E8-U 13

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Christmas
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
decorate (V)
Patron saint (n)
Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences
1. The rice-cooking festival …………………..last month
( is held/ was held/ were hold/ are hold)
2. The letters ………..…..a week ago. And it arrived yesterday ( are posted/ is post/ was post/ were posted)
3. The gate …………... at 6:00 every day ( was locked/ are lock/ is locked/ were lock
was held
were posted
is locked
The Christmas tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
LUCKY NUMBERS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
lucky number
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
More than a century ago
Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
He wanted to send
Christmas greeting to
his friends
c).When were Christmas songs first performed?
800 years ago
lucky number
Who wrote the poem A Visit from
Saint Nicholas?
What is Santa Claus based on?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem
Lucky number
lucky number
lucky number
Complete the passage with the suitable words in the box
Christmas is the biggest (1)………….of the year in most Britain. Celebrations star on 24 December, Christmas Ever, (2)…………………...there have been several weeks of (3)…………........beforehand. The Christmas trees, presents, food, drink, and decorations have been (4)………….Christmas cards have already been sent to friends and (5)……………...About a week before Christmas, people usually (6)……..up their decoration and an angel on the (7)…………………of the Christmas tree. Family presents(8)………….usually put under the tree.
relatives top preparations holiday put are although bought
holiday
preparations
although
bought
relatives
put
top
are
Filling the missing words in the song
.
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
We wish you a merry (1)………….
We wish you a (2)…………… Christmas.
We wish you a merry Christmas and a (3) ……………… New Year,
Good tidings to you
Wherever you are.
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Christmas
merry
happy