Football Sunday's

 




In America, it is very common for people to watch football on Sundays.  The games usually start at 1:00.  Most people watch games at bars or restaurants.  Some people choose to watch Sunday football at home on their large television.  I prefer to watch games at restaurant bars because I love how exciting and intense people get while watching the games.  I also feel that it is fun to watch games with and friends and also with strangers.  You get to meet a lot of new people while watching the games.  I usually enjoy ordering some type of food while watching.  The most popular food to eat while watching games at a bar are chicken wings.  People usually get a beer or two while watching.  I really enjoy football Sundays and cheering on my favorite team, The New York Jets, even if they always lose! 


Vocabulary words:

Football: (noun) a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goalposts

Sunday: (noun) The first day of the week. 

Games: (noun) an amusement or pastime

Bars: (noun) a counter or place where beverages, especially liquors, or light meals are served to customers

Restaurants: (noun) an establishment where meals are served to customers.

Television: (noun) the transmission of programming, in the form of still or moving images, via radio waves, cable wires, satellite, or wireless network to a receiver or other screen.

Exciting: (adjective) producing excitement; stirring; thrilling

Intense: (adjective) existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree

Watching: (verb) to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens

Cheering: (noun) a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.

Favorite: (noun) a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference


Vocabulary Exercise: Matching


1.   ____    Football                                a. a shout of encouragement 

2.   ____    Sunday                                 b. existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree

3.   ____    Games                                  c. a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference

4.   ____    Bars                                      d. The first day of the week. 

5.   ____    Restaurants                           e. an establishment where meals are served to customers.

6.   ____    Television                             f. a counter or place where beverages, especially liquors, or                                                              light meals are served to customers

7.   ____    Exciting                                g. an amusement or pastime

8.   ____    Intense                                  h.  producing excitement; stirring; thrilling

9.   ____    Watching                               i. the transmission of programming in the form of still or                                                                     moving images

10. ____    Cheering                                j. to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as                                                             to see what comes, is done, or happens


Grammar Point

This blog post is written in the present tense only.  The words used in this post are present because of the endings and the verb tense.  For example:

I feel 

watching

cheering 

These words can be changed into a present tense by changing the ending and the verb. 

For example:

I felt

Watched

Cheered


Grammar Assignment:

Rewrite this blog post using the past tense only.  Note the changes you must make to the words and verb tenses in the blog. 


Learn more about tenses:

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/learn-english-grammar-tenses/

Resource:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/my?s=t 

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