Advent Calendar. Use of English Challenge

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Advent Challenge!
Rewrite the first sentence using the word given so that the
second has the same meaning.
Something came down that chimney and it definitely wasn’t
Father Christmas!
HAVE
Something came down that chimney and it couldn’t have been
Father Christmas!
This is a modal verb phrase when
we know something is not true.
Make another sentence
Reveal Answer
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Advent Challenge!
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Complete the sentence.
How do you plan to
go
the extra mile at Christmas this year?
A verb completes this idiom,
meaning: to make an extra effort
Now discuss
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Advent Challenge!
Use the correct form of the word in BOLD to complete
the question.
NATION
Which nationality is known for typically eating fried chicken
from KFC on Christmas day?
Japan
What type of word do we Now
use guess the answer
after question words?
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Advent Challenge!
Rewrite the first sentence using the word given so that the
second has the same meaning.
Are you intending to study during the Christmas break?
HITTING
Are you intending on hitting the books
Christmas break?
during the
An idiom that means ‘to study’
Now discuss
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Advent Challenge!
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Complete the sentence.
Is the way your country celebrates Christmas and New Year
to other countries around the world?
similar
Which preposition do we use Now discuss
with ‘similar’?
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Advent Challenge!
Rewrite the first sentence using the word given so that the
second has the same meaning.
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Grandpa couldn’t eat his Christmas lunch because of all the
chocolate he’d eaten!
PREVENTED
All the chocolate Grandpa had eaten prevented him from eating
his Christmas lunch!
A sentence structure
with ‘verb+ing’
Reveal Answer
Make another sentence

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Advent Challenge!
Rewrite the first sentence using the word given so that the
second has the same meaning.
Are you in favour of celebrating Christmas with gift-giving and
receiving?
IDEA
Do you think it is a good idea to celebrate
gift-giving and receiving?
A verb phrase with ‘to + infinitive’
Reveal Answer
Christmas with
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Advent Challenge!
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Use the correct form of the word in BOLD to
complete the question.
EXPENSE
Come up with a list of
holidays on a budget.
inexpensive
ideas for celebrating the
What is the adjective form? Do
you need to add a prefix?
Reveal Answer
Now discuss

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Advent Challenge!
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Complete the sentence.
What is your favourite way to spend
during the Christmas period?
time with your family
Which verb to we use with ‘time’ when
we do something with our time?
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Advent Challenge!
Use the correct form of the word in BOLD to
complete the question.
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LONELY
This time of year can lead to the feeling of loneliness
for some people. Why do you think that is?
What type of word follows
‘the feeling of..’?
Reveal Answer
Now discuss

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Advent Challenge!
Rewrite the first sentence using the word given so that the
second has the same meaning.
I wasn’t sure if I’d get the gift I wanted this year.
EXPECT
I did not expect to get the gift I wanted this year.
Which verb pattern follows ‘expect’?
Make another sentence
Reveal Answer
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Advent Challenge!
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Complete the sentence.
The truth
is , the holiday season is a marketing scam.
Now discuss
A verb completes this expression
Reveal Answer

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Advent Challenge!
Rewrite the first sentence using the word given so that the
second has the same meaning.
The town hall had cancelled the Christmas parade before
we arrived.
BEEN
Before we arrived, the Christmas parade
by the town hall.
had been cancelled
Which structure do we use to
Make another sentence
emphasise the action?
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Advent Challenge!
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Use the correct form of the word in BOLD to
complete the question.
FIT
Do you believe in starting new
fitness
as a resolution for the New Year?
regimes
What suffix do you need?
Reveal Answer
Now discuss

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Advent Challenge!
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Complete the sentence.
Come up with some New Year’s resolutions
contribute to a healthier lifestyle.
that/which
What kinds of pronouns would fit here?
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Advent Challenge!
Rewrite the first sentence using the word given so that the
second has the same meaning.
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All the class participated in the nativity show even though they
didn’t enjoy singing carols.
DESPITE
All the class participated in the nativity show
singing carols.
Which structure do we
use with ‘despite’?
Reveal Answer
despite not enjoying
Make another sentence

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Advent Challenge!
Use the correct form of the word in BOLD to complete
the question.
ADVANTAGE
What are some of the disavantages
New Year’s resolutions?
of making too many
Look at the context. Do we need a
positive or negative form?
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Advent Challenge!
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Complete the sentence.
few people understand
It could be argued that very
the true meaning of Christmas.
Now discuss
Which quantifier means ‘not many’
and goes with ‘people’?
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Advent Challenge!
Rewrite the first sentence using the word given so that the
second has the same meaning.
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In which country do people go to morning mass on roller skates at
Christmas?
SET
In which country do people set off for
skates at Christmas?
morning mass on roller
Venezuela
A phrasal verb meaning
‘to start a journey’
Reveal Answer
Now guess the answer

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Advent Challenge!
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Complete the sentence.
People are under the impression that holidays such as Christmas
and New Year are overrated and have lost their true meaning.
Now discuss
This is a prepositional phrase
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Advent Challenge!
Use the correct form of the word in BOLD to complete
the question.
PEACE
Would you rather spend your holidays in a peaceful
town with great scenery or in a bigger city with lots to do?
What kind of word do we need
between ‘a’ and a noun?
Reveal Answer
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Advent Challenge!
Rewrite the first sentence using the word given so that the
second has the same meaning.
There’s no way I’m cooking for 20 people this year for Christmas
lunch.
OUT
Cooking for 20 people for Christmas lunch is out of the question
this year.
Which prepositional phrase
Make another sentence
means ‘not going to happen’?
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Advent Challenge!
Use the correct form of the word in BOLD to complete
the question.
ENTERTAIN
Come up with some forms of entertainment
enjoy during this time of year.
Which suffix fits here?
Reveal Answer
that people
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Advent Challenge!
Rewrite the first sentence using the word given so that the
second has the same meaning.
Are you planning on continuing your family traditions into
adulthood? Why or why not?
LIKELY
Are you likely to continue
your family traditions into adulthood?
Do you need the ‘verb+ing’ or
‘to + infinitive’ here?
Reveal Answer
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