The Christmas Gift Experiment AH1

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• Middelbare school
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The Christmas Gift Experiment

Is it better to receive a gift or to give one? Watch this video as Father Christmas challenges people to do something unusual and wonderful!

This time: use paper and pen for doing the exercises.

Adapted from: www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishteens

Match the words that have the same or similar meaning and write a–h next to the numbers 1–8. 

1…….. ’Scuse me!                                                         a. Father Christmas

2…….. yay                                                                        b. present

3…….. pressie                                                                c. pram

4…….. thanks                                                                 d. man

5…….. gentleman                                                        e. Excuse me!

6…….. phone                                                                  f. yes

7…….. buggy                                                                   g. thank you

8…….. Santa                                                                    h. telephone

Check your work:

1. e

2. f

3. b

4. g

5. h

6. c

7. c

8. a

1. Check your understanding: reordering

Write a number (1–9) to put these events in order.

…………. a)They answer the phone.

…………. b)They give it to someone else.

…………. c)The present arrives.

…………. d)He asks if they want a present.

…………. e)Santa is on the phone.

…………. f)People hear a phone ring in the train station.

………….g) Everyone wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.

………….h) He explains the present isn’t for them.

…………. i) He wishes them a Merry Christmas.

Check: this is the right order

1. Check your understanding: reordering

1. = f.   People hear a phone ring in the train station.

2. = a.  They answer the phone.

3. = e . Santa is on the phone.

4. = i.   He wishes them a Merry Christmas.

5.= d.   He asks if they want a present.

6. = c.  The present arrives.

7. = h.  He explains the present isn’t for them.

8. = b.  They give it to someone else.

9. = g.  Everyone wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.

The phone is inside a huge Christmas present.

1. True
2. False

A Christmas elf is on the phone.

1. True
2. False

Santa believes presents are for giving, not receiving

1. True
2. False

Santa's present is for a man with a buggy.

1. True
2. False

Another present is for a lady with a red coat.

1. True
2. False

Someone runs after a gentleman with a black bag.

1. True
2. False

What gift would you like to receive?
Answer in English.

What gift would you like to give to somebody else?

Write any new words you have learned in this lesson:

What is Christmas really about?

I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!!