USA and Namibia Set to Play Cricket Match
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The USA and Namibia will play a cricket match.
The match has not started yet.
Fans are waiting for the game to begin.
This is a match between two national teams.
The USA team plays for the United States.
The Namibia team plays for Namibia.
People can watch the scoreboard online.
The scoreboard shows the score during the match.
More information will come when the match starts.
Cricket fans like to watch these games.
Many people enjoy international cricket matches.
We will know the result after the match ends.
Vocabulary15 words
- cricket
- a sport played with a bat and ball
- national team
- a sports team that plays for a country
- scoreboard
- a board that shows the score of a game
- match
- a game between two teams
- fan
- a person who likes a sport or team
- begin
- to start
- international
- between different countries
- result
- what happens at the end of a game
- team
- a group of players
- online
- on the internet
- watch
- to look at something happening
- game
- an activity with rules, like a sport
- country
- a nation, like USA or Namibia
- information
- facts about something
- wait
- to stay until something happens
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Quiz
Answer key
1. USA and Namibia 2. No, it has not started 3. Cricket
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The USA and Namibia will play a _____ match.
The match has not _____ yet.
Fans are waiting for the _____ to begin.
This is a match between two _____ teams.
The USA team plays for the United _____.
The Namibia team plays for _____.
People can watch the _____ online.
The scoreboard shows the _____ during the match.
More information will come when the match _____.
We will know the _____ after the match ends.
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