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.

THANKSGIVING (Celebration in America the last Thursday in November)

THE HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING
http://www.history.com/media.do?action=clip&id=history_holidays_thanksgiving_broadband
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/websidestories/thanks/Untitled-2.htm

WORKSHEET 1
THE STORY OF THANKSGIVING

After reading the presentation, create your version of what it would have been like if you were one of the original Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower. While writing your story, consider the following :

Why did you leave England?
Did all of your family go on the Mayflower?
Did all of your family survive?
What was it like living on a ship? How long did the trip take?
What was it like when you first walked on land in the new world?
Did you make friends with any of the Indians?
How did you survive the first winter?
What was the first Thanksgiving like, and what did you eat?
........................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................(100 words)

WORKSHEET 2

HOW DID THANKSGIVING BEGIN?


Fill in the blanks and answer the following questions:

Well, you’ve probably heard of the Pilgrims They were settlers from England who came to the New World seeking ………………. and ………………… freedom.
Their ship, the Mayflower landed in Plymouth, Mass in 1620.
Way before the Pilgrims ever arrived, a …………….. American tribe called the Wampanoag inhabited much of what we now know as Rhode Island in Massachusetts including Plymouth.
Right when the Pilgrims landed with the Mayflower they were in Wampanoag territory.

What happened to the ill-prepared Pilgrims? …………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Why did they find it so difficult to survive? ……………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

An English-speaking Wampanoag named Squanto decided to help the Pilgrims and teach them how to survive.

How did Squanto and his tribe help the Pilgrims? ………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

They held a Thanksgiving …………. to celebrate their good fortune.

Right, Thanksgiving was not an entirely new concept for the Pilgrims or the Indians. The Pilgrims had held an annual Thanksgiving feast in November, it was a religious holiday. The American Indians actually held several …………….festivals throughout the year. But this was the first Thanksgiving celebration that they had together. It happened sometime between September, 22 and November,11, 1621.
Well, Captain Miles Standish, the leader of the Pilgrims invited the chief Massasoit, the Wampanoag leaders and their immediate families to join them for the Thanksgiving celebration.

How many Indians turned up?...............................................................................................................

Massasoit, the Wampanoag leader sent his men to get more food so that everybody could eat.
Yeah, I guess that they were good house guests.

What sort of food did they have for the occasion? …………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Their first Thanksgiving lasted 3 whole days.
It was cool because two groups of people with little in common came together formed a friendship agreement. Part of that agreement allowed the Pilgrims to build their new town of Plymouth. Sadly, the American Indian-Pilgrim friendship didn’t last forever.

Why is it that their friendship was short-lived? ………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

What were the major differences between the two peoples that lead them to distrust one another?......……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Eventually, the new Americans forced most of the native Americans off their lands. There are still some Wampanaog people living in Massachusetts, not that that makes up for anything.

Today, many Americans carry on the tradition of Thanksgiving with a dinner to symbolize how much we all have to be thankful for. And also to remember that first Thanksgiving with a spirit of ……………. and ……………………that bring two different sorts of people together at one dinner table.

SONG: I WILL SURVIVE



Do you think thatt the Turkey lady will survive another day? (answer once you heard the song).

SONG : AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK by STING


Lyrics:

AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (STING)

I dont take ............. ( a black drink) I take tea my dear
I like my ................ ( a slice of bread) done on one side
And you can hear it in my accent when I .................. (synonim for speak)

Im an englishman in new yorkSee me walking down fifth ........................ (big street)
A walking cane here at my side
I take it everywhere I walk

Im an englishman in new york
Im an alien Im a legal alien
Im an englishman in new york
Im an alien Im a legal alien
Im an englishman in new york

If, manners maketh man as someone said
Then hes the hero of the .................. (opposite of night)
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say

Im an alien Im a legal alien
Im an englishman in new york
Im an alien Im a legal alien
Im an englishman in new york

Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety
You .................. (past of can) end up as the only one
Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society

At night a .......................... (something it burns) brighter than the sun
Takes more than combat gear to make a man
Takes more than a license for a ...................... (something used to shoot)
Confront your .............................. (opposite of friends), avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but ................................ (adverb of frequency) run

If, manners maketh man as someone said
Then hes the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they ...................... (synonim of tell)

Im an alien Im a legal alien
Im an englishman in new york
Im an alien Im a legal alien
Im an englishman in new york

Britain´s Got Talent

QUESTIONS:
1.- What does the presenter ask him for?

2.- What do you think is his profession?

3.- How did Paul Potts feel the first time he was on the stage?

4.- Are the people´s comments in the tribunal positive about him? do they think he will win the singer contest?

5.- Do you think that Paul Pots is shy?



QUESTIONS:
1.- Is that song Connie´s favourite song? Why?

2.- Whose birthday is today?

3.- Why does a judge say that Connie is naughty (a bad girl)?

4.- Name three adjectives the tribunal say to Connie:
a)
b)
c)
5.- How old is Connie?

NOW THAT YOU HAVE HEARD BOTH SINGERS, WHO DO YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO WIN THE SINGERS CONTEST IN GREAT BRITAIN? AND WHY?

the gunpowder plot game

Game
Video plus activities

activities for Guy Fawkes

Learn about the plot with the video.

TEXT WITH QUESTIONS.

Read the text and answer the questions:

On November 5th 1605, Guy Fawkes and his friends decided to place gunpowder under the British parliament. They wanted to kill James 1st because he was a protestant English King. But James 1st didn't die. Before the explosion, he received an anonymous letter to warn him of a danger. So the conspirators were captured and tortured for treason.
English people thought it was a good decision. So on the 5th of November every year, British children celebrated Guy Fawkes Night. They make a model of Guy with old clothes. Then they walk down the streets shouting "A penny for a Guy". With the money, they buy fireworks which explode in the sky. And they collect wood and paper to make a big fire called a bonfire and to burn the guy. Finally they cook potatoes and sausages in the fire. They have a great time!

Questions:
1. What was Guy Fawkes's religion?

2. How did he want to kill the King?

a) with a gun b)with poison c)with an explosion

3. Did he kill the King?

4. Did the King receive a letter from Guy Fawkes?

5. Did the conspirators survive?

6. Were English people in favour of the King?

7. Is Guy Fawkes Night a happy celebration?

8. What do English people do on the 5th of November? (6 elements)