Grammar
New Year Vocabulary
Listening
Different
100
Make a polite enquiry:
Do I need to book a seat on the train?
You can use more than one option.
I was wondering if I need to book a seat on the train.
Can you tell me if I...
I'd like to enquire if ...
Could you tell me...
Can I ask...
100
Trimming and decorating the Christmas Tree.
100
the singing activity of going from house to house at Christmas
caroling
200
Change the sentence into the passive:
My parents brought me up in a house full of pets.
I was brought up in a house full of pets.
200
Name as many christmas toys that we put on a Christmas tree as you can
baubles, icicles
ornaments: candy cane, cones, walnuts, santa clause, angel, bells, stars, snowflakes, nutcracker.
Tinsel
lights
200
What's the idiom?
Over the moon.
When were you over the moon last time?
300
Please, complete the phrase:
It's the first time I.....
It's the first time I have celebrated the New Year in Italy.
300
What's this and where do we put it?
It's a stocking and we put it on a mantelpiece (a shelf above a fireplace, usually part of a frame that surrounds the fireplace )
Read more about mantel-less places
https://justagirlandherblog.com/hang-stockings-without-a-mantel/
300
What do we do when we need to get rid of old staff or things that we do not like or use. Usually this helps to attract new things in our lives
We declutter.
400
Fill in the gaps:
If only I ____ _______ my vocal classes when I was 20 years younger!
had started
400
What's the phrase that means the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend with your family and doing things you enjoy. Give an example
Work-life balance
Smart employers know that workers who have a good work/life balance are more dependable, loyal, and productive.
400
Find 5 mistakes in plural forms of nouns:
1. When you travel do find informations and accomodation by asking at a tourist office?
2. What sort of facility do you expect hotels to have?
3. Do you ask friends for advices of what to see?
4. How many luggage do you usually carry for a two-week trip?
5. What mean of transport do you like to travel by most - plane, train or car?
6. Do you always keep someone back home informed of your whereabout?
1. information
2. facilities
3. advice
4. how much
5. means
6. whereabouts
500
Which grammar structure should we use to speak about our dreams and wishes in the present.
Use this structure and give an example about your dream holiday.
If + past simple, ... would do something
If I had vocation time in February, I would go to the Alps.
500
Give a collocation which will mean a given promise to yourself to do or to not do something
to make a resolution
500
Listen to the song and answer how do people feel when they had an unpleasant experience in the past and now they are frightened to do something again. What's the saying
They feel SHY.
the saying is: once bitten, twice shy
500
Who's the current Queen or King in the UK?
Charles the 3rd