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B2 READING & USE OF ENGLISH PART 1

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Football became the game we know today during the ..... of Queen Victoria.

a)

years

b)

rule

c)

period

d)

reign

2.

Many different ----- of the game were being played in the 19th century

a)

methods

b)

conditions

c)

forms

d)

ways

3.

In 1863 the Football Association was ----- .

a)

formed

b)

made

c)

joined

d)

offered

4.

Throughout the country new football -----were built.

a)

grounds

b)

places

c)

lands

d)

courses

5.

The development of the railways _____ that teams coult travel to matches.

a)

helped

b)

intended

c)

said

d)

meant

6.

in 1888 the Football league was _____ up with twelve vlubs

a)

put

b)

got

c)

set

d)

made

7.

Football became a national sport, _____ to rugby by many people.

a)

wanted

b)

preferred

c)

liked

d)

favoured

8.

Many games were played in fields. In Burnley the field had a river _____ along the side.

a)

lying

b)

moving

c)

running

d)

causing

9.

In Burnley, the players _____ baths in the river next to the field.

a)

got

b)

took

c)

ran

d)

picked

10.

People stood on banks _____ from earth.

a)

made

b)

produced

c)

consisted

d)

worked

11.

It was not until the early 1900s that _____ stands were built.

a)

accurate

b)

right

c)

proper

d)

correct

12.

The players would have had two wooden _____ for the goals with tap acroos the top.

a)

pins

b)

nails

c)

points

d)

posts

13.

Nets were not _____ until 1891.

a)

invented

b)

composed

c)

completed

d)

presented