Rangers Turn Things Around Under McInnes
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Rangers is a football team in Scotland. Derek McInnes is the new manager of Rangers.
McInnes had a very bad start as manager. Many fans were not happy with him.
But now, things are different. Rangers won two derby games in a row.
A derby is a match between two teams from the same city. Rangers plays a big derby against Celtic. People call this match the Old Firm derby.
Winning two Old Firm games in a row is a big result. It shows McInnes is doing a good job now.
Fans are happier with McInnes now. People say he is starting to make his mark.
To make your mark means to show you are good at your job.
The two wins have changed the narrative about McInnes. A narrative is the story people tell about someone.
Before, people said McInnes was doing badly. Now, people say he is doing well.
This is good news for Rangers and their fans.
Vocabulary15 words
- derby
- a match between two teams from the same city
- Old Firm
- the name for the Rangers vs Celtic derby
- mark
- to make your mark means to show you are good at something
- narrative
- the story people tell about someone or something
- manager
- the person who leads a football team
- fans
- people who support a team
- result
- what happens at the end of a game, like a win or loss
- team
- a group of players who play together
- win
- to be first or best in a game
- start
- the beginning of something
- difficult
- hard; not easy
- happy
- feeling good about something
- news
- new information about something that happened
- job
- the work someone does
- change
- to become different
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Answer key
1. He is the manager 2. A match between Rangers and Celtic 3. False
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Rangers is a football team in Scotland. Derek McInnes is the new _____ of Rangers.
McInnes had a very bad _____ as manager. Many fans were not happy with him.
But now, things are different. Rangers won two _____ games in a row.
A derby is a match between two teams from the same city. Rangers plays a big derby against _____.
Winning two Old Firm games in a row is a big _____.
Fans are happier with McInnes now. People say he is starting to make his _____.
The two wins have changed the _____ about McInnes.
Before, people said McInnes was doing _____. Now, people say he is doing well.
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