What does midfield mean?
Word: Midfield
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Midfield means the middle part of a sports pitch, between the two goals, or the players who usually play in that part.
How do you spell midfield?
Syllables: mid - field
Tricky part: The long ee sound near the end is spelt with two vowels, and children often put them the wrong way round. Here the i comes first.
Watch out for: midfeild, midfeeld
Memory tip: Use the old rhyme: i before e except after c. The letter just before the ee sound here is an f, not a c, so the i goes first.
Midfield in a sentence
Example 1: Our coach moved Kabir to the midfield because he can run for the whole match.
Example 2: The ball stayed in midfield for ten minutes before anyone took a shot.
Example 3: Sana's hockey team has a strong midfield, so they win the ball back quickly.
Fun Fact
Midfield players often run the farthest in a football match, and many of them cover more than 10 kilometres in a single game.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) scorebord
b) midfield
c) goalkeaper
d) playgrownd
Show answer
b) midfield. The others should read goalkeeper, scoreboard and playground.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
middfield
a) i
b) m
c) d
d) f
Show answer
c) d. Only one d is needed before the f.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
iedlmfid
a) midfield
b) midweek
c) midnight
d) fielder
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a) midfield. The jumble holds two d's, and only one option has both.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) captain
b) midfield
c) tournemant
d) referee
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c) tournemant. Tournament ends in ment, the same ending as payment.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A player in the midfield often has to ____.
a) keep the score for the referee
b) stay still in front of one goal
c) help both the defence and the attack
d) stand outside the white lines
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c) help both the defence and the attack
2. During a match, the commentator says, 'The ball is in midfield.' What does that tell you?
a) The ball has gone out of play.
b) The match is about to end.
c) Neither goal is under attack right now.
d) A goal has just been scored.
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c) Neither goal is under attack right now.
