Match of the Day Shows Five Big Football Games
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Match of the Day is a popular football show. It is on BBC television.
The show will have five football games this time. People can watch the best parts of each game.
Two big teams are Arsenal and Manchester City. They are the pacesetters in the league. This means they are at the top right now.
Fans like to watch Match of the Day to see goals and good plays. The show helps people know what happened in football that day.
You can watch the show on BBC iPlayer. iPlayer lets people watch BBC shows online.
Vocabulary15 words
- match
- a game between two teams
- pacesetters
- teams that are first; the best right now
- highlights
- the best short parts of a game
- league
- a group of teams that play each other
- fans
- people who like a team or sport very much
- goals
- points scored in football
- television
- a machine for watching shows
- popular
- liked by many people
- online
- on the internet
- programme
- a show on TV
- team
- a group of players
- top
- the best place; number one
- watch
- to look at something, like TV
- games
- matches that people play
- BBC
- a British television company
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1. A football TV show 2. Five 3. Arsenal and Manchester City
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_____ of the Day is a popular football show. It is on BBC _____.
The show will have _____ football games this time. People can watch the best parts of each game.
Two big teams are Arsenal and Manchester City. They are the _____ in the league. This means they are at the top right now.
Fans like to watch Match of the Day to see _____ and good plays. The show helps people know what happened in football that day.
You can watch the show on BBC _____. iPlayer lets people watch BBC shows _____.
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