Christmas is a time for shopping, but the good thing about it is that most of the things we buy are gifts for relatives or friends, or just food or ornaments for your homes in order to make them cosier to host all the friends and relatives that may visit you these days.
Related articles you can read about the issue:
Last-minute Christmas shopping guide: there is still time to save the day (The Guardian)
The world's 15 best Christmas markets (CNN)
Without looking it up, try to define the word 'joylessly'? Tell me other words derived from that one.
Here's a listening exercise to do: What do you buy when you're sad? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Activities for my 2º ESO students: What do you buy when you are sad? and when you are happy?
"And all through the mouse" - A Papa Teach Me Christmas Story!
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Revision for 2º ESO.
16. Write questions using the words in brackets and
then write the short answers:
1. (you, drink a glass milk, for breakfast) _________________________________________? Yes, ________________
2. (Jane, sings, well)
___________________________________ ? No, ___________
17. Translate the
following sentences into English:
1. Peter tiene el pelo corto oscuro.
2. A ella le encanta ver la televisión.
3. Yo no sé hablar inglés.
4. ¿Hay agua en la botella? Sí.
5. No hay muchos niños en el instituto.
6. Luke es mayor que yo, pero mi hermano es el más joven.
18. Transform these sentences into the PRESENT CONTINUOUS:
1. He visits his grandmother. Now
_________________________________________
2. I run with my friends. Now
___________________________________
3. They don’t eat lunch at home. Now
________________________________
4. Does your teacher play tennis?
________________________________ now ?
19. Write
sentences using these words:
once a week
_____________________________________________________
always
__________________________________________________________
20. What
is the comparative of superiority and superlative of the following adjectives ?
interesting
________________________
________________________
happy
___________________________
____________________________
old
_________________
______________________
slim
__________________ _______________________
21. Complete the
sentences with SOME or ANY.
1. Is there __________ paper in the bag? Yes, there is
___________ paper in the bag.
2. There aren’t _____________ books on the desk, but there
are ___________ pencils.
3. Have you got ___________ sugar in your tea? No, I
haven’t got _____________ sugar.
22. Fill in the gaps
with one of these words: dangerous, best, worse, most,
than, more, longer
1. Big cities are ______________ polluted ___________ small
towns.
2. Rock music is the ____________ exciting music in the
world.
3. Snakes are more
______________ and ______________ than cows.
4. I think Ronaldinho is the _______________
footballer in the world. /
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23. Look at
your agenda and write the clues given what you are doing tomorrow using the
PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
1. go shopping, with my mother, tomorrow morning.
2. play basketball, with my friends, tomorrow afternoon.
