A selection of English ESL christmas printables

The most famous Christmas song in a fill a gap activity. The words that are missing are XMas specific vocab. that you can work with it in previous lessons and some verbs. So I highly recomend to teach christmas vocab and then before start the lesson, review the xmas vocab and complete the song. 



I hope you find it useful!!



All I want for Christmas is you Mariah Carey song

Looking for another amazing Christmas lesson activity? We\'ve got it right here!



Snake Race is our original game similar to Snakes and Ladders, but easier. It is great for lower-level students in ESL classes, and you only need dice and place markers (like erasers or magnets). Just roll the dice, count as you move along the snake, and say the word you land on. If you are lucky and land on a “Roll again” spot, you can try one more time. But if you are unlucky, you might have to go back a couple of spaces. If your students are confident speakers, they can practice conversations by asking original questions based on the words they land on.



Here is a list of words that can be found in this game:

a Christmas tree, Santa Claus, a reindeer, a star, presents, a candy cane, a snowman, an elf



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Christmas Snake Race Board Game 1 from free-flashcards-download.com

Now a worksheet in which students have to complete the sentences with going to positive and negative  and match them with the pictures as comprehension ,thenyou can ask them to talk or write about what they are gooing to do at christmas

What a re they going to do at Christmas?  2015

"How Lily Stole Christmas"

Listening comprehension worksheet for s02e11 of How I Met Your Mother, Christmas episode.

For the purpose of this worksheet, the episode is to be divided into three parts, roughly 6 minutes long.

How I Met Your Mother - Season 2, Episode 11 - Christmas

Christmas (Xmas) song for children: Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer; words of the famous song so the students can learn how to read and sing. It can be used as a small poster. Fully editable.

Christmas song-Rudolf the red nosed reindeer (words to learn)

Script corresponds with the opening song from Tim Burton's "This Is Halloween".



I like to have students listen one time through without the worksheet first. During the second time and with the worksheet, I like to pause at the blanks and see what they hear, providing a word bank if necessary. 



Included is an answer key.

This Is Halloween From "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (Listening Activity)

This is a whole lesson plan - using YouTube link to Merry Christmas Mr Bean Video - working on the vocabulary, listening, reading, phrasal verbs, traditions, food, pronunciation, conversation, writing of all things Britmas! (British Christmas). Please let me know if you'd like more of this stuff! 

Merry Christmas! UK - Mr Bean Video/Vocabulary/Phrasal Verbs/Traditions

This is a fun game for groups of learners when you want to practise vocabulary in an entertaining way and involve them wholly. My learners love it! Hope yours do to! Can be used with older learners as well - tested and approved by them! ;) The rules and the cards are included on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th page. :) Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Board Game: IT'S THAT WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR...

Have your students fill in the gaps while listening to the song (I usually play it twice, if there's time). A fun way to end your last lesson before the Christmas holidays (it will get you through those last minutes ;-)).

Santa Tell Me (Ariana Grande) Christmas song gap filling exercise

fill in the blank lyrics for the christmas song " I want  hippopotamus for christmas" A fun activity for christmas classes and goof for hearing comprehension. Ready to print 





I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will do

I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy

I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?

He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue

Just bring him through the front door

That's the easy thing to do

I can see me now on Christmas morning

Creeping down the stairs

Oh, what a joy and what surprise

When I open up my eyes

To see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will do

No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses

I only like hippopotamuseses

And hippopotamuses like me too

Mom says the hippo would eat me up

But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

I can see me now on Christmas morning

Creeping down the stairs

Oh, what a joy and what surprise

When I open up my eyes

To see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus (I want a hippopotamus)

I want it (I want it), I really, really, really want

A hippopotamus (hippopotamus)

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will do

I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy

I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses

I only like hippopotamuses

And hippopotamuses like me too



I want a hippopotamus for christmas fill in the blanks

This is a great story about how the song "White Christmas" was the start of the end of the Vietnam War with the USA evacuating Saigon. The story is interesting because of the way it was carried out and the importance this day holds in history. 

The reading is covers Pre-intermediate to advanced levels. Advanced levels can extend the discussion about the history of the war or maybe a war they were personally involved in closer to their country. 

Its a 30 to 40 minute lesson. 
Listen to the story at https://youtu.be/25baP7X1ReA


White Christmas Song and the End of the Vietnam war

BEGINNER / A1 VERSION - Students can practise what they can hear. Key is included. It is also highly recommended to watch/listen the song on youtube.com. CHRISTMAS IS COMING - STUDENTS CAN PRACTISE THEIR ENGLISH AND LOOK FORWARD TO CHRISTMAS

"All I want for Christmas is you" by Mariah Carey

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

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Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

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Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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