Merry Christmas

Муниципальная дистанционная игра

для обучающихся 5-9 классов

«Merry Christmas»

Составитель: Банных Наталья Николаевна, учитель английского языка

Цель: Повышение мотивации к изучению английского языка, выявление и поддержка талантливых и инициативных учащихся, содействие их творческому самовыражению и личностному развитию.

Hello, dear children!

Are you ready to start our competition?

You should do some tasks.

Good Luck!

1. When is Christmas celebrated in Europe?

• on the 7th of January
• b) on the 25th of December
• c) on the 31st of December

2. Whose birthday is celebrated on Christmas?

• Jesus Christ
• Santa Claus
• Queen Victoria

3. What country gave us the tradition to decorate the Christmas tree?

• Norway

• Italy c) Germany

4. Where does the most famous Christmas tree stand in London?

a) in front of Buckingham Palace b) in Trafalgar Square c) in Parliament Square

5. What do people call Father Frost in the west?

• Santa Claus

• Frost- Red Nose c) Grandfather Frost

6. What does Santa Claus look like?

a) is dressed in white b) fat and merry c) thin and unhappy

7. How does Santa Claus enter the houses to give children Christmas presents?

a) knock at the door b) through the window c) climb down the chimney

8. Where does Santa Claus put Christmas presents?

a) under the Christmas tree b) in long socks called “Christmas stockings” c) in colorful boxes

9. What is the traditional Christmas food?

a) roast chicken b) vegetables c) roast turkey and Christmas pudding

10. How do British people decorate their houses at Christmas?

a) with tinsel and candles b) with angels c) with such plants as holly, mistletoe and ivy

11. How does Santa Claus travel?

a) by horses b) on a sleigh pulled by reindeer c) on foot

12. What do British people put on the top of the fur tree?

a) an angel b) a star c) a figure of Santa Claus

13. What do British people traditionally do at the start of Christmas meal?

a) sing carols b) pull a cracker c) give presents to each other

14. How does Santa Claus spend most of the year?

a) in his workshop making toys b) in his ice palace reading children’s letters c) in his sleigh visiting a lot of shops

15. Where is Santa from?

a) The UK.

b) The North Pole.

c) The USA.

16. 1 What holiday is called “a bank holiday”?

a) Christmas

b) A holiday when banks are open;

c) A holiday when banks are closed.

17. What do people feel sorry about?

a) The fact that Christmas is only once a year;

b) The fact that Christmas has become commercial;

c) The fact that Christmas is a Christian festival.

18. What do people write on Christmas Cards?

a) Merry Christmas;

b) Happy Christmas;

c) Happy Birthday.

19. Where do people go on Christmas Eve?

a) to restaurants;

b) to church and visit relatives and friends.

c) to the theatre .

20. What does Christmas dinner consist of?

a) a chicken and a Christmas cake;

b) a Christmas pudding;

c) a turkey and a Christmas pudding.

21. When is Boxing Day?

a) on December 24th;

b) on December 25th;

c) on December 26th.

22.What do naughty children get as a present from Santa?

a) candy canes

b) coal

c) black bells

23.What do children hang on the fireplace?

a) Christmas stockings

b) Christmas canes

c) Christmas socks

24.What do some people put on the door?

a) garland

b) wreath

c) tinsel

25. Which Christmas treat is red, white and shaped like a shepherd’s crook?

a) lollipop

b) candy cane

c) christmas cracker

26.Under what queen’s reign and influence did the modern day Christmas tree tradition begin?

a) Queen Elizabeth I

b) Queen Mary II

c) Queen Victoria

27.What country did Christmas trees originate from?

a) France

b)Germany

c) Norway

28.What does Santa Claus like?

a) milk and cookies

b) hot chocolate

c) turkey

29. Who helps Santa Claus in making his gifts?

a) fairies

b) elves

c) leprechauns

30. By when should Christmas decorations come down, according to UK traditions?

a) 18th January

b) 7th January

c) 5th January

31. What’s the name of small sausages wrapped in bacon, a staple at a British Christmas dinner?

a) Pigs in blankets

b) Christmas yule log

c) Devils on horseback

32. Santa’s sleigh is pulled by…reindeer.

a) Eleven

b) Nine

c) Six

33.What is the name of the most famous reindeer?

a) Donner

b) Rudolph

C)Blitzen

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34.Why was Rudolph teased by others?

a) long ears

b) red nose

c) green eyes

35.The birthday of Father Christmas is on …

a) December, 25

b) January, 7

c) December, 6

36. What bird is the symbol of Christmas and New Year in England?

a) woodpecker

b) robin

c) bullfinch

37. What colour are mistletoe berries?

a) orange

b) white

c) red

38. What are you supposed to do when you find yourself under the mistletoe?

a) hug

b) shake hands

c) kiss

39. Who started the tradition of exchanging gifts at Christmas?

a) The British

b) The Americans

c) The Romans

Guess the riddles

40. He comes at night, puts presents into stockings and goes away.

41. In winter and in summer they stand in one colour.

42. What man cannot look inside a house?

43. Christmas song. What is it’s name?

44. What are the Christmas sweets?

45. It is a thing which is very dear to children at Christmas, as they find presents in it in the morning.

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WE WISH YOU

A MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND

A HAPPY NEW YEAR!