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Class: ………………………………….
Week 10 - Christmas in Australia B
1. What date is Christmas in Australia?
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2. What are some Australian Christmas traditions?
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3. What foods do people eat on Christmas? List them.
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4. Write a paragraph about what you did last Christmas.
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5. Conjugate the verbs in the past tense
Last Christmas I ……………. (go) to Sydney to visit my family. We ……………..
(take) the 7am flight and ………………. (arrive) at 8am. Then we ……………..
(drive) to my grandparents. My mum and I ……………. (stop) on the way and
………….. (buy) a lot of food for Christmas lunch. On Christmas Eve we
……………… (watched) Carols by Candlelight and ……………….. (wrap) presents.
On Christmas Day we all ……………… (wake) up very early and …………….. (open)
presents. After Church we ……………… (cook) lunch. In the afternoon it was really hot
so I ………… (swim) in the pool and my family …………… (sleep).

2. Name: ………………………………….
Class: ………………………………….
6. Jingle Bells is a Christmas carol. The Australian version is on the right. Listen
to the song and fill in the missing words. Talk with a partner about how
Australian Christmas is different from a European one. Then share with the
class.
English Jingle Bells
Dashing through the snow,
In a one horse open sleigh
Over the fields we go
Laughing all the way.
bells on bob tail ring
making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.
Oh jingle bells jingle bells
jingle all the way!
Oh what fun
it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh, Hey!
Jingle bells jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
A day or two ago
I thought I'd took a ride
And soon Miss Fannie Bright
Seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortuned seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And we got upset
Oh jingle bells jingle bells
jingle all the way!
Oh what fun
it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh, Hey!
Jingle bells jingle bells
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Aussie Jingle Bells
………… through the bush,
in a rusty Holden Ute,
………..up the dust,
esky in the boot,
Kelpie by my side,
……….. Christmas songs,
It's Summer time and I am in
my singlet, shorts and thongs
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way,
…………. in Australia
on a scorching summers day, Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Christmas time is beaut!,
Oh what fun it is to ride
in a rusty Holden Ute.
Engine's getting hot;
we dodge the kangaroos,
The swaggie climbs aboard,
he is welcome too.
All the family's there,
………… by the pool,
Christmas Day the Aussie way,
by the barbecue.
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way,
Christmas in Australia
on a scorching summers …….., Hey!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Christmas time is beaut!,
Oh what fun it is to ride
in a rusty Holden Ute.