Download this free B1–B2 English worksheet PDF for English learners and teachers. This lesson is based on funny and colourful football phrases that fans may hear during the World Cup in North America.
Students practise reading comprehension, useful vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world topic about football, the World Cup, sports commentary, fan culture and slang. The worksheet is suitable for private English lessons, online classes, classroom teaching, homework and discussion practice.
The article explains several football phrases in clear, accessible English. Students learn that squeaky bum time means the nervous final minutes of a close match, parking the bus means defending deeply, a worldie means an amazing goal, and a nutmeg happens when a player kicks the ball through another player’s legs.
This worksheet helps B1–B2 learners talk about sport, language and culture. Students discuss whether football phrases are useful or confusing, how fan culture changes from country to country, whether commentators should explain slang to new fans and how learning football vocabulary can make watching the World Cup more enjoyable.
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 build useful vocabulary for talking about football, fans, matches, slang, sports commentary and feeling included in a conversation.
Level: B1–B2
Date: 12 June 2026
Focus: reading, vocabulary, football, World Cup, slang, fan culture and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a B1–B2 reading text about funny football phrases at the World Cup
- True / False comprehension questions
- Phrase Match practice with football-related 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 football fans, World Cup, football phrases, new fans, close match, parking the bus, not to lose, amazing goal, fan culture and feel lost. It also practises vocabulary such as travelling, funny, confusing, nervous, final, describe, defending, included, chance and understand.
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