Club Profiles

AFC Bournemouth club badge
Arsenal
Aston Villa Club badge
Brentford badge
Brighton and Hove Albion club badge
Burnley FC club badge
Chelsea club badge
Crystal Palace badge
Everton
Liverpool badge
Manchester City badge
Manchester United badge
Newcastle United club badge
Nottingham Forest club badge
Sheffield United badge
Spurs badge
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers

As faltas

As faltas

How well do you know football vocabulary?

This Football English lesson presents, practises and tests 10 football words that are related to different types of foul.

  1. dangerous play
  2. diving
  3. foul throw
  4. obstruction
  5. pushing
  6. spitting
  7. swearing
  8. time wasting
  9. tripping
  10. unsporting behaviour

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

 
Tripping is always a foul in football.

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

Please login to take this quiz.

Log in

What do you think?

How did you do? Did you get everything right?
Are there any football words that you need help with?
Let us know in the comments.

Leave a comment

Log in to leave a comment

Comentários

chriswar
22/08/2015
PL
44
points

It wae very difficult.


chriswar
22/08/2015 15:07
Poland
Leicester City
44

It wae very difficult.

Aymenbl_96's picture
Aymenbl_96
16/08/2015
DZ
0
points

It's great to have learnt the words relating to fouls.


Aymenbl_96's picture
Aymenbl_96
16/08/2015 00:03
Algeria
Liverpool
0

It's great to have learnt the words relating to fouls.

K.Jelali's picture
K.Jelali
14/05/2015
TN
0
points

not bad score


K.Jelali's picture
K.Jelali
14/05/2015 10:37
Tunisia
Southampton
0

not bad score

mongolia_messi
21/04/2015
MN
0
points

i learnt lot of things about foul. but how can i say if player made mistake. exapmle: miss shoot. it is foul or mistake.
thank you


mongolia_messi
21/04/2015 09:39
Mongolia
Manchester United
0

i learnt lot of things about foul. but how can i say if player made mistake. exapmle: miss shoot. it is foul or mistake.
thank you

Rich's picture
Rich
21/04/2015
ES
594
points

If you miss when taking a shot it's a mistake not a foul. If you miss by a long way you could say: 'that's an awful miss' or 'that's a terrible shot.' Does anybody know any other phrases we could use?


Rich's picture
Rich
21/04/2015 15:12
Spain
Liverpool
594

If you miss when taking a shot it's a mistake not a foul. If you miss by a long way you could say: 'that's an awful miss' or 'that's a terrible shot.' Does anybody know any other phrases we could use?

Sofiene's picture
Sofiene
11/03/2015
TN
2
points

:)


Sofiene's picture
Sofiene
11/03/2015 18:29
Tunisia
Arsenal
2

:)

Alkadasi's picture
Alkadasi
09/01/2015
YE
0
points

+_+


Alkadasi's picture
Alkadasi
09/01/2015 12:36
Yemen
Manchester City
0

+_+

raulito's picture
raulito
14/08/2014
PE
0
points

Cristiano Ronaldo is the king of time wasting,he always dives on the ground for no reason pretending he is tackled.


raulito's picture
raulito
14/08/2014 01:20
Peru
Chelsea
0

Cristiano Ronaldo is the king of time wasting,he always dives on the ground for no reason pretending he is tackled.

Anec's picture
Anec
17/06/2014
LK
0
points

Did good, they may be dangerous but fouls are one of the most driving things in football.


Anec's picture
Anec
17/06/2014 05:22
Sri Lanka
Chelsea
0

Did good, they may be dangerous but fouls are one of the most driving things in football.

Pocoyo's picture
Pocoyo
15/06/2014
MY
0
points

It's great to have learnt the words relating to fouls.


Pocoyo's picture
Pocoyo
15/06/2014 09:03
Malaysia
Manchester United
0

It's great to have learnt the words relating to fouls.

farah eka salsabela
09/11/2012
0
points

What a wonderful game this is! Now, I get more knowledges from joining this game, I won't be confused in twice when watching football match! Spectacular!


farah eka salsabela
09/11/2012 15:24


0

What a wonderful game this is! Now, I get more knowledges from joining this game, I won't be confused in twice when watching football match! Spectacular!

Leaderboard

Top Scorers
RankNameScore
1Alex_from_Ukraine6562
2mobeckham6536
3hsn5552
4wsanta5086
5kwesimanifest4779
6Liubomyr4417
7elghoul3988
8assemjuve3705
9aragorn19863557
10Gergő Nagy3396
Country ranking
RankNameScore
1Colombia74670
2Ukraine33800
3Spain29323
4Serbia27426
5Brazil23326
6Albania20578
7Vietnam20405
8Turkey20047
9Macedonia19074
10Bosnia and Herzegovina16333
Club ranking
RankNameScore
1Manchester United146539
2Liverpool111056
3Chelsea90044
4Arsenal86243
5Manchester City58633
6Tottenham Hotspur19345
7Newcastle United10545
8West Ham United7637
9AFC Bournemouth4895
10Everton4533

Level

2
Average: 2 (1 vote)

Goals

Complete these activities and you will:

Learn and practise 10 words used to talk about fouls.

Glossary

Tricky spelling:

It's 'behaviour' in British spelling and 'behavior' in the USA!