Limits On Non-White Kids In French Football
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
| a. | French football is in trouble because of a potential racism scandal. | T / F |
| b. | Reports are that officials want 70% of the French team to be white. | T / F |
| c. | The technical director of the French Football Federation lost his job. | T / F |
| d. | The French national team coach has been suspended. | T / F |
| e. | The coach said he had never said a word about this issue. | T / F |
| f. | He apologized for upsetting people. | T / F |
| g. | The coach has previously spoken about players of dual nationality. | T / F |
| h. | French players with two passports always chose to play for France. | T / F |
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
| 1. | row | a. | origins |
| 2 | emerged | b. | opt |
| 3. | place | c. | kinds |
| 4. | descent | d. | put |
| 5. | former | e. | argument |
| 6. | admit | f. | brought up |
| 7. | wide | g. | ex- |
| 8. | forms | h. | came out |
| 9. | raised | i. | confess |
| 10. | choose | j. | broad |
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
| 1. | A racism row is | a. | quotas run deeper |
| 2 | approved proposals to limit the | b. | discrimination |
| 3. | sources say the racial | c. | of an investigation |
| 4. | pending the conclusions | d. | ranging subject |
| 5. | French team coach and | e. | rocking French football |
| 6. | his words were taken | f. | of racism |
| 7. | a sensitive and wide- | g. | number of players |
| 8. | He denied claims | h. | country of descent |
| 9. | I'm against all forms of | i. | former national player |
| 10. | choose to represent their | j. | out of context |
