The UAE national football team

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The UAE national football team

Open Ended

Do you like football?

Which UAE team do you support and which national team?

You’re going to listen to a sports presenter. 

 Read the topic options.

 Which title best describes what you hear? 

a Home team progress

b Top matches in the UAE

c The 2019 AFC Cup

Give your answer on the next page.

Multiple Choice

Which title best describes what you heard?

• Home team progress

• Top matches in the UAE

• The 2019 AFC Cup

Open Ended

Read the sentences and see if you can complete them from memory.

1 The UAE participated in the first regional match in ____ .

2 The team first participated in an AFC match in _____ .

3 The team played in the World Cup in ____ .

4 Home matches are played at _____.

5 The team’s current coach is ____ .

6 In the Asian nations ranking, the team ties with Jordan in ______ place.

7 The team’s best achievement so far was in the AFC Cup in the UAE in _____ .

8 The team played against _____ in the AFC semi-finals.

9 The next AFC Cup will be hosted by the UAE in _____ .

Open Ended

Listen again. Complete the sentences with no more than two words or a number.

1 The UAE participated in the first regional match in ____ .

2 The team first participated in an AFC match in _____ .

3 The team played in the World Cup in ______ .

Open Ended

4 Home matches are played at _______ stadium.

5 The team’s current coach is .

6 In the Asian nations ranking, the team ties with Jordan in _________ place.

Open Ended

7 The team’s best achievement so far was in the AFC Cup in the UAE in _____ . 

8 The team played against _____ in the AFC semi-finals.

9 The next AFC Cup will be hosted by the UAE in ____ .

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentences with a suitable word or phrase.

The final score for both teams was a ______ .

• semi-final

• host a match

• tie

• stadium

Multiple Choice

The UAE would like to ______ in the future.

• host a match

• tie

• stadium

• close match

Multiple Choice

The new ______ is huge, it can fit thousands of football fans

• tie

• stadium

• host a match

• semi-final

Multiple Choice

There are only two matches left; if they win the ______ , they can play in the final.

• tie

• host a match

• stadium

• semi-final

Multiple Choice

The score was 0–1. It was a very ______ and no one was sure who the winner would be.

• host a match

• close match

• tie

• semi-final

Poll

Self-evaluation

•Did I understand the listening track fully?

•Could I learn new vocabulary?

Can I Use them use them of my own?

•Did I participate in the lesson and activities well?

•Now rate your performance :

• FA : Fully Achieved

• MA : Mostly Achieved

• A : Achieving.