6 Read the text and choose True or False.The origins of popular British sportsFootballSome people think that the Ancient Chinese invented a kind of football. However, there is evidence that the Ancient Romans and Egyptians also played an early form of football. Football became popular in England during the fourteenth century. These games were chaotic and violent. Large crowds of hundreds of people played. Broken arms and legs were frequent and sometimes people were killed. In 1314, football was forbidden by the King of England but people continued to play it.CricketThe traditional English game of cricket originated in the English countryside, probably in the fourteenth century. An early form of the game was played by farm workers who threw balls against trees. Another worker stood by the tree and tried to hit the ball away with a stick. The game later developed and became popular all over England.TennisSome people believe that tennis originated in Ancient Egypt but there is little to prove this. The most popular theory is that it was first played in twelfth-century French monasteries. It is thought that the game was played by monks who hit a ball with their hand against a wall. The game became increasingly popular and eventually gloves were worn to protect players’ hands. Later, the gloves were replaced with a racquet and the ball was hit over a low rope hung across a courtyard.1 We do not know for certain who invented football. True / False2 Football was a dangerous game in fourteenth century England. True / False3 The King of England played football in 1314. True / False4 People stopped playing football in 1314. True / False5 Cricket is a traditional English game. True / False6 English farm workers used to play an early form of cricket in the fourteenth century. True / False7 The farm workers hit trees with sticks. True / False8 Most people think that tennis was invented in France. True / False9 Monks used their hands to hit the ball in tennis. True / False10 Tennis racquets were replaced with gloves. True / False
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