Refereeing a Match
Refereeing a Match
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.
- assistant referee
- flag
- foul
- fourth official
- handball
- offside
- red card
- referee
- whistle
- 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!
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Learn and practise the words
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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10/02/2018
points
I get everything right and passed the quiz.
10/02/2018 14:33
Chelsea
382
I get everything right and passed the quiz.
09/02/2018
points
Please help me the word that i don’t know meaning and how to use : tackle
09/02/2018 03:48
Manchester United
11
Please help me the word that i don’t know meaning and how to use : tackle
09/02/2018
points
Hello Nharminh461
Tou can find the word tackle on the Football Vocabulary - Actions page.
Thanks
Jack - The Premier Skills English Team
09/02/2018 10:15
Arsenal
560
Hello Nharminh461
Tou can find the word tackle on the Football Vocabulary - Actions page.
Thanks
Jack - The Premier Skills English Team
08/02/2018
points
good
08/02/2018 15:09
West Bromwich Albion
59
good
07/02/2018
points
Up to now, it's ok for me
07/02/2018 17:40
Manchester City
23
Up to now, it's ok for me
02/02/2018
points
It was easy, and familiar with all the terms
02/02/2018 19:06
Manchester United
11
It was easy, and familiar with all the terms
02/02/2018
points
The word 'handball' seems too easy and I confuse it with 'foul'.
02/02/2018 14:39
Manchester City
47
The word 'handball' seems too easy and I confuse it with 'foul'.
01/02/2018
points
It was pretty easy all the words I added were correct
I need all the words that relate to your football
01/02/2018 14:46
Chelsea
9
It was pretty easy all the words I added were correct
I need all the words that relate to your football
31/01/2018
points
Yes. I got everything right.
31/01/2018 17:27
Liverpool
182
Yes. I got everything right.
25/01/2018
points
I got everything right. I knew all words!
25/01/2018 21:29
Liverpool
319
I got everything right. I knew all words!
25/01/2018
points
I did quite well. Yes, I did get everything right.
25/01/2018 09:17
Chelsea
11
I did quite well. Yes, I did get everything right.
13/01/2018
points
Excellent activity!!!
Thanks.
13/01/2018 02:57
Chelsea
19
Excellent activity!!!
Thanks.
10/01/2018
points
Hello!
Easy questions, but I wrong the last!
10/01/2018 13:42
Liverpool
11
Hello!
Easy questions, but I wrong the last!
10/01/2018
points
Hello pbidah8!
Welcome to Premier Skills English! We hope you enjoy the website!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
10/01/2018 13:52
Liverpool
594
Hello pbidah8!
Welcome to Premier Skills English! We hope you enjoy the website!
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
24/12/2017
points
Yes, all the answers were correct. It was very good and I learned a lot. Very cool.
24/12/2017 19:31
Liverpool
49
Yes, all the answers were correct. It was very good and I learned a lot. Very cool.
23/12/2017
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
23/12/2017 19:31
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
21/12/2017
points
Nice initiative!
21/12/2017 16:49
Liverpool
80
Nice initiative!
20/12/2017
points
Very Goody!
20/12/2017 01:00
Manchester City
110
Very Goody!
17/12/2017
points
Thank you It´s great
17/12/2017 00:45
Manchester City
103
Thank you It´s great
07/12/2017
points
All of the football words help to watch football.
07/12/2017 16:04
Arsenal
11
All of the football words help to watch football.
30/11/2017
points
yeah!
30/11/2017 14:02
Chelsea
25
yeah!
22/11/2017
points
easy like a godchurch
22/11/2017 15:55
Manchester United
80
easy like a godchurch
22/11/2017
points
good
22/11/2017 13:21
Manchester United
11
good
22/11/2017
points
It's very much useful for me to learn football words
22/11/2017 11:41
Manchester United
33
It's very much useful for me to learn football words
19/11/2017
points
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS MATERIAL ,REALLY I HOPE TO PRACTICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
19/11/2017 20:45
Liverpool
17
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS MATERIAL ,REALLY I HOPE TO PRACTICE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
19/11/2017
points
Excellent teaching material! Thank you so much for the superb design and content.
19/11/2017 02:30
Swansea City
7
Excellent teaching material! Thank you so much for the superb design and content.
19/11/2017
points
Thanks Georgiana!
We hope you and your students find the material useful!
Rich - The Premier SKills English Team
19/11/2017 15:17
Liverpool
594
Thanks Georgiana!
We hope you and your students find the material useful!
Rich - The Premier SKills English Team
15/11/2017
points
enjoying!
15/11/2017 01:22
Tottenham Hotspur
106
enjoying!
10/11/2017
points
Great! it's interesting to learn new words
10/11/2017 07:38
Chelsea
14
Great! it's interesting to learn new words
10/11/2017
points
We're very happy that you found it interesting!
10/11/2017 08:26
Arsenal
560
We're very happy that you found it interesting!
23/10/2017
points
I like the significate of offside en English!
23/10/2017 16:47
Chelsea
297
I like the significate of offside en English!
13/08/2017
points
Cool
13/08/2017 12:35
Manchester United
24
Cool
03/04/2017
points
Cool. The quiz is good
03/04/2017 00:56
Arsenal
663
Cool. The quiz is good
14/03/2017
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?
14/03/2017 12:58
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?
14/03/2017
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
14/03/2017 14:43
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
14/03/2017
points
Hi Rich
Thank you very much！And the article is helpful！
Hope you have a nice day : ）
14/03/2017 16:21
Arsenal
386
Hi Rich
Thank you very much！And the article is helpful！
Hope you have a nice day : ）
23/12/2016
points
cool
23/12/2016 22:08
Chelsea
310
cool
17/11/2016
points
8/10 not bad
17/11/2016 18:15
Liverpool
24
8/10 not bad
08/08/2016
points
i learnt from the quiz many things
08/08/2016 12:30
Chelsea
33
i learnt from the quiz many things
16/07/2016
points
awesome
16/07/2016 10:00
Chelsea
49
awesome
09/07/2016
points
Good job! I got those right
09/07/2016 14:56
Manchester United
223
Good job! I got those right
15/06/2016
points
Thank you
15/06/2016 13:48
Manchester City
1734
Thank you
23/05/2016
points
Being a referee for a match is a great responsibility and it requires diligence and attention
23/05/2016 07:40
Manchester United
4779
Being a referee for a match is a great responsibility and it requires diligence and attention
06/03/2016
points
It is simple.
06/03/2016 20:02
Leicester City
1761
It is simple.
29/02/2016
points
Football vocabulary becomes more familiar progressively; nice!
29/02/2016 13:09
Newcastle United
3189
Football vocabulary becomes more familiar progressively; nice!
01/02/2016
points
very easy
01/02/2016 19:44
Southampton
328
very easy
12/01/2016
points
yay haaha
12/01/2016 09:48
Chelsea
260
yay haaha
11/01/2016
points
it is very good quizs to learn
11/01/2016 18:33
Arsenal
109
it is very good quizs to learn
04/01/2016
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).
04/01/2016 08:12
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).
04/01/2016
points
Hi Tonucatien,
Thanks for your comments and I hope you are enjoying the website.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
04/01/2016 12:30
Liverpool
594
Hi Tonucatien,
Thanks for your comments and I hope you are enjoying the website.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team