Grammar
Fill in the correct prepositions: in, on, at or none.
1. ... six o’clock
2. ... lunchtime
3. ... my birthday
4. ... weekdays
5. .... 2012
6. ...last year
7. ...next summer
8. ... the weekend
9. ... the morning
10. ... Mondays
Correct answers!
1. at six o’clock
2. at lunchtime
3. on my birthday
4. at weekdays
5. in 2012
6. last year
7. next summer
8. at the weekend
9. in the morning
10. on Mondays
Name 7 activities people do in the morning!
Examples of morning activities:
1. Exercise
2. Have a shower
3. brush teeth
4. have breakfast
5. go to work/school
6. go jogging
7. walk the dog
Name 6 symbols of Chinese New Year!
1. Red lanterns
2. Oranges and tangerines
3. Dragon dance
4. Chinese calendar
5. fireworks and firecrackers
6. Flowers
Complete with When, What, Where, How many, Why
1. .................do you go to piano practise?
2. ................ lessons do you have on weekdays?
3. ................ customs do Chinese follow for good luck ?
4. ................ do you need to study English?
5. ................ is the weather always cold?
1. When do you go to piano practice?
2. How many lessons do you have on weekdays?
3. What customs do Chinese follow for good luck ?
4. Why do you need to study English?
5. Where is the weather always cold?
Read and guess words to describe daily routine!
1. When you don't have to work, study, etc. and can do what you want.
2. A meal eaten in the morning as the first meal of the day.
3. The part of the week in which many people don't go to work or study.
1. Free time
2. Breakfast
3. Weekend
Read and guess words to describe Chinese New Year!
1. Alarge, horrible, imaginary animal, usually represented with wings, a long tail, and fire coming out of its mouth.
2. A light inside a container used as holiday decoration.
3. A large number of people marching or walking and moving in the same direction, usually as part of a public celebration.
Answers
1. Dragon
2. Lantern
3. Parade
Choose the correct pronoun!
1. It's my schoolbag. Where's your/yours?
2. I've got your phone but can't find my/mine.
3. That green pen is my/mine.
4. This is my/mine bicycle, that is my brother/brother's.
5. This isn't my book. Isn't it your/yours?
1. It's my schoolbag. Where's yours?
2. I've got your phone but can't find mine.
3. That green pen is mine.
4. This is my bicycle, that is my brother's.
5. This isn't my book. Isn't it yours?
Unscramble the sentences!
1. don't / we / to / why / the cinema / tonight/ go?
2. go / on / Sunday/ let's / to / the / concert / rock.
3. likes/ my/ stories/ about/ grandfather/ his/ childhood/ to tell.
Answers!
1. Why don't we go to the cinema tonight?
2. Let's go to the rock concert on Sunday.
3. My grandfather likes to tell stories about his childhood.
Unscramble the sentences!
1. On / Eve/ families/ a great/ New Year's / have / feast.
2. Before / people / the New Year, / clean / houses/ their / and / decorate.
3. get/ haircut/ their/ and / new / clothes/ buy/ girls and boys.
Answers
1. On New Year's Eve families have a great feast.
2. Before the New Year, people clean and decorate their houses.
3. Girls and boys get their haircut and buy new clothes.
Complete with: now, always, this week, often, today,
1. We're celebrating New Year ....................... .
2. My sister is performing as a dancer at the parade .................. .
3. My dad ................. comes from work late at night.
4. I don't ................. visit my grandparents.
5. Melany is at the bus stop ................ . She's waiting for the bus.
1. We're celebrating New Year this week .
2. My sister is performing as a dancer at the parade today .
3. My dad always comes from work late at night.
4. I don't often visit my grandparents.
5. Melany is at the bus stop now. She's waiting for the bus.
Fill in the gaps with at, on or in!
1. Peter likes staying home .......... rainy days.
2. You can call me .......... three o'clock.
3. Linda has an English lesson .......... Friday.
4. The train leaves .............. five minutes.
5. See you ............. a few days.
6. I was born ............ May 13th.
Answers!
1. Peter likes staying home on rainy days.
2. You can call me at three o'clock.
3. Linda has an English lesson on Friday.
4. The train leaves in five minutes.
5. See you in a few days.
6. I was born on May 13th.
Complete sentences, get ready to spell the words you've written!
1. The whole family is outside to ................. the fireworks.
2. Originnaly Chinese New Year started to celebrate the ..................... .
3. The food Chinese eat on New Year's Eve have lots of special ...................... .
Answers
1. The whole family is outside to set off the fireworks.
2. Originnaly Chinese New Year started to celebrate the harvest.
3. The food Chinese eat on New Year's Eve have lots of special meanings.
1. Мы всегда собираемся вместе, чтобы отпраздновать Новый год.
2. Они сейчас запускают фейерверки.
3. Генри выступает в оркестре сегодня.
4. Мы никогда не смотрим парады по телевизору.
1. We always gather together to celebrate New Year.
2. They are setting (off) fireworks now.
3. Henry is performing in a band today.
4. We never watch parades on TV.
Ask questions!
1. He plays football on three three times a week.
2. The banks usually open at 9:00.
3. Amanda lives in New York.
1. How often does he play football?
2. What time do the banks open?
3. Where does Amanda live?
Ask questions!
1. In Russia people celebrate New Year on December 31st.
2. The New Year holidays last 8 days.
3. A decorated fir tree, Grandfather Frost and his granddaughter Snegurochka are the common symbols of New Year's Day in Russia.
Answers
1. When do people in Russia (the Russian) celebrate New Year?
2. How long do the New Year holidays last?
3. What are the (common) symbols of New Year's Day in Russia?