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Idioms & Footie ⚽

Idioms with football words Hi guys❗ Do you know idioms with footie words ❓ In case you don't. I challenge you to guess the meaning of ❺ idioms mentioned in the following conversations, could you guess what each one means ❓ 💬 Peter: The next exam is the trickiest. Rose: Let's keep our 👀 🔛 the ⚽ in the exam❗ 💬 Ted: What do you think if we change it ❓ Tod: We couldn't finish it if you keep moving the goalposts . 💬 Roger: The commentor is 🔛 the ⚽ , isn't he ❓   Emma: He is witty❗ 💬 Teacher: Who'd like to start the ⚽ rolling ❓ Student: Me. 💬 Clark: How was your first day as a teacher ❓ Bruce: It was amazing despite the fact that I  blew the whistle 🔛 one of my students. Clark: Why ❓ Bruce: He was cheating in the English exam. Did you guess the meanings of these idioms ❓ Well; if you are 😕, don't 😟 don't 😢. Let's see their meanings 😉.   'keep sb's eye on the ball' ...

Vocabulary

Football Hi guys❗ As you know the Football ⚽ Cup starts in some hours, how many words and expressions related to footie do you know❓ In case you can't remember some of them, dónt 😟. I'll remind you the most well-known , they  are: Footie / ˈfʊti / It is the informal way football is called. Ball / bɔːl / Football is played with a ⚽.   Pitch / pɪtʃ / The pitch is a marked out area of ground on which a sport, like football , is played . Football Match  / ˈfʊtbɔːl mætʃ / A football match is an organized football event between two teams . Half  / hɑːf / One of the two parts into which a football match is divided. This could be first/second half . Extra Time / ˌ ekstrə ˈ taɪm / A period added to the end of a football game in some competitons if neither team has won after normal time. Usually, it takes 30 minutes. Penalty Shout-out / ˌ penlti ˈ ʃuːt aʊt / An occasion when each team in a football match takes penalty kick until one ...