Christmas grammar

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Expectations:

Question? Raise your hand.

Don't interrupt instructions.

Christmas

Is this something that .....?

I was washing the dishes.

1. happened
2. was happening

Is this something that .....?

She was running in the rain.

1. happened
2. was happening

Something was happening in the past.

I was running.

They were cooking. (meerdere personen)

Is this something that .....?

I finished the exercise.

1. happened
2. was happening

Past continous 

Past simple

VS

She ____ a book when the phone ____.

1. read/ was ringing
2. was reading/ rang
3. read/ rang
4. was reading/ was ringing

She ______ her hair when the postman _____.

1. was washing/ came
2. washed/ was coming

They _____ that we ______ them.

1. were noticing/ watched
2. noticed/ were watching

Make exercise 1 and 2 on your worksheet.

Do this quietly for 5-7 minutes.

Finished? Read exercise 3.

Exercise 3: Write about your last Christmas.

You are aloud to whisper.

Done? Check all 4 requirements.

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1. Mention something that was interesting in the Newsround and why.
2. Type 1 way to write about something that happend in the past.

Christmas Quiz

Jingle Bells was the first song to be ever played on the moon.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True. 

NASA's crew was in the Christmas spirit in 1965.

In Ukraine, spiders are considered symbols of bad luck at Christmas.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

False. 

They're actually a symbol of good luck

Christmas is celebrated on January 7 in Russia, Serbia.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True. 

They use the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian one.

Santa has a post code in Canada to which you can send letters.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True. 

You can send a letter to 

Northpole, HOH OHO, Canada

Song one

Write down the name of the artist or

Write down the title of the song 

Guess that song

Fill in the answer

Song two

Write down the name of the artist or

Write down the title of the song 

Guess that song

Fill in the answer

Song three

Write down the name of the artist 

Write down the title of the song 

Guess that song

Fill in the answer