Football Shout-out: Goals
Football Shout-out: Goals
Welcome to Football Shout-out from Premier Skills English, where we talk about the language you need when watching a match. Whether you are a super fan or an armchair fan you won't be able to avoid football on TV this summer. In Football Shout-out, Jack and Rich present useful language to shout at the TV screen when watching a match with or without friends! In this episode, they look at the language you need when your team scores a goal.
Transcript
Jack: Hello and welcome to Premier Skills English - Football Shout-out
Rich: Football Shout-out is the series that teaches you the language you need when you’re watching the game.
Jack: Hi everybody my name’s Jack
Rich: and my name’s Rich and welcome to our new series of football English podcasts where we talk about the English you need when you’re watching football.
Jack: Everyone is really excited about all the football that’s coming up, so we’re here to help you with some essential football English.
Rich: That’s right. Whether you’re a super fan or you just watch sometimes, you won’t be able to avoid the football on TV over the next few weeks.
Jack: So in this series of podcasts, we’re going to talk about what to say, shout or scream when watching a match.
Rich: If you listen to our lessons, you’re going to sound like a real football expert in English. This is our first lesson and we’re going to start by talking about goals. What do you say when your team scores a goal?
Jack: Listen to this:
Jack: Come on ...
Rich: Shoot ...
Jack: Take a shot...
Jack: Yeah!
Rich: Woohoo!
Jack: Get in!
Rich: Come on!
Jack: What a goal!
Rich: What a belter.
Jack: What a great time to score.
Rich: We can get back in this.
Jack: It’s a great feeling.
Rich: Yeah - there’s nothing better.
Jack: So the language: Get in and come on are probably the most common phrases.
Rich: But you don’t say them like that - it’s probably much more like get in! and come on!
Jack: I always thought we used ‘come on’ more to encourage a team.
Rich: You’re right! Fans will shout or chant, yes chant is a better word something like ‘come on England, come on England’.
Jack: Unless you’re a fan of Colombia or Senegal.
Rich: Very good. Anyway, ‘come on’ can be used for encouragement and as an expression of happiness just like ‘get in’.
Jack: OK, but that’s probably just the first reaction as well as cheering and jumping up and down of course, but then you might describe the goal and say something like ‘What a goal!’ if it was a good goal or ‘what a belter!’
Rich: A belter?
Jack: Yeah. It means an incredible or fantastic goal. You could say screamer too If it was a powerful shot. That’s an absolute screamer! Or ‘a cracker’ if it was really good.
Rich: And here you might add something like: he gave the goalkeeper absolutely no chance which means the goalkeeper couldn’t possibly save it.
Jack: I suppose you start with a natural reaction like get in and then you describe the goal and say something like ‘what a goal!’.
Rich: Then you might talk about it a bit more and talk about the context of the match and what the goal means. You probably calm down a bit and say something like: that’s a brilliant time to score - just before half-time or I think we can get back into this now or I think we’re going to win this.
Jack: Listen again.
Jack: Come on ...
Rich: Shoot ...
Jack: Take a shot ..
Jack: Yeah!
Rich: Woo hoo!
Jack: Get in!
Rich: Come on!
Jack: What a goal!
Rich: What a belter.
Jack: What a great time to score.
Rich: We can get back in this.
Jack: So, that’s how you celebrate and talk about a goal in English. But what about when our team concedes a goal.
Rich: I don’t think we should talk about that, should we?
Jack: Haha, you’re probably right.
Rich: We’ve got some activities to help you remember the phrases that we’ve been speaking about in the lesson below this podcast.
Jack: We’ll be back soon with our next football English lesson, which will be about what to say when a player is fouled.
Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
Language
The language you need when your team scores a goal
In the listening, Rich and Jack split the language into three categories:
- Natural reactions
- Describing the goal
- The context of the match
Natural Reactions
This is what you say at the exact time of the ball hitting the back of the net. Jack and Rich used two examples:
Get in!
Come on!
These expressions are used to show that you are very happy about something happening. It's important to say them in the right way. Have a listen to the conversation again and repeat.
Describing the goal
The structure what a + noun is very common to describe goals. 'What a goal!' is the most common.
All of these examples can be used to describe goals. Which ones did Rich and Jack use in the podcast?
What a goal!
What a beauty!
What a belter!
What a pearler!
What a screamer!
What a cracker!
If it is a really, really good goal you can use the adjective absolute + noun. You could say:
That's an absolute beauty!
That's an absolute screamer!
That's an asolute pearler!
Task
The Context
The context of a football match is always important. If your team is winning 5-0 or losing 5-0 and you score, your celebration will be very different from if your team scores a 90th-minute winner! What do you think would be the situation in the match if you heard these phrases:
- That's a brilliant time to score!
- We can get back into this now!
- Come on! I think we're going to win this!
- Get in! We can turn this around, you know!
- There's no way back for them now!
- Get in! We've broken the deadlock at last!
Write your answers in the comments section at the bottom of the page!
Quiz
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What do you think?
- Were any of these phrases new for you?
- Can you tell us any other phrases connected to scoring goals?
Write your answers in the comments section below and don't forget to write your answers to the task above.
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18/07/2018
points
Very good way to learn English vocabulary and learn much more about football.
18/07/2018 01:58
Manchester United
439
Very good way to learn English vocabulary and learn much more about football.
18/07/2018
points
if he really did not know any phrase, and some related would be "very good play!"
18/07/2018 01:20
Manchester United
722
if he really did not know any phrase, and some related would be "very good play!"
18/07/2018
points
Yes, there were a few new words for me
18/07/2018 00:56
Manchester United
866
Yes, there were a few new words for me
17/07/2018
points
Almost all the phrases are new for me.
TASK:
1.-That's a brilliant time to score!
The team has enought time for score
2.-We can get back into this now!
The team is losing
3.-Come on! I think we're going to win this!
The team is wining
4.-Get in! We can turn this around, you know!
New tactic
5.-There's no way back for them now!
mmm I ddon't know
6.-Get in! We've broken the deadlock at last!
mmm I ddon't know
17/07/2018 23:35
Chelsea
334
Almost all the phrases are new for me.
TASK:
1.-That's a brilliant time to score!
The team has enought time for score
2.-We can get back into this now!
The team is losing
3.-Come on! I think we're going to win this!
The team is wining
4.-Get in! We can turn this around, you know!
New tactic
5.-There's no way back for them now!
mmm I ddon't know
6.-Get in! We've broken the deadlock at last!
mmm I ddon't know
17/07/2018
points
Yes, some words that I learned with these questions I did not know them and now I know them thanks.
17/07/2018 22:41
Manchester City
-569
Yes, some words that I learned with these questions I did not know them and now I know them thanks.
17/07/2018
points
Some, others are new to me.
17/07/2018 22:24
Arsenal
921
Some, others are new to me.
17/07/2018
points
Yes, there were a few new words for me
17/07/2018 21:52
Manchester United
756
Yes, there were a few new words for me
17/07/2018
points
WHAT A GOOD WAY TO LEARN VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH AND GENERAL CULTURE.
17/07/2018 20:59
Manchester United
246
WHAT A GOOD WAY TO LEARN VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH AND GENERAL CULTURE.
17/07/2018
points
Yes, there were a few new words for me.
17/07/2018 02:48
Arsenal
598
Yes, there were a few new words for me.
16/07/2018
points
All phrases that they teach are new for me.
No, sorry.
16/07/2018 23:24
Chelsea
635
All phrases that they teach are new for me.
No, sorry.
16/07/2018
points
No phrase is new to me, because Colombian narrators are very creative and expressive, so I could say that I heard them in Spanish.
16/07/2018 23:11
Arsenal
822
No phrase is new to me, because Colombian narrators are very creative and expressive, so I could say that I heard them in Spanish.
16/07/2018
points
Yes, some sentences were new to me
16/07/2018 22:38
Chelsea
212
Yes, some sentences were new to me
16/07/2018
points
TASK
The situation that would occur in the game when listening to phrases like: That's a brilliant time to score !, We can get back into this now! Come on! I think we're going to win this !, Get in! We can turn this around, you know!, There's no way back for them now! or Get in! We've broken the deadlock at last! It would be a game in which the team was losing the game, but in which several chances are presented to score goals which the team takes advantage of, achieving
that the team and the fanatics resume the hopes, changing the course of the game with the initiative of the team and finally winning the game.
Were any of these phrases new for you?:
Yes, of the phrases shown in this text, most of the phrases and expressions are new to me, but they are interesting and increase the passion of football.
Can you tell us any other phrases connected to scoring goals?
Other phrases related to the topic could be:
we did it!
we overcome the obstacle!
we are champions!
16/07/2018 21:25
Manchester United
817
TASK
The situation that would occur in the game when listening to phrases like: That's a brilliant time to score !, We can get back into this now! Come on! I think we're going to win this !, Get in! We can turn this around, you know!, There's no way back for them now! or Get in! We've broken the deadlock at last! It would be a game in which the team was losing the game, but in which several chances are presented to score goals which the team takes advantage of, achieving
that the team and the fanatics resume the hopes, changing the course of the game with the initiative of the team and finally winning the game.
Were any of these phrases new for you?:
Yes, of the phrases shown in this text, most of the phrases and expressions are new to me, but they are interesting and increase the passion of football.
Can you tell us any other phrases connected to scoring goals?
Other phrases related to the topic could be:
we did it!
we overcome the obstacle!
we are champions!
16/07/2018
points
Good words
16/07/2018 21:19
Manchester United
866
Good words
16/07/2018
points
1. Sí. Algunas de estas frases eran nuevas para mí.
2.-¡Somos campeones!
-Tenemos poco para pasar a la siguiente ronda
Tarea
Para responder a la pregunta de la tarea, un equipo estaba perdiendo el juego, luego empató y al final ganaron. A eso se refieren las frases.
16/07/2018 20:28
Manchester United
-890
1. Sí. Algunas de estas frases eran nuevas para mí.
2.-¡Somos campeones!
-Tenemos poco para pasar a la siguiente ronda
Tarea
Para responder a la pregunta de la tarea, un equipo estaba perdiendo el juego, luego empató y al final ganaron. A eso se refieren las frases.
31/07/2018
points
1. Yes. Some of these phrases were new to me.
2.-We are champions!
-We have little to go to the next round
Homework
To answer the question of the task, a team was losing the game, then tied and in the end they won. That's what the phrases refer to.
31/07/2018 23:37
Manchester United
-890
1. Yes. Some of these phrases were new to me.
2.-We are champions!
-We have little to go to the next round
Homework
To answer the question of the task, a team was losing the game, then tied and in the end they won. That's what the phrases refer to.
16/07/2018
points
Hi Keren
Could you please comment in English?
Thanks
Jack - The Premier Skills English Team
16/07/2018 20:29
Arsenal
560
Hi Keren
Could you please comment in English?
Thanks
Jack - The Premier Skills English Team
16/07/2018
points
No phrase is new to me
16/07/2018 20:04
Manchester United
995
No phrase is new to me
15/07/2018
points
Yes, they were.
We usually say 'that was art' to celebrate a beautiful goal.
15/07/2018 19:55
Manchester United
590
Yes, they were.
We usually say 'that was art' to celebrate a beautiful goal.
15/07/2018
points
I do not more phrases
15/07/2018 16:18
Chelsea
8
I do not more phrases
15/07/2018
points
Ir was a bit complicate
15/07/2018 15:41
Manchester United
924
Ir was a bit complicate
15/07/2018
points
Interesting
15/07/2018 03:37
Swansea City
364
Interesting
14/07/2018
points
Yes. I already knew those phrases.
-We are champions!
-Little is missing to move on to the next round!
14/07/2018 17:34
Arsenal
921
Yes. I already knew those phrases.
-We are champions!
-Little is missing to move on to the next round!
14/07/2018
points
1. Yes. Some of these phrases were new to me.
2. -We are champions!
-We have little to go to the next round
Task
To answer the question of the task, a team was losing the game, then tied and in the end they won. That's what the phrases refer to.
14/07/2018 17:21
Arsenal
921
1. Yes. Some of these phrases were new to me.
2. -We are champions!
-We have little to go to the next round
Task
To answer the question of the task, a team was losing the game, then tied and in the end they won. That's what the phrases refer to.
14/07/2018
points
it was fun
14/07/2018 08:20
Chelsea
121
it was fun
14/07/2018
points
Yes, some of these phrases I knew but I do not know more phrases
14/07/2018 00:35
Crystal Palace
875
Yes, some of these phrases I knew but I do not know more phrases
13/07/2018
points
yes.I can.But this phrases are hard.
13/07/2018 19:35
Arsenal
77
yes.I can.But this phrases are hard.
13/07/2018
points
yes.I can.But this phrases are hard.
13/07/2018 19:30
Arsenal
77
yes.I can.But this phrases are hard.
13/07/2018
points
Yes.I was.It was a bit complicated
13/07/2018 18:09
Arsenal
77
Yes.I was.It was a bit complicated
13/07/2018
points
1.- Yes, I did not know all these words.
2.- No, I can't, I don't know other phrases.
13/07/2018 02:27
Chelsea
612
1.- Yes, I did not know all these words.
2.- No, I can't, I don't know other phrases.
12/07/2018
points
- Yes, all phrases are new for me.
- I don't know others phrases.
12/07/2018 21:46
Chelsea
554
- Yes, all phrases are new for me.
- I don't know others phrases.
12/07/2018
points
i don't know more phrases
12/07/2018 21:31
Swansea City
16
i don't know more phrases
12/07/2018
points
-Yes all phrases are new for me .
12/07/2018 21:26
Manchester United
354
-Yes all phrases are new for me .
12/07/2018
points
this is a new for me (That's an asolute pearler)
wonderful goal¡
12/07/2018 20:53
Manchester United
226
this is a new for me (That's an asolute pearler)
wonderful goal¡
12/07/2018
points
No, these were not
No, I can not
12/07/2018 20:30
Arsenal
32
No, these were not
No, I can not
12/07/2018
points
No, these weren't.
No, I don't know other phrases connected to scoring goals.
12/07/2018 17:20
Manchester United
59
No, these weren't.
No, I don't know other phrases connected to scoring goals.
11/07/2018
points
1. YES, Some phrases are new for me and some not
2. what a nice shot!
11/07/2018 23:52
Everton
288
1. YES, Some phrases are new for me and some not
2. what a nice shot!
11/07/2018
points
1. Yes, some phrase are new for me
2. What a nice shot!
11/07/2018 23:49
Everton
288
1. Yes, some phrase are new for me
2. What a nice shot!
11/07/2018
points
I think it was interesting and if some of The phrases were new to me
11/07/2018 21:23
Swansea City
616
I think it was interesting and if some of The phrases were new to me
11/07/2018
points
Belter is new for me.
11/07/2018 17:25
Huddersfield Town
45
Belter is new for me.
10/07/2018
points
Yes.
No.
10/07/2018 15:41
Manchester City
25
Yes.
No.
09/07/2018
points
Almost all phrases are new to me and I do not know more phrases.
:)
09/07/2018 18:09
Manchester United
181
Almost all phrases are new to me and I do not know more phrases.
:)
07/07/2018
points
yes all phrases are new for me
I don't know
07/07/2018 21:36
Manchester United
466
yes all phrases are new for me
I don't know
04/07/2018
points
1.All were new for me.
2. Yes I can.
04/07/2018 16:38
Manchester United
71
1.All were new for me.
2. Yes I can.
03/07/2018
points
1.- All the phrases are new for me.
2.- No, i can’t because i don’t know more.
03/07/2018 04:07
Manchester United
462
1.- All the phrases are new for me.
2.- No, i can’t because i don’t know more.
02/07/2018
points
1. All of them are new for me.
2. No, I cannot.
02/07/2018 17:07
Manchester City
261
1. All of them are new for me.
2. No, I cannot.
02/07/2018
points
1-. Yes, all was a new and interesting phrases for me.
2-. No, I can´t.
02/07/2018 14:12
Everton
38
1-. Yes, all was a new and interesting phrases for me.
2-. No, I can´t.
02/07/2018
points
yes, some phrases were new
I don´t know other phrases
02/07/2018 14:11
Manchester United
383
yes, some phrases were new
I don´t know other phrases
02/07/2018
points
1.- Yes, all was a new phrases for me
2.- I can't because i don't know any
02/07/2018 03:14
Manchester United
80
1.- Yes, all was a new phrases for me
2.- I can't because i don't know any
01/07/2018
points
Yeah , new phrases
01/07/2018 10:52
Manchester City
7
Yeah , new phrases