5A Listening and grammar

An interview with an ex-Champions League

soccer referre from Spain

Part 1 Part 2

1. He become a referee The most difficult thing for

because he was always
attracted by the idea.
2. The most exciting game
he ever refereed, he
can't choose just one.
3. The worst experience
he ever had as a
referee was when a
woman attacked him.
him about being a referee is
making the right decicions
during a game.
One of the reasons why it's
difficult is because soccer
today is so fast.
Making correct decicions often
depends of the referee's
interpretation of the rules.

4. He think there is more He thinks that players who

cheating in soccer
today, because soccer
is a big business.
5. He says soccer playes
often cheating,
because they fall over
when no one has
touched them.
cheat are still the
exceptions,
A study was done on Leo Messi
shows that he can run
exceptionally fast with the
ball.
He thinks Mes si isn't the
typical superstar soccer
player.

Past tenses: simple, continuous, perfect

In your country, is Yes, I don't watch sports tv programs

cheating considered a too much but I think for sports fans

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 serious problem in they considered cheating is a serious
sports? problem, given that I guess they want
their team win the match and if a
player is cheating so peruvian people
get angry and start to claim.

In what sports do you Is most common to see cheating in a

think cheating is soccer match, sometimes players can
most common? pretend fall over when no one has
touched them or touch the ball with
their hands and the referee don't
notice.

What kinds of things It depends on the sport, but in

do people do when general if the team is winning the
they cheat? game they can pretend an injury to
make time and the match would end
with a score in their favour.

➡ A
complete
➡ An action
that
➡ An action in
progress (or
action in happened not) at a
the past before particular
PAST the past moment in the
TENSE time we past
are PAST
talking CONTINUOUS
about
PAST
PERFECT

Examples:
I cleaned the house The accident The crowd cheered
when I got home. It happened when when the referee
looked great. they were driving blew the final
home. whistle.

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 Some of the players weren't We couldn't use the ski slope
listening while the coach was because it hadn't snowed
talking to them. enough.

Vocabulary

🔴
He was always attracted by
attracted by the idea the idea

🔴
He can't choose just one.
choose just one

🔴
They fall over when no one
fall over has touched them.

🔴 🔴
The marathon organizers took
take award Ruiz's title. away and
away awarded it to the real
winner.

🔴
The most difficult thing
right decicions for him about being a
referee is making the
right decicions during a
game

🔴
When the organizers
sweat congratulated Rosie after
the race, they were
surprised because she
wasn't sweating very much.

🔴
The captain hadn't scored
ejected any goals when the referee

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 ejected him.

🔴
The crowd cheered when the
cheer referee blew the final
whistle.

🔴
The player got a yellow
take off card because he had taken
off his shirt.

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