08:19
Peru
Newcastle United
25

It was a fantastic excercise about football!

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Sofiene
11/03/2015
TN
2
points

Wonderful :)


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Sofiene
11/03/2015 18:00
Tunisia
Arsenal
2

Wonderful :)

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shihabkhan19
02/03/2015
BD
0
points

Not so Bad!!


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shihabkhan19
02/03/2015 04:56
Bangladesh
Manchester United
0

Not so Bad!!

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Benedict
23/02/2015
GH
0
points

This is so easy for me.


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Benedict
23/02/2015 15:41
Ghana
Manchester United
0

This is so easy for me.

admin's picture
admin
23/02/2015
GB
560
points

Thanks for commenting - I hope you can find something more challenging here. Have you tried the email lessons?


admin's picture
admin
23/02/2015 15:58
United Kingdom
Arsenal
560

Thanks for commenting - I hope you can find something more challenging here. Have you tried the email lessons?

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

so soon Jack!, I'm really excited to learn more, even the subject 'football' was not interesting for me, but I like your pedagogical way. It makes me a football fan, and of course encourages me to learn more and more English.


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haydi
29/02/2016 15:31
Tunisia
Newcastle United
3189

so soon Jack!, I'm really excited to learn more, even the subject 'football' was not interesting for me, but I like your pedagogical way. It makes me a football fan, and of course encourages me to learn more and more English.

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Ayan Das Gupta
11/02/2015
IN
0
points

Had a good time playing this quiz!


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Ayan Das Gupta
11/02/2015 10:30
India
Manchester United
0

Had a good time playing this quiz!

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SajidaXI
27/06/2014
PK
0
points

Nice Vocabulary. Realy enjoyed quiz


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SajidaXI
27/06/2014 19:05
Pakistan
Manchester United
0

Nice Vocabulary. Realy enjoyed quiz

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Pocoyo
15/06/2014
MY
0
points

I'm very exiting because I managed to answer all the questions again!


Pocoyo's picture
Pocoyo
15/06/2014 08:19
Malaysia
Manchester United
0

I'm very exiting because I managed to answer all the questions again!

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2Liverpool111307
3Chelsea90125
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Level

2
Average: 2 (1 vote)

Goals

Complete these activities and you will:

Learn and practise 10 words related to officiating.

Glossary

Tricky spelling:

It's 'referee' NOT 'refferee' or 'referree'!