Clare’s mum, Elaine, has joined the CCL organization.
1) What did this organization do last Christmas? Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs from the box. (There are three extra words.) Write in your exerclse book.
buy
choose
live
play
raise
light
travel
walk
Last year eight children from Chernobyl* … around Great Britain for a month. The CCL prepared that trip for them. On December 20th they visited Harrods*. They … around the store1 for five hours. Christmas music … all day long. Children and adults … and … presents. The children from Chernobyl got their presents, too!
The night before Christmas is the most wonderful time.
Pair Work. 1) Who was doing the following in the Weller family? Guess.
Pupil 1: I think Mrs Weller was making Christmas pudding for five hours.
hang stockings
wrap presents
make Christmas pudding
put electric lights on the walls
read Christmas stories
Pupil 2: You must be joking, I think she was making Christmas pudding for two hours.
for five hours
from 8 pm to 10 pm
for an hour from 10 pm till 11 pm
at 9 pm
You must be joking. It can’t be true. Yes, it must be true.
2) What were you and other people In your family doing on New Year’s Eve last year? Compare with your classmate.
— I was decorating the New Year’s tree for two hours.
— But I wasn’t decorating the tree for two hours./I was decorating the New Year’s tree for an hour.
AB ex. 2, 3, Reader ex. 2.