Listening Exercise- Christmas is coming

Name:

1.What does the little boy NOT ask for Christmas

a radio receiver
a toy train
a play car
2.What does the girl want for Christmas
Barbie playhouse
dolls
marbles
3.What food do the children want to make for Santa's reindeer
hot chocolate, oranges, and corn
apples, oranges, and cookies
cookies, apples, and carrots
4.What time are the children going to go to bed
8:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
5.How is Santa going to enter the house
down the chimney
through a basement window
How is Santa going to enter the house?
Idioms& Vocabulary

“nose around” = look for something private or hidden

“The kids sometimes nose around the house for Christmas gifts.”

“umpteen (also, umpteenth)” = a great number of

“I have umpteen presents to buy before Christmas Eve.“Gap- ll

Word bank: went glue school dinner ne made what need games bike
• walkie-talkies (noun): small portable radio receiver-transmitters used
for communicating with others 

• – We always take walkie-talkies when we go hiking in case of

emergencies.

• barbie (noun): the name of a brand doll 

• – My daughter wants a barbie doll house for Christmas.

• fragile (adjective): easily broken or damaged, delicate 

• – Handle this vase with care. It’s very fragile.

• chimney (noun): the place in a house where smoke from a re goes up

and out of the roof 

• – You should clean out the chimney before we use it this winter.

• Rudolph (pronoun): the name of Santa’s reindeer with the shiny red

nose 

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 • – According to the story, Santa needed Rudolph to guide his sleigh on

one stormy, Christmas Eve.

Gap Fill

Word bank: some excited car prepare want radio

Man: Well, Christmas is almost here. So, what do you 1.__________ from Santa
this year?
Micky: A toy 2.__________ and walkie-talkies.
Man: Really? Well, and what about you, Emily? What do you want for
Christmas?
Emily: If I can't have a Barbie 3.__________, um, I would have some fragile dolls.
And if I can't have some fragile dolls, it doesn't really matter what I get.
Man: Wow. Well, I'm 4.__________, and Santa is coming. And how is Santa
going to get inside the house, Micky?
Micky: Um, go down the chimney . . .
Man: Okay, so he's going to go down the chimney, and should we 5.__________
anything for Santa?
Micky: Yeah!
Man: What are we going to prepare for him, Emily?
Emily: Um. We could prepare some cookies for him and some hot chocolate,
and, um, we could give Rudolph some, um, hot chocolate in a bowl and a
cookie. And we could give 6.__________ of the reindeer some cookies and
some hot chocolate in a bowl.