French for Sport – Football – Around the Ground

In this lesson, we learn some French words that you might hear in and around the football ground.

Watch the video as many times as you need, until you feel you can give the French translations as we go!

Now we can see what we’ve learned. Look at the English and see if you can provide the French for these words:

Part 1:

ball	Show le ballon
crossbar	Show la barre transversale
dressing room	Show le vestiaire
flag	Show le drapeau
penalty spot	Show le point de penalty

Part 2:

pitch	Show le terrain de foot
stadium	Show le stade de football
the back of the net	Show le fond du filet
touchline	Show la ligne de touche
trophy	Show le trophée

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