Christmas and New Year’s Day
Follow this plan:
Write about:
End of the Year

Was this year better or worse for you?
What was the happiest thing for you this year?
What was the saddest thing for you this year?
What would you like to change?
Do you have any regrets about this year?
Were there any dreams you couldn’t fulfill?
Did you enjoy last Christmas?

New Year is coming

Did you believe in Santa Claus when you were a child?
Do you celebrate Christmas in your country?
Do you celebrate Christmas in a traditional way?
Do you enjoy Christmas time?
Do you exchange presents with your friends and with your relatives?
Do you attend any special religious ceremonies during the Christmas season?
Do you have a Christmas tree?

If so, how do you decorate it?

When do you put it up?

When do you take it down?

Is it real or artificial?

Do you have a Christmas party at school?

If so, do you take part in it and how do you take part in it?

Do you have any plans to go to a Christmas party?
Have you ever celebrated Christmas in a foreign country?
How do you usually spend New Year’s Eve? How about New Year’s Day
What is the typical menu for a Christmas meal in your family? (… in your country?)
What kind of interesting things do you do for Christmas in your home country?
What kind of presents do you expect to get this Christmas?
Do you give Christmas presents?

If so, whom do you give Christmas presents?

Conclusion

Good luck to you!

This year started good cause at the start of this year I had a few good chess tournaments where I played so good etc, but this year is going to end kinda unsuccessful for me cause I had a very bad tournament. The happiest thing in this year that happened to me was that I earned my first international FIDE chess title (candidate master), and the saddest thing happened this year to me is that tournament which I played bad (the thing I talked about already). I would like to change the weather in Armenia and I wish that it will snow here how it is in Russia. My regrets is that I wanted to play a tournament when I was sick, I decided to play a hard tournament for no reason and now I think I should not to play it. The only dream that I don’t fulfilled this year is, that I don’t reached my raiting to 2300 to claim a better title in chess called (fide master). I enjoyed last Christmas cause of many great successes from last year. I believed in Santa when I was kid and I am pretty sure that almost every kids believed to Santa Claus like until 12 year or something. We celebrate Christmas here with our traditions. Mostly I enjoy at Christmas when time hits to 00:00. Me my friends and my relatives don’t have that (exchanging presents tradition). My family don’t have any special traditions about attending some special religious ceremonies. We have a Christmas tree which is artificial, we usually put it up from like December 20 or something and we usually take it down at the middle of the January. We decorate it with lights, baubles, tree topers etc. We don’t have Christmas school party or maybe I just don’t know. In 2023 we celebrated New Year in Georgia at Tbilisi. We usually spend new Year’s eve at home. The typical meal in my family is pork leg, olivier salad, dolma, pancakes with meat etc. From presents I expect to get a new phone this year or maybe some money.

1. puppies
2. men
3. watches
4. women
5. teeth
6. people
7. feet
8. children

1. is
2. was
3. look
4. has
5. was
6. Does
7. it is
8. seem
9. it is
10. has

1. some

2. a piece of

3. some

4. some

5. a piece of

6. a few

7. some

8. some

1. given

2. delivered

3. told

4. is not

5. was your money stolen?

6. were

7. be shown

8. Will I be

1. When people are arrested, they are taken to the police station.
2. Milk is usually kept in the fridge.
3. Are we told what’s in next week’s test?
4. How did people communicate over long distances before the phone was invented?
5. Are you allowed to come to the party next Saturday?
6. You will be given your exam results next Monday.
7. Was Aidan’s bike found yesterday?

1. At ten o’clock yesterday morning, the local bank in the high street was robbed.
2. At one minute past ten, the police were called.
3. A few minutes later, the police arrived at the bank. The crime scene was investigated.
4. At twenty past ten, the robbers’ fingerprints were found.
5. At half past eleven, the robbers were caught.
6. Next week, they will be sent to prison.

Will the letters be sent first class?

I’m not sure if pizza is eaten in China.

Someone told me that cars aren’t made in the UK anymore.

Are the animals fed three times a day?

Mr Jones is ill, so we won’t be given a geography test today!

Was she taken to hospital in an ambulance?

1.were

2.were

3.are

4.was

5.are

6.are

7.was

8.were

9.was

10.is

11.are

12.are

13.are

14.are

15.will

abroad-արտասահման

accommodation-կացարան

book-ամրագրել

break-ընդմիջում

cancel-չեղարկել

catch-բռնել

coach-մարզիչ

convenient-հարմարավետ

crash-վթար

crowded-ամբոխ

cruise- նավաճանապարհորդություն

delay- հետաձգվել

destination- նպատակակետ

ferry- լաստանավ

flight- թռիչք

foreign- օտար

harbour- ափ

journey-ճանապարհորդություն

luggage-ուղեբեռ

nearby-մոտակա

pack-փաթեթավորել

passport-անձնագիր

platform-հարթակ

public transport-հասարակական տրանսպորտ

reach-հասնել

resort-հանգստավայր

souvenir-հուշանվեր

traffic-խցանում

trip-ճանապարհորդություն

vehicle-տրանսպորտային միջոց

1. We first visited in 2006.
2. My birthday is on the second of july.
3. Let’s meet at five o’clock shall we?
4. right
5. There is a party at Emily’s in saturday
6. What do you want to do in the morning?
7. right
8. Where do you usually go at Christmas day?

1. There are lots of people at the restaurant.
2. The people who live in number 44 are away on holiday.
3. You should go to the Louvre when you are in Paris.
4. Gorillas live in forests in Africa and eat fruit.
5. What does that sign on the wall say?
6. What did Ethan say at his letter?
7. Have you heard of the strange statues in Easter island?
8. Do you really want to spend the whole day at the beach?

• Verbs and Prepositions
• Stop worrying about your exam – everything will be fine.
• I’ve waited for Judy for 30 minutes. I’m going home.
• Stop talking and concentrate — your work.
• Don’t forget to pay for the newspaper.
• He explained the computer program to me.
• I don’t know what we’ll do at the weekend. It depends on the weather.
• She will arrive to Beijing at 3pm.
• I like to listen to the radio when I wake up.
• He borrowed £20  for his brother.
• Who does this coat belong to?
• She left without paying for the meal.
• It was so hot, I couldn’t concentrate on my book.
• Mothers always worry about their children.
• Please explain the meaning of this word to your classmates.
• I’m fed up with waiting for spring.
• That car belongs to my father.
• She listens to opera on the tube.
• A: Which university will you go to? B: It depends on my exam results.
• A lot of people borrow money from the bank.
• When she arrived to the pub, it was already closed.

Tenses.

Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. Use the correct tense. 1. When I  (look) looked out of the window, I saw (see) John. 2.  Have you ever  (play) played the piano since you left school? 3. I  (not see) haven’t seen him for two days. 4. When he  tried (try) to open the door, he  dropped (drop) his key. 5. They have lived (live) in this house since 1987. 6. My father  was washing (wash) his car while my mother and I  preparing (prepare) dinner. 7.  Did you met (meet) her yesterday? 8. Mary  has been (be) in London for three days. 9. The headmaster has entered (enter) the classroom when they  were writing (write) their exams. 10. He bought (buy) a new car last week. 11. I think that they will arrive (arrive) tomorrow morning. 12. Last Wednesday they  played (play) chess after they had done (do) their homework.

How Important is Money to You?

Money is something that everyone needs, cause of his importance. Everyone needs money to buy important things for them and all other things that they want. For me money is so important, but there is a lot of other things that is way more important for me then money. Money is a thing that without it you can not live normally, so which means that money is something that everyone wants and everyone needs it. Money is so important for me cause I need it to buy a things that I wanted from my childhood until now.

1. had left

2. had already seen

3. hasn’t finished

4. Have you just spoken

5. we had set off

6. I had already eaten

7. Had you heard

1. B

2. B

3. B

4. B

5. A

6. A

7. B

1. We had already heard the news when you rang
2. I had already thought before you suggested it.
3. When I turned on the TV the programe have already started.
4. She had not been hungry because she didn’t eaten anything all day.
5. By the time I had left school I decided to become a musician.

1. She was tired because she had been running.

2. They were hot because they had been dancing.

3. The garden was flooded because it had been raining all night.

4. Did they crash because they had been driving too fast?

5. When I arrived they had been waiting for over half an hour.

6. When I got there they hadn’t been waiting long.

1)

1. Spoilt
2. Competitive 
3. Selfish
4. Aggressive
5. Charming
6. Sensible
7. Sociable
8. Manipulative
9. Moody
10. Independent 
11. Bossy
12. Affectionate
13. Reliable
14. Sensitive
15. Ambitious 
16. Jelaous

2)

Clever- stupid

Generous- mean

Insecure- self confident

Lazy- hard working

Quiet- extrovert

Shy-talkative

3)

Unfriendly

Dishonest

Unimaginative

Unkind

Unorganized 

Impatient

Unreliable

Irresponsible 

Unselfish

Insensitive

Unsociable 

Untidy 

1.Collected

2. Singers

3. Children

4. Player

5. Musicians

6. Collectors

7. Entertainment

8. Childhood

9. join

10. turn

11. send

12. eat

13. turn

14 gave

15 carry

16. take

17. Jake is crazy about football and never misses a match.

18. My uncle was working on until he was thirty.

19. Do you feel like watching a TV?

20. John took part in a swimming competition last week.

21. I had a game against June.

22. I used to play chess almost every day when I was young.

23 I am not interested in volleyball.

24 I had fun at your birthday party.

25 Disneyland is popular with young children.

26 Karen is not keen on watching sport on TV

27. was cleaning

28. used to train

29. liked

30. went

31. were practising

32. talks

33. don’t used to

34. is working