Intellectual competition 'Christmas Present' for 8th year students

Intellectual competition «Christmas Present»

Task 1. Put the missed words in the text:

a)another, b)presents, c)coloured, d)important, e)consists, f)called, g)breakfast, h)cheaply, i)snowy, j)eat, k)a lot of, l)holiday.

Christmas Day

Christmas Day is a public (1) ... . Families usually spend the day opening their (2) ... which are often under the Christmas tree decorated with (3) ... toys. The most (4) ... meal is Christmas dinner. The typical meal (5) ... of turkey with potatoes and other vegetables. (6) ... traditional food in Britain is Christmas cake.
Americans make special biscuits called Christmas cookies which they (7) ... over the Christmas season.
In Britain, the day after Christmas is (8) ... Boxing Day and is also a public holiday. (9) ... sports take place on Boxing Day. In the US there are many special sales, where things can be bought (10) ..., on the day after Christmas.

Task 2. Make up new words using the letters of the word "Snowflakes".

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Task 3. Уou need to put the words in their logical order to complete the poem.

Leaves feathered patters, crissed and crossed,

With tiny dots of colored light

Is decorated festively

Christmas songs, familiar, slow,

On window panes, the icy frost

But I can wait a little more!

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But in our house the Christmas tree

Play softly on the radio,

Whistle with the bells and choir.

Tomorrow's what I'm waiting for,

That cozy up this winter night.

Task 4. Write the end of the story.

It was the 31st of December. The weather was fine. Everybody was preparing for the New year's Day...