Intellectual competition "Christmas Present" for 8th year students

                                                                                            

Intellectual competition «Christmas Present»                                  

Task 1. Put the missed words in the text:

a)another, b)presents, c)coloured, d)important, e)consists, f)called, g)breakfast, h)cheaply, i)snowy, j)eat, k)a lot of, l)holiday.

                                                Christmas Day

     Christmas Day is a public (1) ... . Families usually spend the day opening their (2) ... which are often under the Christmas tree decorated with (3) ... toys. The most (4) ... meal is Christmas dinner. The typical meal (5) ... of turkey with potatoes and other vegetables. (6) ... traditional food in Britain is Christmas cake.
     Americans make special biscuits called Christmas cookies which they (7) ... over the Christmas season.
In Britain, the day after Christmas is (8) ... Boxing Day and is also a public holiday. (9) ... sports take place on Boxing Day. In the US there are many special sales, where things can be bought (10) ..., on the day after Christmas.

Task 2. Make   up   new   words   using   the   letters   of the   word "Snowflakes".

1.                  2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ____________________

 Task 3.  Уou need to put the words in their logical order to complete the poem.                               

	Leaves feathered patters, crissed and crossed,
			With tiny dots of colored light

 

      

			But in our house the Christmas tree

Play softly on the radio,

                                                                          

 

Task 4.  Write the end of the story.

It was the 31st of December. The weather was fine. Everybody was preparing for the New year's Day...