🇬🇧 Football meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A football is a big, round ball filled with air that people kick, throw, or head when they play the game of football. It is usually made of leather or plastic, and players try to move the football into the other team’s goal to score points. In many countries, when people say “football,” they mean the game that some people also call “soccer.”

I tripped over the football, bowed dramatically, and pretended that was my plan all along.

The football and I had a race; it rolled, I ran, and we still both fell into a mud puddle.

The football hit my knee, my knee hit my elbow, and my whole body did a strange new dance.

I missed the football completely and kicked the air so hard I almost fell into another dimension.

In one professional match, a football once burst during play, proving even the ball can’t handle all the drama.

Anna sees a football on green grass. She picks up the football and runs. A boy kicks the football hard. The football goes high and rolls under a tree. They laugh and sit by the tree with the football. The tired girl hugs the football and smiles. They are happy.

This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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