Word search about football

Instructions

There are 30 words connected with football hidden in this word search. Can you find them?

All the words go across or down. There are no diagonal or backwards words.

Click the first and last letter of each word to mark them off. Look up any words you don’t know in a dictionary.

Tap the first and last letter to mark a word off. Look up any words you don’t know in a dictionary.

The more words you encounter and understand, the broader your day-to-day vocabulary will become. Our word games and puzzles, such as this Football Word Search, are an excellent way to help to reinforce spellings in your mind.

Especially helpful are exercises that are focussed on a theme or topic as these provide word retention practice so you can be confident to read, write, speak and listen successfully. We have many activities to get your English up to speed in no time.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a word search?

A word search is a puzzle where there are rows of letters placed in the shape of a square, and there are words written forwards, backwards, horizontal, vertical or diagonal. There will be a list of words for the player to look for and the goal of the player is to find those words hidden in the word search puzzle, and highlight them.

How do I choose the words to use in my word search?

Once you’ve picked a theme, choose words that have a variety of different lengths, difficulty levels and letters. You don’t need to worry about trying to fit the words together with each other because WordMint will do that for you!

How are word searches used in the classroom?

Word search games are an excellent tool for teachers, and an excellent resource for students. They help to encourage wider vocabulary, as well as testing cognitive abilities and pattern-finding skills.

Because the word search templates are completely custom, you can create suitable word searches for children in kindergarten, all the way up to college students.

Who is a word search suitable for?

One of the common word search faq’s is whether there is an age limit or what age kids can start doing word searches. The fantastic thing about word search exercises is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need.

Word searches can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

How do I create a word search template?

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Pre-made templates

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Create your own from scratch

• Log in to your account (it’s free to join!)
• Head to ‘My Puzzles’
• Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Word Search’
• Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen words
• That’s it! The template builder will create your word search template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a Word document or PDF and print!

How can I print my word search template?

All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!

Can I create a word search in other languages?

Word searches are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as it tests their reading comprehension skills in a fun, engaging way.

We have full support for word search templates in Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images.

Description

Word Search with Vocabulary about Football / Soccer in English.

This word search contains the following 21 words: ball, boots, corner, defender, dribble, forward, foul, free kick, goal, goalkeeper, header, midfielder, offside, pass, penalty, red card, referee, shoot, substitute, tackle, touchline.

There are two versions of this word search. One version is with the clues at the bottom of the worksheet. The other version does not have the clues. There are 21 lines where students need to write the Football / Soccer vocabulary that they find. This is great for students that are fast finishers.

The words they need to find only appear horizontally or vertically (no words are diagonal). An answer sheet is included so that students can check their own work.

This word search is idea when international football matches are being played, especially around the time of the FIFA World Cup.

CONTENT: This resource contains 3 Pages:

• Word Search – Student Version with clues – (1 page)
• Word Search – Student Version without clues – (1 page)
• Word Search – Teacher Answers – (1 page)

LEVEL: Lower Intermediate (CEFR – A2+ Level)
AGE: From 7 years and up
Format: .PDF

Written by Marjory TaylorMarjory Taylor| June 11, 2018 in Worksheet

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