Jet Game

Topic: Jet Game

On Sunday, September 8, 2019, I went to my first NFL game. The acronym NFL stands for the National Football League, which is professional American football. American football players are athletic, motivated, vigorous and strong. These professionals have the opportunity to play a sport that they love for a living. Aren't they lucky? There are 32 teams in the National Football League. I went to see the New York Jets play the Buffalo Bills at Met Life Stadium in New Jersey. I took a large bus to the stadium with my friends. It was a pretty exciting game! The stadium was packed with people and there were no empty seats! Fans were cheering on their favorite football teams and they were dressed in their supporting teams apparel. My friends and I were wearing New York Jets green T-shirts. We had tons of fun eating hamburgers, hot dogs, and french fries at the game. I enjoyed cheering loud when the Jets scored touchdowns. I thought that the Jets were going to win at first, but then the Buffalo Bills came back and they won 17-16. It was a close game. Even though the Jets did not win, I had a fun filled Sunday afternoon watching American football.

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Vocabulary you may need to know:
1. acronym(noun)- an abbreviation formed by initials of letters (example: NFL)
2. professional(adj.)- a persons paid job/occupation
3. motivated(verb)- a persons reason for doing something
4. vigorous(adj.)- involves physical strength and effort
5. opportunity(noun)- possibility of doing something
6. stadium(noun)- a sports arena with seats for viewers
7. supporting(verb)- encouraging
8. touchdown(noun)- when the ball is caught behind the goal line scoring 6 points

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Vocabulary Exercise: 

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

1. When the player caught the ball and scored a _______________ the fans cheered.

2. The fans were _______________ their favorite football teams by wearing the team colors and cheering the players on.

3. The football _______________ was filled with loyal Jet fans.

4. Some people do not have the _______________  to play a sport and get paid for doing it.

5. To be a football player, players have to participate in _______________  exercise.

6. Players stay _______________ through the help of their families, coaches, teammates, and fans.

7. A _______________  football player gets paid to play football as their job.

8. An example of an _______________  is NFL. NFL stands for National Football League.

Grammar Point:

The verbs used in the paragraph written above are mostly written in the past tense. The past tense indicates that something had already happened. Some verbs are irregular verbs, and you do not have to add the ed at the end of the verb. To understand more, visit the following links:

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-irregular-verbs/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf2VJ6JkUs0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj8dWXOCdQU

Examples:

go-->went  (I went to my first NFL game.) **Irregular

take-->took (I took a large bus.) **Irregular

was-->were (Fans were cheering.) **Irregular

has-->had (We had tons of fun.) **Irregular

enjoy-->enjoyed (I enjoyed cheering.)

Grammar/Writing Exercise: 

Write a 4-sentence paragraph about a time you have ever been to any sport event. It could be about yourself playing in a sport game or a time you attended a game. If you have never been to a sport game, write how you imagine it would be like. Remember, your writing should be in the past tense because it already happened.