Penalty Shootout: Words from Wartime
Fifteen shots about war words: soldiers, castles, knights, ships and wartime life. Students also learn how cats, spiders and pumpkins helped in wartime.
A free Penalty Shootout Quiz Game for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: War.
A team penalty shootout on the class board: read the question, then kick the ball at the right answer in the goal.
Questions
- A person who fights in an army is a ___.
- What is the opposite of war?
- Every country has one. It is a cloth with colours and shapes. What is it?
- This pet lived on warships and caught rats and mice. What animal was it?
- Soldiers wear this hard hat to keep their heads safe. What is it?
- Kings lived in this big stone building with high walls and towers.
- Long ago, two armies ___ (fight) near this river.
- This small animal has eight legs. Its thin silk lines helped soldiers aim.
- This big army vehicle has metal tracks and a big gun. What is it?
- The First World War ___ (end) in 1918.
- In the Second World War, families grew food at home. Which big orange vegetable?
- Sailors who fight for their country at sea are in the ___.
- A knight held this in front of him to stop a sword. What is it?
- Brave soldiers get this small metal prize. What is it?
- After the war, people ___ (build) new houses.
Printable worksheet
This Penalty Shootout Quiz Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 3 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Power shot: four choices · Read and circle the right answer.
- Top corner: from memory · Write the answer. The first letter is there to help.
- My penalty card · Cover the choices in part 1 with your hand. Tick each question you can still answer. Those are your top corners.
Part 1: Power shot: four choices
Read and circle the right answer.
- This big army vehicle has metal tracks and a big gun. What is it? a) thank b) tanc c) tunk d) tank
- 🏰 Kings lived in this big stone building with high walls and towers. a) cassle b) castel c) cattle d) castle
- 🐈 This pet lived on warships and caught rats and mice. What animal was it? a) cat b) kat c) cap d) cot