๐Ÿ“– Lesson A2 Reading๐Ÿ  Everyday Life

โšฝ How Football Started

How did football become the world's most popular sport? This A2 article traces the story from ancient Chinese cuju and chaotic medieval street games in England, through the formation of the Football Association in 1863, to the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 and the modern game of today.

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  • History article with vocabulary highlights

translate Key Vocabulary

sportruleteamstadiumrefereetournamentbanmedievalprofessionalorganisedassociationpenaltychampionshipbillionpassion

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  • Simple past tense (regular and irregular verbs)
  • Past simple passive: was created, was held, was added
  • Connectors: but, and, so, after, before
  • Numbers and dates
  • Superlatives: the most popular, the oldest, the biggest

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