ESL conversation lesson on football - soccer



FOOTBALL (SOCCER) DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

|1) |Why do you think football is the world’s most popular sport? |

|2) |Why does football attract hooligans? |

|3) |Is there anything else that joins the world in celebration like the football World Cup? |

|4) |In 30 seconds, can you explain what football is? |

|5) |Do you think women’s football is as exciting as men’s? |

|6) |“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death…I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” What do you |

| |think of the thoughts of this famous football manager? |

|7) |How can football authorities change the rules to make the game more exciting? |

|8) |What do you know about the history of football? |

|9) |‘Football’ or ‘soccer’ - Which word is best? |

|10) |Pele or Maradona – Who was better? |

Hundreds more free handouts at

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

FOOTBALL (SOCCER) DISCUSSION

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

|1) |Do you think football is a sport and an art? |

|2) |Do you think professional footballers get paid too much? |

|3) |What do you like and dislike about football? |

|4) |Do you think the bosses of American sports like baseball and American football are jealous of the worldwide popularity of football? |

|5) |Where is the world’s best football played? |

|6) |What do you understand by the term ‘football widow’? |

|7) |Do you think football will one day become the number one sport in the USA? |

|8) |Is there a better feeling in life than to score the winning goal for your country in football’s World Cup final? |

|9) |Is it a problem that so few goals are scored in football? |

|10) |Do you think football will be different 50 or 100 years from now? |

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download