General Listening Quiz

“Christmas is Coming!”

Level:	Topic:	Speakers:	Length:
easy	Christmas gifts	man – two children	01:11

Pre-Listening Exercise

Christmas is a time when children hope to receive presents from their parents, other family, and friends. Imagine that you are one of the children in this conversation (a three-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl). What Christmas gifts would you like to receive?

Idioms

“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.“

Listening Exercise

A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.

Vocabulary Practice

Do the vocabulary activities using the words from the conversation for more practice:

Post-Listening Exercise

Is Christmas celebrated in your country? If so, in what ways? What other religious and secular traditions and holidays are held during this same season? Interview other international students or friends and research how the year-end holidays are celebrated around the world, including popular gifts that people exchange at this time of year.

Online Investigation

Use the Internet and find at least two Web sites where they can find these gifts. Compare the prices of the same or similar item for each site. What are the shipping fees for sending the items to your location? What about the time for delivery?

a silk necktie
a popular board game
a smartphone of our choosing
a laptop computer
some holiday flowers

See Listening Script

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