Easy exercises for CHRISTMAS

Learn the vocabulary to do the exercises:

http://www.e-cambridgeschool.com/anglesonline/xmas/video_learn.swf

Type the words in the space they ask you:

http://www.e-cambridgeschool.com/anglesonline/xmas/typing.swf

GAME: Catch the presents moving the boy with the arrows.

http://www.e-cambridgeschool.com/anglesonline/xmas/catch.swf

Click on the picture the word tells you:

http://www.e-cambridgeschool.com/anglesonline/xmas/click.swf

Do the listening and click on the picture:

http://www.e-cambridgeschool.com/anglesonline/xmas/listen.swf

Merry Christmas, I wish you all!!

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=2645728591

LISTENINGS:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-favourite-day-christmas.htm

KARAOKE VERSIONS: SING ALONG

Christmas exercises

Go into the pages and do the exercises:

http://www.manythings.org/wf/1/christmas.html

http://www.xtec.es/~ihidalgo/xms/xarxius/xmm.htm

http://www.xtec.es/~ihidalgo/xms/xarxius/rd.htm










http://www.manythings.org/fqhci/

http://www.manythings.org/voa/001225sp2.htm

http://www.xtec.es/~ihidalgo/xms/xarxius/sg.htm

LISTENING

After the listening do the activiites they ask you to do:

http://esl-lab.com/santa/santard1.htm#pre

1. What does the little boy NOT ask for Christmas?
A. a toy train
B. a play car
C. hand-held radio receiver-transmitters


2. What does the girl want Christmas?
A. dolls
B. Barbie playhouse
C. marbles


3. What are some of the foods the children want to prepare for Santa's reindeer?
A. cookies, apples, and carrots
B. hot chocolate, oranges, and corn
C. apples, oranges, and cookies


4. What time do they plan to go to bed?
A. 7:00 p.m.
B. 8:00 p.m.
C. 9:00 p.m.


5. How is Santa going to enter the house?
A. through the back door
B. down the chimney
C. through a basement window




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CHRISTMAS QUIZZ

Santa Claus

1.- What colour is Santa's suit?

2.- What is Santa's lead reindeer called?

3.- What do the reindeer pull for Santa Claus?

4.- What colour are Santa's boots?

5.- What night does Santa come?

6.- How does Santa get into the house?

7.- What does Santa carry the toys in?

8.- What do children hang up for Santa to put the toys in?

9.- If you are a bad boy or girl, what does Santa bring you for Christmas?

10.-Who helps Santa to make toys at the North Pole?

Christmas Traditions

1.- What bird is cooked for Christmas dinner?
2.- Where are the presents kept before opening them?
3.- What is hung outside on the door
4.- What kind of songs are sung?
5.- Before electricity, these were put on the trees?
6.- What is a common four letter abbreviation of Christmas?
7.- What plant with red berries is used for decorations?
8.- What do you kiss under?
9.- What kind of calender is opened by children leading up to Christmas?
10.- What are pulled at the table?

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!!!!!

MR BEAN´S CHRISTMAS!
Have a look at English traditions for Christmas in this video:



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FIRST:
1.- What five types of food do they mention to eat for Christmas?


2.- Where can you buy them? Mention the shop.



SECOND:
1.- What does the boy want to get?
2.- Where should he stand?
3.- How does he get what he was looking for?




SONGS:



EXERCISES:
FILL IN THE GAPS.
"Last Christmas"

[Chorus:]
Last Christmas
I gave you my ............................
But the very next day, you gave it away
This year
To save me from ....................
I'll give it to someone special

Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my .............................
Tell me ...............................
Do you recognize me?
Well
It's been a year
It doesn't surprise me
(whispered) Merry Christmas,
I wrapped it up and sent it
With a .............................. saying "I love you"
and meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you .............................. me now
I know you'd fool me again

[Chorus x2]

A ................................ .........................
Friends with ................................. eyes
I'm hiding from you
And your soul of ................................
Oh my I thought you were
Someone to rely on
Me?
I guess I was a .................... .to cry on
A friend to discover with a ...................... in her heart
A ................................. under cover but you tore me apart
You tore me apart, ooo-ooo
Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again

[Chorus x2]

A friend to discover with a fire in her heart
A girl under cover but you tore me apart
[Spoken] Maybe next year,
I'll give it to someone
I'll give it to someone special.

KARAOKE VERSION








Mariah Carey –
All I Want For Christmas Is You

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the 1.- ............................ (synonim of gifts)
Underneath the Christmas 2.-.................... ( Related to nature)
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is...
You

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about the 3.- .......................(=1)
Underneath the Christmas 4.- ..................(=2)
I don't need to hang my 5-......................(long sock, hangs on a chimney)
There upon the 6-.................... (place to set fire and keep warm the room)
Santa Claus won't make me 7-................................ (opposite of sad)
With a 8-......................... (object for children to play) on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
You baby

I won't ask for much this Christmas
I don't even wish for9.- ...........................( frozen drops from the rain)
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the 10.-............................. (it hangs on doors at Christmas)
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic 11.-.......................... (Rudolph is one of these animals) click
'Cause I just want you here 12.-........................(opposite of this morning)
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Baby all I want for Christmas is you
Ooh baby
All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those 13.-......................... (santa Claus rides on one) bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me the one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me...

Oh I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my 14-.........................(place to enter into a room)
Oh I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is...
You

All I want for Christmas is you... baby (repeat and fade)

FESTIVITY: SAINT ANDREW´S DAY

St. Andrew's Night


St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland (and Greece and Russia).
St Andrew's Day is celebrated on the 30th November.
It tends to be more popular with Scots who live abroad and there are many St. Andrew's Societies in places where Scots emigrated to.
The St. Andrew's Society in Boston, in the USA, was set up in 1657.
St. Andrew's Day used to be a very popular feast day in Scotland as well.
It was a common custom for farm workers and labourers to go "St. Andra'ing". They would catch rabbits and hares and later on in the day would feast and drink.

There have been debates on and off for some time now about making St. Andrew's Day a public holiday in Scotland.
Many people wonder what they should eat on St. Andrew's day. Because Andrew was a fisherman, it seems appropriate to eat fish. Otherwise you could eat any traditional Scottish food. It used to be that a singed sheep's head was traditional!

St. Andrew's day is celebrated all over the world with fine Scottish food and a ceilidh.
The traditional Scottish recipes below are examples of the kind of fare that could be offered at such a gathering on 30th November to celebrate St Andrew’s day.

Music:The music played at the ceilidh would be well known Scottish melodies such as those found in the Scottish Ceilidh Collections for Fiddlers series or The Fiddle Music of the Scottish Highlands.

Food: Soups Scotch Broth or Scottish Cullen Skink Main Course Choices Scottish Herring in Oatmeal or Salted Herring, Beef in Whisky Sauce, Scotch Eggs, Finnan Haddie, Stovies, Haggis.

Desserts and sweets Scottish Clootie Dumpling or Crannachan Dundee Cake, Angus Toffee, Scottish TabletDrinks Whisky, Rob Roy, Mary Queen of Scots
Some peculiar superstitions have attached themselves to Saint Andrew's feast day. An old German tradition says that single women who wish to marry should ask for Saint Andrew's help on the Eve of his feast, then sleep naked that night; they will see their future husbands in their dreams.


Andrew as the Patron Saint of Scotland.

QUESTIONS:
1.- When is St. Andrew celebrated?
2.-Where is St. Andrew´s day more celebrated in Scotland or in places where Scots emigrated to live?
3.- What do you have to do if you go "St. Andra ing"?
4.- What is the most suitable food to eat on that day?
5.- Name three types of typical Scottish food, two kind of desserts :
6.- Is there any superstittion. Explain it.

Try to do the quiz about St. Andrew.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4050000/newsid_4052100/4052195.stm

MORE ABOUT SCOTLAND:

The thistle is widely regarded as the emblem of Scotland. There are several varieties of thistle, most of them common weeds throughout the British Isles and nearly all characterised by extreme prickliness. The legend of how the thistle came to be adopted by the Scots tells of how a group of Scots were sleeping in a field when a group of marauding Vikings crept up to attack. Fortunately one of the Vikings stood on a thistle, whose prickles penetrated through to his foot and made him yell with pain, waking the sleeping Scots who were able to fight off their attackers. So, from that day, or so the story goes, the thistle has been adopted as Scotland's national emblem.

The cross St. Andrew was crucified on has been adopted as the national flag of Scotland, later incorporated into the Union Flag. One old legend says that in 832 AD an army of Scots led by King Angus was facing an army from the kingdom of Northumbria under Athelstan. The Scottish king prayed to St Andrew for help, and the saltire of St Andrew (the diagonal cross) appeared above them against the background of a clear blue sky. This encouraged the Scots and the battle was duly fought and won, and the saltire is now the national flag (reputedly the oldest national flag in Europe.)

1. What´s the emblem of Scotland?
2. What are the colours of the flag? Can you draw the flag? Draw one.
3. Why is the flag like this, depending on a legend.
   
   

The Loch Ness Monster.


Over the past forty years, more than one thousand people have claimed to see the monster which according to tradition, lives in the Loch Ness. Most of the appearances were in bright sunlight in calm conditions. Although the beast was often seen from a distance, people were convinced they were looking at a large animal, of which most of the body was hidden beneath the water.
If it exists, it is most unlikely that the Loch Ness monster is a single animal.
A prehistoric creature, living alone in Loch Ness, isolated from others of its species, must have to be millions of years old. For the species to survive there must be quite a large colony. there are great differences in the reported sizes of the animals seen, and this could be explained by the presence of adults and young. The colony theory is also supported by nearly simultaneous appearances in different parts of the lake.
Stories of a beast in Loch Ness are not new, for they date back at least to the sixth century. In fact, it is not surprising that waters like Loch Ness produce legends. the lake has an average depht of 120 metres, and it is fed by eight rivers and innumerable streams. Each of these tours the dirty soil of the hills into the lake. Consequently, the water is dark. Divers working with powerful lamps 15 metres below the surface are unable to see more than 2 metres around them. So the mystery continues and it is perhaps more exciting, than any final scientific solution.

EXERCISES 1.-

Even though , there is no scientific proof of the existente of the Loch Ness mosnster, do you relieve it exists?

2.- Describe how you imagine the Loch Ness monster: its size, shape, colour, etc.
3. Mention three reasons that support the theory that there must be a colony of animals in Loch Ness.

4 .- Would you like to swim in Loch Ness? Give reasons.

5.- Tell the story of the film Gremlins. If you have not seen the film, invent a store with monstruous creatures.

True or False:

1.- The Loch Ness monster has alway appeared in daylight.
2.- The store of the monster is an old one.
3.- The water is dark due to people throwing dirt into it.

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1.- What´s the make of the car?
2.- What do you think of the advertisemnet? do you like it?

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1.- What do you think could be under the water? Try to explain it.