Xmas vocabulary relative clauses definitions game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Defining relative clauses for explaining Christmas vocabulary guessing game and grammar presentation, moving onto describing other festivals and celebrations.
Lesson Plan Content:
Xmas vocabulary relative clauses definitions game
Take turns defining vocabulary related to Christmas without saying the name of the thing with definitions like those on the next page.
Ask about any vocabulary that you still don’t understand, definitions which you think could be better, etc.
Without looking at the next page, put one word into each gap below. Words not on the next page may also be possible.
Boxing Day – It’s a day ________________ people in the UK have a second Xmas public holiday and _______________ they often eat leftover turkey from Xmas Day.
chimney – It’s the thing _______________________________ Santa comes down.
Christmas market – It’s a place _______________________ you can buy Xmas food, drink and decorations, most famously in Germany.
Christmas pudding – It’s a hot dessert ______________ is eaten with ice cream, cream, sugar or brandy sauce.
coin – It’s something _________________ is good luck if you find it in your Xmas pudding.
elf – It’s the creature _______________________ make toys for Santa to give to children.
Epiphany/ January 6th – It’s the ________________________ when you should take down your Xmas decorations.
fireplace – It’s a place _____________ children leave their stockings to be filled by Santa.
Rudolph – It’s the reindeer ______________________________________ nose is red.
sack – It’s the thing _____________________________ Santa keeps all his presents in.
Santa Claus/ Father Christmas – He’s the man ___________ brings Christmas presents.
Check with the next page. What are the rules for those words?
Which words are used after words with these meanings?
- people (x3)
- things (x2)
- times
- places
Define things related to other festivals and celebrations like New Year and Valentine’s Day for your partner(s) to guess.
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Things to define and suggested hints
Boxing Day – It’s a day when people in the UK have a second Xmas public holiday and when they often eat leftover turkey from Xmas Day.
card – It’s something which has a picture on the front and a message inside, and which is given for Xmas, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, etc.
chimney – It’s the thing that Santa comes down.
Christmas market – It’s a place where you can buy Xmas food, drink and decorations, most famously in Germany.
Christmas pudding – It’s a hot dessert that is eaten with ice cream, cream, sugar or brandy sauce.
coin – It’s something which is good luck if you find it in your Xmas pudding.
cranberry sauce – It’s a kind of jam that is eaten with but turkey but which isn’t too sweet because it’s made from very sour fruit.
elf – It’s the creature who make toys for Santa to give to children.
Epiphany/ January 6th – It’s the time when you should take down your Xmas decorations.
fireplace – It’s a place where children leave their stockings to be filled by Santa.
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letter to Santa – It’s a list of things which kids want Santa to bring them.
reindeer – It’s the animal which pulls Santa’s sleigh.
Rudolph – It’s the reindeer whose nose is red.
sack – It’s the thing which Santa keeps all his presents in.
Santa Claus/ Father Christmas – He’s the man that brings Christmas presents.
snowflake – It’s a cold soft white thing which falls from the sky.
star – It’s a thing that is put at the top of a Xmas tree.
stocking – It’s a kind of big sock that Santa puts girls’ and boys’ presents into.
turkey – It’s a big bird that people often eat on Xmas Day.
wrapping paper – It’s the thing that you cover presents with.
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