Xmas and New Year traditions comparative quiz

Xmas and New Year traditions comparative quiz

Choose one of the lines below which you think you can guess the comparison between, e.g. that “A Japanese New Year postcard is simpler than a Christmas card” or that “A Christmas card is simpler than a Japanese New Year postcard”. The other people in your group will agree or disagree, then check with the teacher or someone else who has the answers. The person who chose that line gets two points if he or she is right, and the people who agreed or disagreed get one point if they are right. Your teacher will tell you if you should use the with comparative version of the worksheet and/ or the without comparative version of the worksheet below.

With comparative version

• (Japanese) New Year postcard/ Christmas card – simpler
• Japanese Xmas cake/ British Xmas cake – sweeter
• Australian Xmas/ British Xmas – hotter
• Russian Xmas/ British Xmas – earlier
• British New Year decorations/ Japanese New Year decorations – more natural
• British Xmas/ Japanese Xmas – more traditional
• British Xmas decorations/ Japanese Xmas decorations – up until late
• British going to church at Xmas/ Japanese going to a shrine or temple in the New Year – more common
• British Xmas/ Japanese Xmas – more romantic
• British New Year party/ Japanese New Year party – wilder
• British Xmas dinner/ Japanese Xmas dinner – bigger
• British Xmas dessert/ Japanese Xmas dessert – richer
• British New Year food/ Japanese New Year food – luckier
• British Xmas professional soccer schedule/ Japanese Xmas professional soccer schedule – busier
• British Xmas presents/ Japanese Xmas presents – more numerous
• British Queen’s Xmas or New Year speech/ Japanese Emperor’s Xmas or New Year speech – later
• British white Xmas/ Japanese white Xmas – more likely
• British turkey Xmas dinner/ American turkey Xmas dinner – more typical
• British Xmas and New Year family sports and games/ Japanese Xmas and New Year family sports and games – more popular
• British Xmas chicken/ Japanese Xmas chicken – unhealthier
• giving Xmas or New Year cash to kids in the UK/ giving Xmas or New Year cash to kids in Japan – more typical
• British Xmas public transport/ Japanese Xmas public transport – more reduced
• British January sales/ Japanese January sales – more exciting/ big discount

When your teacher stops the game, ask about any comparisons which you don’t understand, don’t think can be true, etc.

Do the language activities at the bottom of the next page.

Without comparative version

• (Japanese) New Year postcard/ Christmas card – simple
• Japanese Xmas cake/ British Xmas cake – sweet
• Australian Xmas/ British Xmas – hot
• Russian Xmas/ British Xmas – early
• British New Year decorations/ Japanese New Year decorations – natural
• British Xmas/ Japanese Xmas – traditional
• British Xmas decorations/ Japanese Xmas decorations – up until late
• British going to church at Xmas/ Japanese going to a shrine or temple in the New Year – common
• British Xmas/ Japanese Xmas – romantic
• British New Year party/ Japanese New Year party – wild
• British Xmas dinner/ Japanese Xmas dinner – big
• British Xmas dessert/ Japanese Xmas dessert – rich
• British New Year food/ Japanese New Year food – lucky
• British Xmas professional soccer schedule/ Japanese Xmas professional soccer schedule – busy
• British Xmas presents/ Japanese Xmas presents – numerous
• British Queen’s Xmas or New Year speech/ Japanese Emperor’s Xmas or New Year speech – late
• British white Xmas/ Japanese white Xmas – likely
• British turkey Xmas dinner/ American turkey Xmas dinner – typical
• British Xmas and New Year family sports and games/ Japanese Xmas and New Year family sports and games – popular
• British Xmas chicken/ Japanese Xmas chicken – unhealthy
• giving Xmas or New Year cash to kids in the UK/ giving Xmas or New Year cash to kids in Japan – typical
• British Xmas public transport/ Japanese Xmas public transport – reduced
• British January sales/ Japanese January sales – exciting/ big discounts

Comparative grammar presentation

Make the comparative of every adjective above

Check with the previous page, then try to make rules.

Check your rules as a class.

Answers

The underlined one is more of that thing.

• (Japanese) New Year postcard/ Christmas card – simpler
• Japanese Xmas cake/ British Xmas cake – sweeter
• Australian Xmas/ British Xmas – hotter
• Russian Xmas/ British Xmas – earlier
• British New Year decorations/ Japanese New Year decorations – more natural
• British Xmas/ Japanese Xmas – more traditional
• British Xmas decorations/ Japanese Xmas decorations – up until later
• British going to church at Xmas/ Japanese going to a shrine or temple in the New Year – more common
• British Xmas/ Japanese Xmas – more romantic
• British New Year party/ Japanese New Year party – wilder
• British Xmas dinner/ Japanese Xmas dinner – bigger
• British Xmas dessert/ Japanese Xmas dessert – richer
• British New Year food/ Japanese New Year food – luckier
• British Xmas professional soccer schedule/ Japanese Xmas professional soccer schedule – busier
• British Xmas presents/ Japanese Xmas presents – more numerous
• British Queen’s Xmas or New Year speech/ Japanese Emperor’s Xmas or New Year speech – later
• British white Xmas/ Japanese white Xmas – more likely
• British turkey Xmas dinner/ American turkey Xmas dinner – more typical
• British Xmas and New Year family sports and games/ Japanese Xmas and New Year family sports and games – more popular
• British Xmas chicken/ Japanese Xmas chicken – unhealthier
• giving Xmas or New Year cash to kids in the UK/ giving Xmas or New Year cash to kids in Japan – more typical
• British Xmas public transport/ Japanese Xmas public transport – more reduced
• British January sales/ Japanese January sales – more exciting/ big discount