a) go to church

b) have Christmas cake

Answers: 2 a 3c 4e 5b 6f 7g

☆ Answer the multiple-choice questions.

1 Who do you think reads the children's letters?

a) Father Christmas b) their parents c) nobody

2 What do you think people do in a carol service?

a) sing songs b) give presents c) watch a play

3 What happened on Christmas Eve?

a) The writer stayed awake all night.

b) Someone put presents in his stocking.

c) The writer saw Father Christmas.

4 Why did they laugh?

a) The Christmas carols were happy songs.

b) The songs and hats were funny.

c) The jokes and hats were funny.

5 After lunch:

a) the adults watched the Queen's speech.

b).the children made a snowman.

c) everybody had more to eat.

Answers: 1b 2a 3b 4c 5c

V Vocabulary

☆ In English, some verbs and nouns often go together. Complete the table with these words:

tea, the piano, your homework, a shower, cards, a (snowball) fight, a party, the washing-up, lunch, the shopping

have do play tea, a shower

a (snowball) fight, a party, lunch your homework,

the washing-up, the shopping The piano, cards ☆ Complete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form.

blow up, sing, go to, put up, have(x2), make, put on

On Christmas Eve, my grandparents arrived. We (1) a snowman in the garden and later