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The Story of Football 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Chapter 1 is about

a)

American football

b)

modern ball games

c)

ancient ball games

d)

tennis

2.

The ancient Chinese made balls

a)

20000 years ago

b)

2000 years ago

c)

200 years ago

d)

20 years ago

3.

What is ‘fur’?

a)

short, fine, soft hair of certain animals

b)

leather

c)

a kind of goat

d)

a goat’s leg

4.

The first football players weren’t sportsmen, they were

a)

Chinese generals

b)

Chinese children

c)

Chinese Romans

d)

Chinese soldiers

5.

The first football net was

a)

hanging between 4 poles

b)

hanging high

c)

hanging low

d)

made of goat fur

6.

When did the Roman army train with footballs ?

a)

100 years earlier than the Chinese army

b)

500 years ago

c)

never

d)

100 years later than the Chinese army

7.

Roman football meant

a)

Run with the ball and boot it into a net

b)

Kick the ball and run over a red line

c)

Run with the ball and kick it over the other team’s line

d)

Kick the ball and run into a net

8.

’Furious’ means

a)

Extremely happy

b)

Extremely sad

c)

Extremely strong

d)

Extremely angry

9.

How many players did you need for Roman football?

a)

7 against 7

b)

11 against 11

c)

It could be hundreds of players on each side

d)

50 against 50

10.

Complete : As the Roman army ... Europe, they introduced their ball game to new countries.

a)

considered

b)

conquered

c)

convinced

d)

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