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Diego Maradona worksheet A

For some football fans, particularly those in Argentina, Diego Maradona is the greatest footballer of all time.


Maradona was born in (1) ___________ in a poor area of the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aries, and started playing football in the street as a small boy. By the age of twelve he was working as a ball boy at the stadium of Argentinos Juniors, one of the Buenos Aires teams, entertaining the crowd with his ball-juggling during (3) __________________ . He played his first game for the Argentinos Juniors first team just before his sixteenth birthday and stayed with the club until 1981, when he joined a more famous Buenos Aires team, (5) ________________ . By this time, although he was still only twenty-one, he was already the most important player in the Argentina national team. In 1982 he moved to Europe, played in (7) _____________ for two years and then went to Italy to join Napoli. He soon became a hero with the Napoli fans and was the main reason the team became national champions in 1987 and 1990.
It was as captain of Argentina during the 1986 World Cup finals in (9) ___________ , however, that the most famous moments in Maradona’s career took place. Argentina won the competition and Maradona played brilliantly in most of their games. In the quarter-final against England, which Argentina won 2-1, Maradona scored a goal by

(11) __________________________________ (players cannot use their hands in football, of course, but somehow the referee didn’t see it). Then, less than five minutes later, he ran with the ball for sixty metres, past five England players, to score what many people think is one of the best goals in the history of football.

(13) __________________ said the first goal made Maradona a cheat, but most of them agreed the second showed he was also a genius.
After Maradona stopped playing in 1997 he had lots of health problems. There were times when he was very overweight, and in 2004 he

(15) ______________________________________ . Since then, however, life for Maradona has improved. In 2005 he became the host of a chat show on Argentinian TV called (17) ‘ _________________ ’, because that was the number of the shirt he always wore as a player, and recently, in October 2008, he became the coach of the Argentina national team. History shows that great players do not always make great coaches, but the football world is watching to see how he does.


Diego Maradona worksheet B


For some football fans, particularly those in Argentina, Diego Maradona is the greatest footballer of all time.
Maradona was born in 1960 in a poor area of the Argentinian capital,

(2) _________________ , and started playing football in the street as a small boy. By the age of twelve he was working as a ball boy at the stadium of Argentinos Juniors, one of the Buenos Aires teams, entertaining the crowd with his ball-juggling during half time. He played his first game for the Argentinos Juniors first team just before

(4) ________________________ and stayed with the club until 1981, when he joined a more famous Buenos Aires team, Boca Juniors. By this time, although he was still only twenty-one, he was already the most important player in the Argentina national team. In (6) _______ he moved to Europe, played in Barcelona for two years and then went to Italy to join Napoli. He soon became a hero with

(8) _____________________ and was the main reason the team became national champions in 1987 and 1990.


It was as captain of Argentina during the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico, however, that the most famous moments in Maradona’s career took place. Argentina won the competition and Maradona played brilliantly in most of their games. In the quarter-final against (10) ____________ , which Argentina won 2-1, Maradona scored a goal by punching the ball into the goal (players cannot use their hands in football, of course, but somehow the referee didn’t see it). Then, less than five minutes later, he (12) ________________________________________________________ , to score what many people think is one of the best goals in the history of football. English fans said the first goal made Maradona a cheat, but most of them agreed the second showed he was also a genius.
After Maradona stopped playing in (14) _______ he had lots of health problems. There were times when he was very overweight, and in 2004 he had a heart attack and almost died. Since then, however, life for Maradona has improved. In (16) _______ he became the host of a chat show on Argentinian TV called ‘The Night of 10’, because that was the number of the shirt he always wore as a player, and recently, in October 2008, he became (18) ____________________________________ . History shows that great players do not always make great coaches, but the football world is watching to see how he does.

Diego Maradona worksheet C


Exercise 1



Team A
Write questions to find out the missing information in the text on Worksheet A.
1. When _____________________________________________________________ ?

3. When ____________________________________________________________ ?

5. Which team ________________________________________________________ ?

7. Where ___________________________________________________________ ?

9. Where ___________________________________________________________ ?

11. How ______________________________ Argentina’s first goal against England?

13. Who _____________________________________________________________ ?

15. What happened _____________________________________________________ ?

17. What _____________________________________________________________ ?
…………………………………………………………………………………………..

Team B

Write questions to find out the missing information in the text on Worksheet B.


2. What ______________________________________________________________ ?

4. When _____________________________________________________________ ?

6. When _____________________________________________________________ ?

8. Who _____________________________________________________________ ?

10. Who / Which team _________________________________________________ ?

12. How ____________________________ Argentina’s second goal against England?

14. When ____________________________________________________________ ?

16. When ____________________________________________________________ ?

18. What _____________________________________________________________ ?

Diego Maradona worksheet D

Exercise 2

The text from Worksheet A has been copied below, but contains some mistakes. Twenty of the words in bold are incorrect, and five are correct. Decide which are incorrect, and correct them.


For some football fans, particularly those in Argentina, Diego Maradona is the greatest (1) football of all time.
Maradona was born in 1960 in a poor area of the (2) Argentin capital, Buenos Aries, and started playing football in the street as a (3) smaller boy. By the age of twelve he was working as a ball boy at the (4) stadio of Argentinos Juniors, one of the Buenos Aires teams, entertaining the (5) croud with his ball-juggling during half time.

He played his first game for the Argentinos Juniors first team just before his sixteenth birthday and stayed with the club (6) until 1981, when he joined a (7) famouser Buenos Aires team, Boca Juniors. By this time, though still only twenty-one, he was already (8) most important player in the Argentina national team. In 1982 he moved to Europe, played in Barcelona for two years and then went to Italy to (9) jone Napoli. He soon became a hero with the Napoli fans and was the main reason the team became (10) nation champions in 1987 and 1990.


It was as (11) captane of Argentina during the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico, however, that the most famous moments in Maradona’s career took place. Argentina won the competition and Maradona played (12) brilliantly in most of their games. In the quarter-final against England, which Argentina (13) win 2-1, Maradona scored a goal by punching the ball into the goal (players cannot (14) uses their hands in football, of course, but somehow the (15) referee didn’t see it). Then, less than five minutes later, he ran with the ball for sixty metres, past five England players, to

(16) sore what many people think is one of the best goals in the history of football. English fans said the first goal made Maradona a (17) cheet, but most of them agreed the second showed he was also a genius.


After Maradona stopped (18) play in 1997 he had lots of health (19) problem. There were times when he was very (20) overweight, and in 2004 he had a (21) hart attack and almost died. Since then, however, life for Maradona has improved. In 2005 he became the host of a (22) chatter show on Argentinian TV called ‘The Night of 10’, because that was the number of the shirt he always (23) war as a player, and recently, in October 2008, he (24) becomes the coach of the Argentina national team. History (25) shows that great players do not always make great coaches, but the football world is watching to see how he does.

Diego Maradona worksheet E

For some football fans, particularly those in Argentina, Diego Maradona is the greatest footballer of all time.


Maradona was born in 1960 in a poor area of the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aries, and started playing football in the street as a small boy. By the age of twelve he was working as a ball boy at the stadium of Argentinos Juniors, one of the Buenos Aires teams, entertaining the crowd with his ball-juggling during half time. He played his first game for the Argentinos Juniors first team just before his sixteenth birthday and stayed with the club until 1981, when he joined a more famous Buenos Aires team, Boca Juniors. By this time, though still only twenty-one, he was already the most important player in the Argentina national team. In 1982 he moved to Europe, played in Barcelona for two years and then went to Italy to join Napoli. He soon became a hero with the Napoli fans and was the main reason the team became national champions in 1987 and 1990.
It was as captain of Argentina during the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico, however, that the most famous moments in Maradona’s career took place. Argentina won the competition and Maradona played brilliantly in most of their games. In the quarter-final against England, which Argentina won 2-1, Maradona scored a goal by punching the ball into the goal (players cannot use their hands in football, of course, but somehow the referee didn’t see it). Then, less than five minutes later, he ran with the ball for sixty metres, past five England players, to score what many people think is one of the best goals in the history of football. English fans said the first goal made Maradona a cheat, but most of them agreed the second showed he was also a genius.
After Maradona stopped playing in 1997 he had lots of health problems. There were times when he was very overweight, and in 2004 he had a heart attack and almost died. Since then, however, life for Maradona has improved. In 2005 he became the host of a chat show on Argentinian TV called ‘The Night of 10’, because that was the number of the shirt he always wore as a player, and recently, in October 2008, he became the coach of the Argentina national team. History shows that great players do not always make great coaches, but the football world is watching to see how he does.

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It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. Copyright © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008.




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