Download this free C1–C2 English worksheet PDF for advanced English learners and teachers. This lesson is based on the NBA’s plan to bring artificial intelligence into referee decisions and asks how much judgement sport should hand over to technology.
Students practise advanced reading comprehension, high-level vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world topic about AI, automation, refereeing, fairness, flow, accuracy and the future of sport. The worksheet is suitable for advanced conversation lessons, online English classes, private tutoring, IELTS-style speaking practice and critical thinking work.
The article explores the difference between objective calls and subjective human judgement. Students read about how AI and court-side cameras could help with out-of-bounds decisions, reduce disputes and speed up reviews, while still leaving more difficult questions about contact, momentum, intention and advantage to human officials.
This worksheet encourages advanced learners to discuss whether technology protects fairness or risks changing the character of sport. It compares basketball’s possible use of AI with electronic line-calling in tennis and VAR in football, raising questions about delays, microscopic judgements, spontaneous celebration and whether games can become over-managed.
The PDF includes a C1–C2 reading article, 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 artificial intelligence in sport, automated decision-making, trust in officials and the balance between accuracy, drama and human judgement.
Level: C1–C2
Date: 28 May 2026
Focus: advanced reading, vocabulary, AI, sport, automation and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a C1–C2 reading article about AI referees and the future of sport
- True / False comprehension questions
- Phrase Match practice with advanced expressions
- Synonym Match with high-level vocabulary
- a sentence-writing task using new language
- discussion questions for Student A and Student B
- full answer key
The worksheet includes useful advanced phrases such as bring in, speed up, cut down on, take over, sort out, draws the line, work out, step in, push back against and hand over. It also practises vocabulary such as objective, disputes, interruptions, subjective, momentum, erode, intelligible, spontaneous, selective and automation.
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