Download this free B1–B2 English worksheet PDF for English learners and teachers. This lesson is based on the NBA’s plan to use AI to help with some referee decisions in sport.
Students practise reading comprehension, useful vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world topic about artificial intelligence, referees, technology in sport, fairness and decision-making. The worksheet is suitable for private English lessons, online classes, classroom teaching, homework and discussion practice.
The article explains that the NBA wants to use AI to help with objective calls, such as deciding who touched the ball last before it went out of bounds. Students read about how cameras around the court could help speed up some decisions and cut down on arguments, while human referees would still make difficult calls about contact, fouls and player behaviour.
This worksheet gives B1–B2 learners useful language for talking about sport, technology and fairness. Students discuss whether AI can make sport fairer, whether video review slows games down, whether technology takes away emotion and whether human referees should always have the final decision.
The PDF includes a B1–B2 reading text, True / False questions, Phrase Match, Synonym Match, a task where students use new language, discussion questions and a full answer key. It helps learners discuss how much sport should rely on technology and what could happen if machines make important decisions.
Level: B1–B2
Date: 28 May 2026
Focus: reading, vocabulary, AI, sport, technology and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a B1–B2 reading text about AI referees in sport
- True / False comprehension questions
- Phrase Match practice with useful expressions
- Synonym Match vocabulary practice
- a sentence-writing task using new language
- discussion questions for Student A and Student B
- full answer key
The worksheet includes useful phrases such as plans to use, help with, went out of bounds, speed up, cut down on, around the court, take over, video review, takes away and rely on. It also practises vocabulary such as plans, objective, aim, arguments, replay, difficult, contact, fairer, flow and technology
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