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Vocabulary Activities

Words related to CHRISTMAS

CONTENTS

1. Mixed letters......................................................................................................................................22. ...............................................................................................................................2 Cards for games3. .........................................................................................................................................3 Crossword4. ........................................................................................................6 Wordsearch Christmas words5. ...............................................................................................8 Gap fill sentences Christmas words

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1. Mixed letters

A really fun way to review vocabulary at the end of the lesson or the week is to mix up the letters ofeach word. Write a word or words on the board. The students then race to identify the vocabulary.

utyekr turkey wreyaen New Year

setrepn present gincokst stocking

loarcs carols mpcieien mince pie

ayrpt party duelwnlime mulled wine

rete tree eeedrirn reindeerdrac card nwtire winter

olhyl holly mevstaserich Christmas Eve

tloestime mistletoe doyliha holiday

owns snow xobignady Boxing Day

2. Cards for gamesThese pre-prepared cards can be used for a variety of games and activities. For more ideas take

a look at Quick Vocabulary Activities on the Teacher Support website. Click here.

turkey snow turkey snow

present mistletoe present mistletoe

carols holly carols holly

tree card tree card

party New Year party New Year

stocking Boxing Day stocking Boxing Day

mince pie holiday mince pie holiday

reindeerChristmas

Evereindeer

Christmas

Eve

mulled wine winter mulled wine winter




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3. Crossword

Across

3. A traditional sweet pastry filled with fruit (5-3)4. A large sock into which gifts are placed on Christmas day (8)6. The day before Christmas (9-3)8. A green, thorny plant with red berries used to decorate peoples homes (5)9. The day after Christmas Day (6-3)12. The coldest season of the year, between December and February (6)13. A gift given from one person to another (7)16. The animals that pull Santa's sleigh (8)17. Large bird traditionally eaten at Christmas (6)

Down1. The celebration between December and January when January 1st begins (3-4)

2. Couples traditionally kiss underneath this plant at Christmas (9)

5. Traditional songs sung at Christmas (6)

6. This has a message written in it and is given from one person to another at Christmas (4)7. Hot spiced wine which is drunk at Christmas (6-4)

10. A special time of the year when you do not have to go to work (7)

11. A meeting of people for a celebration, usually with music, food and dancing (5)14. Soft pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky when the weather is cold (4)

15. A tall green thing which is decorated and placed in the house over the Christmas period (4)




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Solution

Across3. MINCE PIE5. STOCKING6. CHRISTMAS EVE8. HOLLY9. BOXING DAY12. WINTER13. PRESENT16. REINDEER17. TURKEY

Down1. NEW YEAR2. MISTLETOE5. CAROLS6. CARD7. MULLED WINE10. HOLIDAY11. PARTY14. SNOW15. TREE

For more ideas on how to use crosswords in class have a look at Quick Vocabulary Activities on the

Teacher Support website. Click here.




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4. Wordsearch Christmas words

l b a n s r u m h i q e s a l e

o d e d y m h i r e i n d e e r

b a i a l u o s e e t a c f l f

a j q i i l l t c e r w s t s i

p t o a r l l l h u e s n l y s

b m d a m e y e r u a e o d a t

o i a e u d a t i p i r w k d o

x n p e g w e o s a a c q g i c

i c a r g i n e t c i a y t l k

n e r t m n e a m e e r u d o i

g p t w h e w d a c r d s o h n

d i y h x n y i s l n v x r i g

a e c o s e e n e p r e s e n t

y e k r u t a i v u e r o v i a

d z i n n r r u e i g a o u e x

a a t l w i n t e r t e d t a e

Can you find these Christmas words in the puzzle?

cardtree

reindeersnow

mince pieboxing day

presentturkeyholiday

hollychristmas eve

winter

wintermistletoe

carolsparty

new yearstocking




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Christmas Word Search - Solution

l b a n s r u m h i q e s a l e

o d e d y m h i r e i n d e e r

b a i a l u o s e e t a c f l f

a j q i i l l t c e r w s t s i

p t o a r l l l h u e s n l y s

b m d a m e y e r u a e o d a t

o i a e u d a t i p i r w k d o

x n p e g w e o s a a c q g i c

i c a r g i n e t c i a y t l k

n e r t m n e a m e e r u d o i

g p t w h e w d a c r d s o h n

d i y h x n y i s l n v x r i g

a e c o s e e n e p r e s e n t

y e k r u t a i v u e r o v i a

d z i n n r r u e i g a o u e x

a a t l w i n t e r t e d t a e

For more ideas on how to use wordsearches in class have a look at Quick Vocabulary Activities on theTeacher Support website. Click here.




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5. Gap fill sentences Christmas words

Find the word to complete the sentence using the picture clues below

1. We are going to decorate our Christmas .

2. Look at the beautiful .. in the garden

3. I cant wait for you to open your..

4. I get very excited on ..

5. Look out of the window, there is lots of..




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Gap fill sentences answers

1. We are going to decorate our Christmas tree.

2. Look at the beautiful holly in the garden.

3. I cant wait for you to open your present.

4. I get very excited on Christmas Eve.

5. Look out of the window, there is lots of snow.