Reading: Match Day at Anfield
Sports and match day
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MATCH DAY AT ANFIELD
Discover the atmosphere, traditions, and excitement of Liverpool FC's home ground.
📋 How to use this lesson
👩🏫 For Teachers
Target duration is 12 minutes; guide students through the passage and have them check their answers against the three-part evidence model.
🎒 For Students
Read the short passage carefully first, review the key vocabulary, and then complete the 8 practice questions in order.
Anfield is the stadium of Liverpool Football Club, a football team in England. Let us look at a match day at Anfield: the match, the song and the fans.
A football match is 90 minutes long. There are two halves, and each half is 45 minutes. There is also a 15-minute break.
Before every home match, the fans at Anfield sing a song. The song is "You'll Never Walk Alone". It has been the club's anthem since the early 1960s. Many fans hold up their scarves when they sing.
The team with more goals wins the match. So at the end of the match, the team with more goals is the winner.
📖 Words to Know
A large building or arena where people watch sports.
A special, traditional song sung by a group of supporters.
Pieces of warm cloth held high above fans' heads.
A point scored when the ball successfully goes into the net.
Check Your Understanding
Answer the 8 questions below based on the reading passage.
Anfield is the stadium of a football team in England.
A regular football match is divided into three halves.
What do many fans hold up when they sing?
Since when has the song been the club's anthem?
Match each time duration with what it represents during the match:
Match each name to what it is, from the text:
How does a team win the match?
Complete the sentence using the words from the passage:
What is the exact name of the song that the fans at Anfield sing?
Type the full title of the club song below:
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