CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES

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Here you have some information about Christmas origins, traditions,and vocabulary related to this festivity. There is a lot af information on this entry. Don't worry! You don't have to read or learn everything.Choose what you prefer and enjoy it! 

Ideas to bring to class and share with your classmates (choose one): 

• A piece of information about Cristmas that you consider  interesting, curious, funny... 

• Your favorite Xmas card / Xmas carol/ Xmas recipe/ Xmas symbol/
• A memorable Xmas experience...
• A game... 
• Etc 

First, you can have a look at this wonderful interactive book to learn some vocabulary, listen to stories and learn a Xmas carol.

CHRISTMAS INTERACTIVE BOOK

Watch this video to practise listening and get to know  more about the origins of the symbols of Christmas

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Let's see what you have learnt. Do you know the answer to these questions? (double clik inside the brackets to see if you are right)

1- What were the Christmas trees decorated with in the 16th century?

    ( Apples)

2-  Where does the Christmas tree tradition come from?

     (Germany)

3-  Who believed the mistletoe had magical powers ?

     ( Celtic Druids)

4- Where does the Xmas plant, the poinsettia come from?

    ( Mexico)



5. Who is Rudolf?

    ( The red nose reindeer. The lead reindeer of Santa's sleigh )

6. What is an advent calendar?      

     Click here to see one

 SINGING XMAS CAROLS

If you enjoy carol singing here you have a nice site. Click on the link below:

XMAS CAROLS  

And here you have the lyrics of some more: 

A Christmas story: A tale for children with subtitles:

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Your holidays

Prepare a little talk about one of your memorable holidays.

Remember to answer the following questions: 

Where did you go? When?

Who did you go with?

How did you get there?

Where did you stay?

How long were you there?

What was the weather like?

What did you do during the day? What did you do at night?

 Did you have any problems?

Try to say as much as possible about each question. Don't follow this example:

Remember that you can bring a photo or several to make your story more interesting.

WINTER HOLIDAY

PREPOSITIONS ( revision and new ones )

Watch this video to revise some prepositions of movement:

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To read some extra useful information about prepositions click  HERE 

To learn and practise a little more click HERE.and HERE

Preposition quizzes:

Quiz 1 

Quiz 2 

Quiz 3 ( in, on, at, by)

Quiz 4 ( in , on , at, into, by)

THE PAST SIMPLE : IRREGULAR VERBS

 

 

Here you have some exercices to practise the past simple:

QUIZ 1 ( very easy) 

 QUIZ 2 ( quite easy) 
QUIZ 3 : was were 
QUIZ 4 : Afirmative sentences  
QUIZ 5: negative sentences 
QUIZ 6: Questions  

 QUIZ 7 (more challenging)

Here you have a longuer list of irregular verbs in case you need to check it. (but remember that the one in your book or grammar book is enough by now)

LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS


Watch this video about irregular verbs to practise their pronunciation:

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PAST TENSE. PRONUNCIATION OF ENDING " -ED" REGULAR VERBS

 

Past Tense Ending -ed

More presentations from Sharon Dent

THE PAST SIMPLE

Have a look at this wonderful interactive book about the use of the past simple and prepositions of place

THE PAST SIMPLE INTERACTIVE BOOK

classroom language

Watch this presentation to learn and practise classroom language:

            

Click on the following link to do a crossword on  classroom vocabulary : GAME

PRESENT SIMPLE QUIZZES

You can try and do these very simple quizzes about the use of the present simple to practise and revise:

QUIZ 1

QUIZ 2

Revision of A1: THE ALPHABET