Football UNIT 2

Why is it important to learn English?

Think about the following questions:

 • How important is English to you?

• How do you think soccer  players use English?

• How important do you think it is for them?

Watch the interviews with four Premier League players and find out!

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/premier-skills/english



Task 1 – Collocations

Choose the correct word to complete each phrase. One phrase has no missing word. For this phrase,
choose '–'.

 a – in  in  of  to  up  with

1. communicate __ ___ people

2. learn _____ English

3. everywhere ___ __ the world

4. first _____ all

5. give you _____ chance

6. my advice _____ the English kids

7. communicate _____ English

8. never give _____

9. be aware _____ where you are






Task 2 – Who said ...? Match the players with what they said. Write the letter next to the player's
name (a, b, c or d) in the gaps. Use the same letters for all eight questions:

a. Vincent Kompany

b. Serge Gnabry

c. Alex Kacaniklic

d. José Fonte

1. _____ 'English is the first language of the world so I think it's very important.' 2. _____ 'You
need to know a little bit of English so you can communicate with everyone.'

3. _____ 'For me it's important to know it.

4. _____ 'My advice to the English kids would be to learn other languages, too.' 5. _____ Who said
he learnt English as a child?

6. _____ Who said he likes the English phrase 'we're off'?

7. _____ Who said he likes the phrase 'never give up'?

8. _____ Who doesn't have a favourite phrase in English?


Task 3 – Order the sentences Put the words in the correct order to make sentences from the
interviews.

1. spoken there It's language the is. most
_________________________________________________________________ 2. communicate You other people
can with from cultures. _________________________________________________________________ 3.
important know It's to it. _________________________________________________________________ 4.
speak I any literally language. _________________________________________________________________
5. like give I 'never up'. _________________________________________________________________ 6.
where you Look... be Always of are. around aware
______________________________________________________________