Football Shout-out: Goals
Football Shout-out: Goals
Welcome to Football Shout-out from Premier Skills English, where we talk about the language you need when watching a match. Whether you are a super fan or an armchair fan you won't be able to avoid football on TV this summer. In Football Shout-out, Jack and Rich present useful language to shout at the TV screen when watching a match with or without friends! In this episode, they look at the language you need when your team scores a goal.
Transcript
Jack: Hello and welcome to Premier Skills English - Football Shout-out
Rich: Football Shout-out is the series that teaches you the language you need when you’re watching the game.
Jack: Hi everybody my name’s Jack
Rich: and my name’s Rich and welcome to our new series of football English podcasts where we talk about the English you need when you’re watching football.
Jack: Everyone is really excited about all the football that’s coming up, so we’re here to help you with some essential football English.
Rich: That’s right. Whether you’re a super fan or you just watch sometimes, you won’t be able to avoid the football on TV over the next few weeks.
Jack: So in this series of podcasts, we’re going to talk about what to say, shout or scream when watching a match.
Rich: If you listen to our lessons, you’re going to sound like a real football expert in English. This is our first lesson and we’re going to start by talking about goals. What do you say when your team scores a goal?
Jack: Listen to this:
Jack: Come on ...
Rich: Shoot ...
Jack: Take a shot...
Jack: Yeah!
Rich: Woohoo!
Jack: Get in!
Rich: Come on!
Jack: What a goal!
Rich: What a belter.
Jack: What a great time to score.
Rich: We can get back in this.
Jack: It’s a great feeling.
Rich: Yeah - there’s nothing better.
Jack: So the language: Get in and come on are probably the most common phrases.
Rich: But you don’t say them like that - it’s probably much more like get in! and come on!
Jack: I always thought we used ‘come on’ more to encourage a team.
Rich: You’re right! Fans will shout or chant, yes chant is a better word something like ‘come on England, come on England’.
Jack: Unless you’re a fan of Colombia or Senegal.
Rich: Very good. Anyway, ‘come on’ can be used for encouragement and as an expression of happiness just like ‘get in’.
Jack: OK, but that’s probably just the first reaction as well as cheering and jumping up and down of course, but then you might describe the goal and say something like ‘What a goal!’ if it was a good goal or ‘what a belter!’
Rich: A belter?
Jack: Yeah. It means an incredible or fantastic goal. You could say screamer too If it was a powerful shot. That’s an absolute screamer! Or ‘a cracker’ if it was really good.
Rich: And here you might add something like: he gave the goalkeeper absolutely no chance which means the goalkeeper couldn’t possibly save it.
Jack: I suppose you start with a natural reaction like get in and then you describe the goal and say something like ‘what a goal!’.
Rich: Then you might talk about it a bit more and talk about the context of the match and what the goal means. You probably calm down a bit and say something like: that’s a brilliant time to score - just before half-time or I think we can get back into this now or I think we’re going to win this.
Jack: Listen again.
Jack: Come on ...
Rich: Shoot ...
Jack: Take a shot ..
Jack: Yeah!
Rich: Woo hoo!
Jack: Get in!
Rich: Come on!
Jack: What a goal!
Rich: What a belter.
Jack: What a great time to score.
Rich: We can get back in this.
Jack: So, that’s how you celebrate and talk about a goal in English. But what about when our team concedes a goal.
Rich: I don’t think we should talk about that, should we?
Jack: Haha, you’re probably right.
Rich: We’ve got some activities to help you remember the phrases that we’ve been speaking about in the lesson below this podcast.
Jack: We’ll be back soon with our next football English lesson, which will be about what to say when a player is fouled.
Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
Language
The language you need when your team scores a goal
In the listening, Rich and Jack split the language into three categories:
- Natural reactions
- Describing the goal
- The context of the match
Natural Reactions
This is what you say at the exact time of the ball hitting the back of the net. Jack and Rich used two examples:
Get in!
Come on!
These expressions are used to show that you are very happy about something happening. It's important to say them in the right way. Have a listen to the conversation again and repeat.
Describing the goal
The structure what a + noun is very common to describe goals. 'What a goal!' is the most common.
All of these examples can be used to describe goals. Which ones did Rich and Jack use in the podcast?
What a goal!
What a beauty!
What a belter!
What a pearler!
What a screamer!
What a cracker!
If it is a really, really good goal you can use the adjective absolute + noun. You could say:
That's an absolute beauty!
That's an absolute screamer!
That's an asolute pearler!
Task
The Context
The context of a football match is always important. If your team is winning 5-0 or losing 5-0 and you score, your celebration will be very different from if your team scores a 90th-minute winner! What do you think would be the situation in the match if you heard these phrases:
- That's a brilliant time to score!
- We can get back into this now!
- Come on! I think we're going to win this!
- Get in! We can turn this around, you know!
- There's no way back for them now!
- Get in! We've broken the deadlock at last!
Write your answers in the comments section at the bottom of the page!
Quiz
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What do you think?
- Were any of these phrases new for you?
- Can you tell us any other phrases connected to scoring goals?
Write your answers in the comments section below and don't forget to write your answers to the task above.
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Comments
26/12/2019
points
For the task, my team is losing and can get back at the last minute.
the phrases are new for me :
What a belter!
What a pearler!
What a screamer!
What a cracker!
26/12/2019 09:24
Liverpool
34
For the task, my team is losing and can get back at the last minute.
the phrases are new for me :
What a belter!
What a pearler!
What a screamer!
What a cracker!
18/10/2019
points
Easy.
18/10/2019 18:50
Manchester City
314
Easy.
15/10/2019
points
What a belter! is new phrases for me. In my country they use " it's seem a gold" when you can guess which team got a score.
15/10/2019 06:05
Leicester City
42
What a belter! is new phrases for me. In my country they use " it's seem a gold" when you can guess which team got a score.
15/10/2019
points
I never know this phrases before but I always hear all phrases from restaurant or department store because they always open the big match football on TV monitors.
15/10/2019 04:56
Leicester City
42
I never know this phrases before but I always hear all phrases from restaurant or department store because they always open the big match football on TV monitors.
28/09/2019
points
1.Yes, some of these phrases are new to me.
2.A phrase widely used in my country ( Colombia) is "how did you hit that ball".
28/09/2019 16:20
Manchester United
119
1.Yes, some of these phrases are new to me.
2.A phrase widely used in my country ( Colombia) is "how did you hit that ball".
08/04/2019
points
Ok, now I know what I should shout when Liverpool will score a goal.
08/04/2019 22:12
Liverpool
473
Ok, now I know what I should shout when Liverpool will score a goal.
15/03/2019
points
What a better! and what a pearler! were unfamiliar words for me.
Other phrases may include: it's a goooal! What a header!
15/03/2019 04:59
Chelsea
1749
What a better! and what a pearler! were unfamiliar words for me.
Other phrases may include: it's a goooal! What a header!
19/09/2018
points
Great test!
19/09/2018 10:11
Manchester City
182
Great test!
31/08/2018
points
None of these phrases is new to me.
¡how you gave that ball, brother!
31/08/2018 17:54
Arsenal
534
None of these phrases is new to me.
¡how you gave that ball, brother!
31/08/2018
points
Some sentences are new to me
31/08/2018 00:49
Manchester United
315
Some sentences are new to me
19/08/2018
points
if there are some strange words, but I learned them
19/08/2018 17:07
Tottenham Hotspur
256
if there are some strange words, but I learned them
09/08/2018
points
1. Yes, there are some ones new phrases to me.
2. gool !, we are winning this game, come on! lets do this!
09/08/2018 00:40
Manchester United
561
1. Yes, there are some ones new phrases to me.
2. gool !, we are winning this game, come on! lets do this!
07/08/2018
points
1.Yes, some of these phrases are new to me.
2.A phrase widely used in my country ( Colombia) is "how did you hit that ball".
07/08/2018 21:37
Manchester United
672
1.Yes, some of these phrases are new to me.
2.A phrase widely used in my country ( Colombia) is "how did you hit that ball".
07/08/2018
points
Good activity.
07/08/2018 21:00
Liverpool
754
Good activity.
07/08/2018
points
1. Yes, especially what a belter!
2. what a great goal!
07/08/2018 20:58
Liverpool
754
1. Yes, especially what a belter!
2. what a great goal!
07/08/2018
points
No, the majority of these phrases already knew them. And one of the phrases we use the most in Colombia is "how did you hit that ball"
07/08/2018 20:52
Manchester United
176
No, the majority of these phrases already knew them. And one of the phrases we use the most in Colombia is "how did you hit that ball"
07/08/2018
points
good test
07/08/2018 04:20
Manchester City
268
good test
07/08/2018
points
good quiz
07/08/2018 03:11
Manchester United
127
good quiz
07/08/2018
points
Very good test, excellent questions!
07/08/2018 02:41
Manchester United
512
Very good test, excellent questions!
07/08/2018
points
1.Yes, Really many were new and I feel good because I expand my vocabulary more and more
2.One of the typical phrases in my country Colombia is "Peguelo Papá".
07/08/2018 02:40
Manchester United
512
1.Yes, Really many were new and I feel good because I expand my vocabulary more and more
2.One of the typical phrases in my country Colombia is "Peguelo Papá".
07/08/2018
points
good quiz
07/08/2018 02:06
Arsenal
375
good quiz
07/08/2018
points
There were a few words new to me.
07/08/2018 01:13
Manchester City
189
There were a few words new to me.
07/08/2018
points
super interesting the test
07/08/2018 01:01
Manchester City
348
super interesting the test
07/08/2018
points
good test
07/08/2018 00:32
Chelsea
442
good test
06/08/2018
points
good quiz
06/08/2018 23:34
Arsenal
636
good quiz
06/08/2018
points
For example what a belter. It is new for me.
Striker is the person who shoots the goals.
06/08/2018 23:05
Manchester City
619
For example what a belter. It is new for me.
Striker is the person who shoots the goals.
06/08/2018
points
good quiz
06/08/2018 02:15
Manchester United
567
good quiz
05/08/2018
points
*Yes, many of these phrases are new to me; It's great to know that I learn something new every day.
*A phrase widely used in the Colombian football is "how did you hit that ball".
This lesson was very fun for me, I learned different ways to express myself when I watch football matches.
05/08/2018 21:16
Manchester United
796
*Yes, many of these phrases are new to me; It's great to know that I learn something new every day.
*A phrase widely used in the Colombian football is "how did you hit that ball".
This lesson was very fun for me, I learned different ways to express myself when I watch football matches.
05/08/2018
points
1. Several of these words are new and a little strange to me.
2. That's! You can!. The rest i know are named.
And the task:
If I hear those phrases I would believe that the game is tied, or the team that said them would be losing.
Good quiz.
05/08/2018 18:32
Newcastle United
321
1. Several of these words are new and a little strange to me.
2. That's! You can!. The rest i know are named.
And the task:
If I hear those phrases I would believe that the game is tied, or the team that said them would be losing.
Good quiz.
05/08/2018
points
Too understandable and interesting.
05/08/2018 17:37
Newcastle United
321
Too understandable and interesting.
05/08/2018
points
This activity is great! due to the skills that targets, such as listening, auditory comprehension and language.
The only sentence that was new to me was, what a belter!
In my country Colombia, we use a lot of expressions related to our players and our popular sayings, besides we are so passionate in regards to football, we cry, laugh and also get mad at the same time.
05/08/2018 17:37
Liverpool
695
This activity is great! due to the skills that targets, such as listening, auditory comprehension and language.
The only sentence that was new to me was, what a belter!
In my country Colombia, we use a lot of expressions related to our players and our popular sayings, besides we are so passionate in regards to football, we cry, laugh and also get mad at the same time.
05/08/2018
points
Yes, some are new to me, with this course I can learn new things. And in Colombia one of the phrases that is said is "Sáquelo papá"
05/08/2018 16:56
Stoke City
741
Yes, some are new to me, with this course I can learn new things. And in Colombia one of the phrases that is said is "Sáquelo papá"
05/08/2018
points
Some of phrases I do not know , but thanks to this course I learning more about all the things that this course brings us every day
05/08/2018 14:04
Stoke City
741
Some of phrases I do not know , but thanks to this course I learning more about all the things that this course brings us every day
05/08/2018
points
Hello!
1) Although I'm not a fan of watching football I know several expressions or phrases when you watch a game, but honestly I just scream too much when I see those from Colombia or some mentioned in the audio but the only one I did not know but I find interesting and original is " belter "
2) As mentioned above, I only shout "GOOOOOOL", or also phrases that recognize what some player or players did, like "that is the hard" or "with all equipment".
05/08/2018 04:23
Chelsea
778
Hello!
1) Although I'm not a fan of watching football I know several expressions or phrases when you watch a game, but honestly I just scream too much when I see those from Colombia or some mentioned in the audio but the only one I did not know but I find interesting and original is " belter "
2) As mentioned above, I only shout "GOOOOOOL", or also phrases that recognize what some player or players did, like "that is the hard" or "with all equipment".
05/08/2018
points
Hello!
1) Although I'm not a fan of watching football I know several expressions or phrases when you watch a game, but honestly I just scream too much when I see those from Colombia or some mentioned in the audio but the only one I did not know but I find interesting and original is " belter "
2) As mentioned above, I only shout "GOOOOOOL", or also phrases that recognize what some player or players did, like "that is the hard" or "with all equipment".
Bye team British Council !!
05/08/2018 04:14
Chelsea
778
Hello!
1) Although I'm not a fan of watching football I know several expressions or phrases when you watch a game, but honestly I just scream too much when I see those from Colombia or some mentioned in the audio but the only one I did not know but I find interesting and original is " belter "
2) As mentioned above, I only shout "GOOOOOOL", or also phrases that recognize what some player or players did, like "that is the hard" or "with all equipment".
Bye team British Council !!
05/08/2018
points
Good way to learn
05/08/2018 02:14
Chelsea
430
Good way to learn
05/08/2018
points
There were a few words new to me.
05/08/2018 01:12
Chelsea
430
There were a few words new to me.
05/08/2018
points
Yes, in fact the vast majority of the phrases I learned in this lesson were new for me since I do not have extensive knowledge in the world of football, this lesson helped me a lot because now I know how to encourage my team.
No, because I do not know any other.
05/08/2018 00:35
Manchester United
768
Yes, in fact the vast majority of the phrases I learned in this lesson were new for me since I do not have extensive knowledge in the world of football, this lesson helped me a lot because now I know how to encourage my team.
No, because I do not know any other.
04/08/2018
points
1.not really, many of these phrases already knew them
2.It's awesome almost impossible!
04/08/2018 21:01
Liverpool
654
1.not really, many of these phrases already knew them
2.It's awesome almost impossible!
04/08/2018
points
very good information
04/08/2018 19:14
West Ham United
367
very good information
04/08/2018
points
There were a few words new to me.
04/08/2018 18:49
Crystal Palace
687
There were a few words new to me.
04/08/2018
points
- Sincerely , yes, but I think that these phrases will be really useful for me now.
- And in Colombia one of the phrases that is said is "Sáquelo papá" "Fue gol de Yepes!"
04/08/2018 13:27
Liverpool
471
- Sincerely , yes, but I think that these phrases will be really useful for me now.
- And in Colombia one of the phrases that is said is "Sáquelo papá" "Fue gol de Yepes!"
03/08/2018
points
Good test.
03/08/2018 23:20
Chelsea
362
Good test.
03/08/2018
points
Good way to learn
03/08/2018 05:15
Manchester City
343
Good way to learn
03/08/2018
points
It is good if you want to increase your vocabulary
03/08/2018 04:26
Manchester City
302
It is good if you want to increase your vocabulary
03/08/2018
points
1. Most of the phrases I already knew but there are some that are new to me.
2. In Spanish it is very common to shout a goal or sing motivational phrases such as, for example, if the name of the team can be called or shouted.
03/08/2018 03:58
Chelsea
640
1. Most of the phrases I already knew but there are some that are new to me.
2. In Spanish it is very common to shout a goal or sing motivational phrases such as, for example, if the name of the team can be called or shouted.
03/08/2018
points
I use those phrases a lot, I love the feeling of my favorite team making a goal
03/08/2018 03:39
Chelsea
55
I use those phrases a lot, I love the feeling of my favorite team making a goal
03/08/2018
points
There were a few words new to me.
I don't really know more phrases for it.
03/08/2018 03:15
Manchester City
881
There were a few words new to me.
I don't really know more phrases for it.
03/08/2018
points
Yes, some are new to me, with this course I can learn new things. And in Colombia one of the phrases that is said is "Sáquelo papá"
03/08/2018 02:22
Manchester United
800
Yes, some are new to me, with this course I can learn new things. And in Colombia one of the phrases that is said is "Sáquelo papá"
03/08/2018
points
-sincerely , yes, but I think that these phrases will be really useful for me now.
-In my country ( Colombia ) we use to many prhases like "Tu tranquilo"
03/08/2018 02:08
Manchester City
48
-sincerely , yes, but I think that these phrases will be really useful for me now.
-In my country ( Colombia ) we use to many prhases like "Tu tranquilo"