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Christmas and New Year Worksheets





Are you looking for something festive? Handouts Online
has games, quizzes and Christmas / New Year-based
worksheets to keep your students busy!



Christmas Board Game Title: Christmas Error Correction Quiz
Target Structure: Various
Level: Elementary to Intermediate +
Time: 20 minutes
   
   
Description: This error correction game is a great way to end your classes for the year.

Our board game mixes both skill and luck. Can your students find the errors in our festive sentences?

We have two different question packs, as well as a set of blank cards which you can fill in with your own questions.

There are also sets with and without answers.


Downloads
  •   Board (All levels)  
     
  •   Elementary Question Pack (with answers)
  •   Elementary Question Pack (without answers)
     
  •   Intermediate Question Pack (with answers)
  •   Intermediate Question Pack (without answers)
     
  •   Blank Template & Backing Sheet  
     


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Title: Did you have a good holiday?
Target Structure: Discussion: First Lesson Back in New Year
Level: Lower-Intermediate +
Time: minutes
   
Description: This is a great lesson for your first lesson back in the New Year!

Find out what your students did for Christmas and New Year. There's a conversation, followed by practice exercises.

The lesson rounds off with a survey. Your students can find out what their classmates did. It's good fluency practice and an excellent review of the Past Simple.

This lesson is for pre-intermediate level students. However, it's easy to make the lesson easier. You can pre-teach more vocabulary, and give additional support for the survey questions.



     



 
Title: Best and Worst Presents
Target Structure: Give / Get
Level: Elementary / Pre Intermediate
Time: 45+ minutes
   
Description: With Christmas coming up, have your students chosen their presents? Can they talk about some good/bad presents they've received? This worksheet will give them the chance!

There are three short readings followed by some practice exercises looking at 'give to' and 'get from'. Students can then conduct a class survey finding out presents their classmates gave (or got).

This worksheet is written for lower-level learners. Although it's good for Christmas, you can use this handout at any time of year!
   
Alternative British English Version
   



     



 
Title: Happy New Year
Target Structure: Interested in / worried about etc.
Level: Pre-Intermediate +
Time: 45 minutes
   
Description: Looking for a lesson to start off 2012? This is just what you need!

Based around a new year theme, this worksheet looks at 'interested in', 'worried about' 'afraid of' and much more.

After a lead-in, there's a gap-fill conversation, with practice exercises to follow. The lesson rounds off with your students using the target language about themselves.

This worksheet is written for upper-elementary to pre-intermediate classes.

It makes a great start to the year!
   
Alternative British English Version
   



     



 
Title: Keeping New Year's Resolutions
Target Structure: Reading and Speaking
Level: Elementary
Time: 60 minutes
   
Description: This worksheet is great for the first day back after the Christmas / New Year break.

There's collocation building, with a short, graded reading, followed by vocabulary building and speaking practice.

This is an elementary-level worksheet. We also have an advanced handout on resolutions, which has a more challenging text.



     



 
Title: Good Intentions
Target Structure: Reading and Discussion
Level: Upper Int / Adv
Time: 60 minutes
   
Description: This is a great worksheet for a lesson in early January with high-level students.

There is a reading exercise, collocation / idiom practice followed by speaking activities, with a role-play and discussion questions.

This worksheet is an excellent way to start the year!



     



 
Title: Christmas Symbols
Target Structure: Reading and Discussion
Level: Elementary - Pre-Intermediate
Time: 60 minutes
   
Description: This worksheet has a simple reading on some of the more common symbols associated with Christmas.

The text has a gap-fill exercise, and can be broken down into a jigsaw reading. There are follow-up exercises, and discussion questions.



     



 
Title: Cooking at Christmas
Target Structure: Talking about Routines
Level: Elementary
Time: 45 minutes
   
Description: Can your students talk about their Christmas routine? What do they do on Christmas Day? What kinds of food do they eat?

This elementary-level worksheet has a conversation with question and answer practice.

You can follow this activity up by getting your class to find out what you usually do on Christmas Day.

This is an American-English worksheet.

Click below to download the British-English version.
   
Alternative British English Version
   



     



 
Title: Alternative Gifts
Target Structure: Reading and Discussion
Level: Upper Int and Advanced
Time: 60 minutes
   
Description: Are your students wondering what to get you for Christmas? This worksheet gives some ideas for Christmas gifts with a difference.

There's a reading, with vocabulary and collocation practice. There are also lots of questions themed to Christmas and present-giving in general.

It's a great December lesson for higher-level students.



     



 
Title: A Christmas Quiz
Target Structure: Christmas Vocabulary
Level: Any
Time: 30-60 minutes
   
Description: If you're looking for something a little light-hearted for the final lesson of the year, this quiz could be what you're looking for. Your students might even thank you for not using the text book on the last class of the year!

This worksheet has questions on Santa, his reindeer and more. How well do your students know Christmas? How many languages can they say 'Merry Christmas' in?

There are two versions of our Christmas quiz. This one is for the USA. Our British version (see below) has questions on the Queen's Speech, Boxing Day and Mince Pies...
   
Alternative British English Version
   



     



 
Title: Christmas Spot the Difference
Target Structure: Some / Any / There / How Many etc.
Level: Elementary
Time: 15 minutes
   
Description: Looking for a filler exercise with a Christmas theme?

This spot-the-difference will test your students' ability to communicate using 'is/are there', 'where is/are', 'some / any / many'.

It's a fun and festive exercise which is great for any lower-level class.



     



 
Title: Christmas Shopping
Target Structure: Various
Level: Elementary to Intermediate
Time: 45 minutes
   
Description: If you're looking for a constructive (but seasonal) lesson to use in December, this could be perfect for your students.

This worksheet has a conversation about Christmas shopping, followed by vocabulary-building exercises, and discussion.

This worksheet is written for lower-level students, but can be easily adjusted.
   
Alternative British English Version
   



     



 
Title: A Christmas Crossword
Target Structure: Christmas Vocabulary
Level: Elementary and above
Time: 20 minutes
   
Description: Fill twenty minutes of your lesson with this Christmas crossword!

We have kept the crossword simple, and it's a good way to finish your last lesson before Christmas.

This crossword will be good for students of all levels.



     



 
Title: Christmas and New Year
Target Structure: Future forms: Will and Going to
Level: Intermediate
Time: 45 minutes
   
Description: This Christmas and New Year worksheet is perfect for classes before the Christmas vacation.

The handouts covers different kinds of future (going to, will, probably, I'm thinking of), with conversation practice and exercises.

The lesson finishes with discussion practice. Although primarily for intermediate-level students, it can easily be adjusted for other levels.

There is a British and American version of this worksheet.
   
Alternative British English Version
   



     



 
Title: New Year's Resolutions
Target Structure: Mixed tenses - Past Simple / Future
Level: Elementary or Pre-Intermediate
Time: 30 minutes
   
Description: This worksheet is a good mixer activity for the first lesson back after a Christmas / New Year break. It reviews common past simple and future 'going to' structures. It also has vocabulary and collocation practice.

This worksheet is for elementary to pre-intermediate level students.

We've made a few changes and added a UK version for 2010/11.
   
Alternative British English Version
   



     



 
Title: Getting Ready for Christmas
Target Structure: Yet / Already with Present Perfect
Level: Elementary / Pre-Int
Time: 30 minutes
   
Description: You might not associate Christmas with the Present Perfect, but this is an ideal season to practice 'yet' (or 'not yet') for plans.

Have your students bought their presents yet? Have they decorated the tree?

This worksheet has conversation, controlled practice and role-plays. It's a great lesson for lower-level students in December!

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