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Drawing of a classic black-and-white football.

Quiz · Sport

Football basics

  • 10 questions
  • Grade 5
  • English

Ten questions on how football is played: the team, the referee's cards, the goalkeeper, the positions and the ball. Pictures from Wikimedia Commons: Soccerball.svg (CC0); Football pitch metric.svg by NielsF (CC BY-SA 3.0); Referee showing a red card.jpg by Keiteay (CC BY 4.0).

Questions

  1. Diagram of a football pitch seen from above, with the halfway line, centre circle, penalty areas and goals marked in white on green.
    Multiple choice

    How many players does each team have on the pitch at the same time, including the goalkeeper?

  2. A referee in an orange shirt holds a red card up high in front of a player in a white kit.
    Multiple choice

    The referee shows a player a red card. What does that mean?

  3. True or false

    A goalkeeper may pick up the ball with their hands anywhere on the pitch.

  4. Multiple choice

    How long is a normal professional match, not counting added time or extra time?

  5. Fill in the blank

    The big box in front of each goal, where the goalkeeper may use their hands, is called the penalty ____.

  6. Match the pairs

    Match each position to its main job.

  7. Put in order

    Put the parts of a match in the right order.

  8. True or false

    A goal only counts when the whole ball has crossed the whole goal line.

  9. Multiple choice

    Which part of the body may outfield players not use on purpose to play the ball?

  10. Drawing of a classic football made of black five-sided and white six-sided panels.
    Multiple choice

    A classic football like this is made of black pentagons and white hexagons. How many panels does it have altogether?

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