The Cup
The Cup
How well do you know football vocabulary?
This Football English lesson presents, practises and tests 10 football words that are related to cup competitions.
- cup
- cup tie
- derby
- final
- friendlies
- group stage
- qualifiers
- quarter-finals
- semi-final
- the draw
Use the activity in the LEARN section to learn 10 words and phrases used to describe different football words.
After you have finished with the learning activity, use the QUIZ to see how much you've learned and to score some points. There are also worksheets you can download to help you learn these football words.
Remember, when you score points, you move up the leaderboard. You can also help your team and your country climb the leaderboard and become Premier Skills English champions!
Good luck!.
Learn and practise the words
Quiz - How many words have you learnt?
Quiz
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13/01/2021
points
jujuj
13/01/2021 13:42
Manchester United
26
jujuj
05/01/2021
points
Activity was a little hard to translate the pictures.
05/01/2021 11:33
Arsenal
78
Activity was a little hard to translate the pictures.
21/12/2020
points
Great quiz! Please make it harder next time!
21/12/2020 05:02
Arsenal
11
Great quiz! Please make it harder next time!
16/12/2020
points
Everything is ok!
16/12/2020 21:35
Chelsea
52
Everything is ok!
20/11/2020
points
The activities were useful and interesting. Thanks a lot!
20/11/2020 11:21
Leeds United
71
The activities were useful and interesting. Thanks a lot!
16/11/2020
points
Excellent !!
16/11/2020 09:53
Chelsea
342
Excellent !!
16/11/2020
points
Thanks! I hope you found the activities useful and interesting.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
16/11/2020 13:12
Liverpool
517
Thanks! I hope you found the activities useful and interesting.
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
15/11/2020
points
good
15/11/2020 20:16
Tottenham Hotspur
63
good
14/11/2020
points
thanks a lot
14/11/2020 03:54
Arsenal
21
thanks a lot
15/10/2020
points
Went well, yes nothing just keep a good work
15/10/2020 23:12
Liverpool
93
Went well, yes nothing just keep a good work
21/09/2020
points
good
21/09/2020 12:44
Arsenal
20
good
19/09/2020
points
It's good
19/09/2020 00:02
Liverpool
22
It's good
16/09/2020
points
it's activity have difficult, learn new words they soccer.
16/09/2020 04:18
Manchester United
82
it's activity have difficult, learn new words they soccer.
14/09/2020
points
It's good.
14/09/2020 08:06
Liverpool
21
It's good.
07/09/2020
points
Let's make friends, guys! :D
07/09/2020 07:11
Manchester United
28
Let's make friends, guys! :D
28/08/2020
points
Is the LEARN section working? I had to go directly to the quiz and choose by hunch!
28/08/2020 18:07
Arsenal
47
Is the LEARN section working? I had to go directly to the quiz and choose by hunch!
26/08/2020
points
good
26/08/2020 11:39
Liverpool
61
good
25/08/2020
points
Intersting
25/08/2020 03:36
Manchester United
83
Intersting
20/08/2020
points
Very Nice. Um very hapy with this school
20/08/2020 14:17
Chelsea
76
Very Nice. Um very hapy with this school
10/08/2020
points
I knew new football vocabulary.
10/08/2020 06:25
Arsenal
38
I knew new football vocabulary.
09/08/2020
points
Excelente football vocabulary. I love it.
09/08/2020 14:41
Liverpool
9
Excelente football vocabulary. I love it.
03/08/2020
points
good to learn, I did very good, before this one I didn’t know much above The Cup, like the expression “Cup Ties” for example. I loved it.
03/08/2020 05:54
Liverpool
99
good to learn, I did very good, before this one I didn’t know much above The Cup, like the expression “Cup Ties” for example. I loved it.
29/07/2020
points
Great
29/07/2020 20:08
Arsenal
21
Great
19/07/2020
points
Great vocabulary exercise, maybe the word that gave me difficulties was the Cup-Tie
19/07/2020 05:38
Liverpool
44
Great vocabulary exercise, maybe the word that gave me difficulties was the Cup-Tie
05/07/2020
points
hh
05/07/2020 08:35
Tottenham Hotspur
35
hh
03/07/2020
points
gg
03/07/2020 11:00
Tottenham Hotspur
35
gg
13/06/2020
points
I did well. Mostly right. How did you find those words fellows?
13/06/2020 10:41
Liverpool
-312
I did well. Mostly right. How did you find those words fellows?
07/06/2020
points
I know the basic knowledge of Football. Not all questions were right .
07/06/2020 15:59
Manchester City
21
I know the basic knowledge of Football. Not all questions were right .
04/06/2020
points
Thanks for the efforts :)
04/06/2020 00:37
Manchester United
5593
Thanks for the efforts :)
13/05/2020
points
I had made some mistakes, but with the quiz I learned all the words. I'm in love with the content!
13/05/2020 17:40
Manchester United
62
I had made some mistakes, but with the quiz I learned all the words. I'm in love with the content!
08/05/2020
points
hello
08/05/2020 18:07
Arsenal
74
hello
07/05/2020
points
This was pretty easy lol
07/05/2020 16:06
Burnley FC
11
This was pretty easy lol
08/04/2020
points
It didn't go too bad !
08/04/2020 10:07
Liverpool
230
It didn't go too bad !
05/04/2020
points
I like to learn English this way
05/04/2020 17:44
Liverpool
26
I like to learn English this way
26/03/2020
points
Great activity
26/03/2020 21:25
Manchester United
495
Great activity
18/03/2020
points
This activity is very funny!
18/03/2020 23:15
Liverpool
259
This activity is very funny!
03/03/2020
points
ok :)
03/03/2020 22:23
Liverpool
22
ok :)
01/03/2020
points
Its good.
01/03/2020 08:44
Arsenal
278
Its good.
08/02/2020
points
i got most of it . i learned new words too..
08/02/2020 19:06
Liverpool
112
i got most of it . i learned new words too..
05/02/2020
points
Since I am a football fan and I know most of the idioms it is quite easy to answer the questions.
05/02/2020 12:57
Arsenal
43
Since I am a football fan and I know most of the idioms it is quite easy to answer the questions.
06/02/2020
points
Hi Reza,
This section has some more challenging vocabulary: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/football-shout-out-goals
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
06/02/2020 08:23
Liverpool
517
Hi Reza,
This section has some more challenging vocabulary: https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listen/football-shout-out-goals
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
10/12/2019
points
GG
10/12/2019 04:43
Liverpool
76
GG
02/12/2019
points
Nice!
02/12/2019 11:39
Manchester United
237
Nice!
15/11/2019
points
It’s perfect!
15/11/2019 11:37
Manchester City
26
It’s perfect!
10/11/2019
points
Nice
10/11/2019 13:25
Wolverhampton Wanderers
35
Nice
11/10/2019
points
Cool.
11/10/2019 15:41
Manchester City
314
Cool.
29/09/2019
points
Well done! Piece of cake
29/09/2019 15:00
Manchester United
28
Well done! Piece of cake
25/09/2019
points
Yes, all correct
25/09/2019 15:44
Liverpool
159
Yes, all correct
18/09/2019
points
Nice!! thank you!
18/09/2019 12:12
Manchester City
71
Nice!! thank you!
12/09/2019
points
missed one
12/09/2019 11:26
Liverpool
117
missed one