B2 READING & USE OF ENGLISH PART 1

Football became the game we know today during the ..... of Queen Victoria.

• years

• rule

• period

• reign

Many different ----- of the game were being played in the 19th century

• methods

• conditions

• forms

• ways

In 1863 the Football Association was ----- .

• formed

• made

• joined

• offered

Throughout the country new football -----were built.

• grounds

• places

• lands

• courses

The development of the railways _____ that teams coult travel to matches.

• helped

• intended

• said

• meant

in 1888 the Football league was _____ up with twelve vlubs

• put

• got

• set

• made

Football became a national sport, _____ to rugby by many people.

• wanted

• preferred

• liked

• favoured

Many games were played in fields. In Burnley the field had a river _____ along the side.

• lying

• moving

• running

• causing

In Burnley, the players _____ baths in the river next to the field.

• got

• took

• ran

• picked

People stood on banks _____ from earth.

• made

• produced

• consisted

• worked