NFL Week 8: Thursday Night Football and Sunday Schedule
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The NFL is in Week 8 of its season. There is a Thursday Night Football game this week. Fans want to know how to watch it.
The NFL has many games each week. Most games happen on Sunday. Some games happen on Thursday and Monday.
This week, the Bengals will host the Titans. The Browns will play the Steelers. Both games happen on Sunday.
Fans can watch NFL games on TV. They can also watch with NFL+. NFL+ is a way to watch games online.
Week 8 has many important games. Football fans are excited to watch their favorite teams play.
Vocabulary15 words
- NFL
- a big group of American football teams
- Thursday Night Football
- a football game played on Thursday evening
- NFL+
- a way to watch NFL games on the internet
- host
- to have a game at your own home field
- matchup
- a game between two teams
- schedule
- a list of games and times
- season
- the months when a sport is played
- Week 8
- the eighth set of games in a season
- Bengals
- an American football team from Cincinnati
- Titans
- an American football team from Tennessee
- Browns
- an American football team from Cleveland
- Steelers
- an American football team from Pittsburgh
- fans
- people who like and watch a sport
- key
- very important
- online
- on the internet
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1. Week 8 2. Bengals and Titans 3. Yes
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The _____ is in Week 8 of its season. There is a _____ game this week. Fans want to know how to _____ it.
The NFL has many games each week. Most games happen on _____. Some games happen on Thursday and Monday.
This week, the Bengals will _____ the Titans. The Browns will play the _____. Both games happen on Sunday.
Fans can watch NFL games on TV. They can also watch with _____. NFL+ is a way to watch games _____.
Week 8 has many important games. Football _____ are excited to watch their favorite teams play.
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