One of the most popular sports in England is cricket. It is sometimes called the national sport and many adults and (1)_________(CHILD) play it in their spare time or at school. It (2)_________(PLAY) by two teams of eleven and has some similarities to baseball. To put it simply, the aim is to score runs and the side (3)_________(SCORE) most runs wins. The game is quite old, and the (4)_________(EARLY) references to it date from the 1500s. Spectators (5)_________(WATCH) cricket matches for hundreds of years in many parts of England. The list of famous cricket grounds (6)_________(INCLUDE) Lord’s in London and Old Traff ord in Manchester. ‘Test cricket’ is the name (7)_________(GIVE) to five-day matches between different countries.

1) children
2) is played
3) scoring
4) earliest
5) have watched/have been watching
6) includes
7) given