English A – Creative Writing

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The Football Match.

Insert the word from the list given into the passage. Use a word ONCE.

Defenders, sensation , blowing , determined, practising , darker, mind ,

tournament, through, because, , overcast, unpleasant, score , against , better ,
feeling , since , goal, heavily , across

The sky was getting ____1____by the minute and strong wind was __2______
across the field. Soon, drops of water were falling down from the ____3____sky.

Peter did not ____4____ the rain at all. It was ____5____ than playing under the
hot sun. He liked the ____6____ of rain on his face and the cold
____7____when it soaked through his football jersey.

His team had been _____8___ hard for the ____9____. It had been two
years ____10____ they last won the Inter-Constituency Football Cup. Last year, in
the game ___11_____ Rockingham, their team had lost by just one ___12_____.
They were ____13____to win the Cup back this year.

"Goal!"

His team had scored again. Peter wanted to ___14_____ the next goal. If only he
could get past the two ___15_____, he would be able to kick the ball into the goal
easily.

He did not get to score his goal ____16____the rain was pouring too ___17_____
and the field was getting too wet. As the boys ended their game and

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walked ___18_____ the field, Peter sneezed. He felt an __19______tingle of

coldness running ____20____ his body.

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