Level 1 - Absolute Beginner
It is week 5 in the NFL. The Jacksonville Jaguars win a close game in London. They beat the Philadelphia Eagles 19 to 17.
The Baltimore Ravens win on Sunday night. They beat the Atlanta Falcons 30 to 23.
The Pittsburgh Steelers also win. They beat the Indianapolis Colts 34 to 22.
The Jaguars and the Ravens now have four wins and one loss.
- win
- To finish with more points.
- beat
- To win against a team.
- close
- Almost equal.
- week
- Seven days.
- game
- A sport match.
- team
- A group that plays together.
- points
- Numbers that show who is winning.
- loss
- A game you did not win.
Level 2 - Elementary
Week 5 of the NFL season gave fans some big results. In London, the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Philadelphia Eagles 19 to 17, a very close game. Jacksonville now has four wins and one loss, while Philadelphia has two wins and three losses.
On Sunday night, the Baltimore Ravens defeated the Atlanta Falcons 30 to 23. The Ravens are also 4 and 1, and the Falcons are 2 and 3.
The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Indianapolis Colts 34 to 22. Pittsburgh moved to 3 and 2.
There were also big scores elsewhere. The Lions scored 45 points against the Cardinals, and the Patriots scored 45 against the Raiders.
- season
- The part of the year when a sport is played.
- defeated
- Won against.
- record
- The number of wins and losses.
- result
- The final outcome.
- scored
- Got points.
- fans
- People who love a team.
- moved to
- Reached a new position or record.
- elsewhere
- In other places.
Level 3 - Intermediate
Week 5 of the NFL season produced a tight finish in London, where the Jacksonville Jaguars edged the Philadelphia Eagles 19 to 17. The win lifted Jacksonville to 4 and 1 while dropping the Eagles to 2 and 3, a slide that will raise questions in Philadelphia.
On Sunday night, the Baltimore Ravens beat the Atlanta Falcons 30 to 23 to match Jacksonville's 4 and 1 record. Atlanta fell to 2 and 3.
Elsewhere, the Pittsburgh Steelers pulled away from the Indianapolis Colts 34 to 22, improving to 3 and 2, and the Detroit Lions rolled past the Arizona Cardinals 45 to 21. The New England Patriots also reached 45, beating the Las Vegas Raiders 45 to 17, according to league scoreboards.
Results are drawn from published scoreboards and recaps. The week also included a Thursday game, and Carolina and Kansas City had byes.
- edged
- Won by a very small margin.
- tight
- Very close.
- slide
- A run of poor results.
- match
- To equal.
- pulled away
- Built a large lead.
- rolled past
- Won easily against.
- scoreboards
- Lists of game results.
- byes
- Weeks when a team does not play.
Level 4 - Advanced
The Jacksonville Jaguars supplied the most nerve-jangling finish of NFL Week 5, edging the Philadelphia Eagles 19 to 17 in London to improve to 4 and 1. For Philadelphia, now 2 and 3, the narrow defeat deepens a stretch in which margins have mattered more than momentum.
Sunday night belonged to Baltimore, which beat the Atlanta Falcons 30 to 23 and drew level with Jacksonville at 4 and 1, leaving Atlanta at 2 and 3. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, dispatched Indianapolis 34 to 22 to climb to 3 and 2.
The scoreboard also showed some lopsided afternoons. Detroit hammered Arizona 45 to 21, and New England beat Las Vegas 45 to 17, according to league listings. Other results carried conflicting reports and are not reproduced here.
With roughly a third of the regular season gone, records of 4 and 1 are enough to establish contenders but not to guarantee playoff berths, and the Eagles' slump illustrates how quickly a season can turn on a single possession.
- nerve-jangling
- Causing great tension.
- margins
- The differences between scores.
- momentum
- Strength gained from recent success.
- dispatched
- Defeated quickly and decisively.
- lopsided
- Strongly unequal.
- contenders
- Teams with a real chance to win.
- berths
- Places in a competition.
- possession
- A team's turn with the ball.
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