Workbook
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Chapter One
Vocabulary
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Useful vocabulary
1. Wreath – вінок
2. emergency stash - запас у разі крайньої необхідності
3. frozen – заледенілий
4. stew – рагу
5. night shift - нічна зміна
6. blech – гидота
7. sugarplum - драже, солодка цукерка
8. roger that – домовились (замьотано сленг.)
9. to dash through - пронестися (через/крізь)
10. shortcut - найкоротший шлях
11. sled – санки
12. to bump into - натрапити на, врізатися
13. feisty - склочний, злий
14. eggnog - егг ног (напій зі збитих яєць з цукром та
ромом)
15. ridiculous – безглуздий
16. cave – печера
17. halo – німб
18. sparkle – сяяти
19. countdown – відлік
20.feast - святкова вечеря
21. roast beast – жарке (страва)
22. to drift off - клювати носом
23. cookie crumbs - крихти печива
24. maple syrup - кленовий сироп
25. reindeer - північний олень
26. to giggle – хіхікати
27. gingerbread - імбирний пряник
28. Icing – глазур
29. Jolly – радісний
30.Horn – ріг
31. crisp (air) - бадьорий, свіжий (про повітря)
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32. furry – пухнастий
33. sleigh - сани, упряжка
34. chimney – димар
35. greedy – жадібний
36. junk – мотлох
37. temptation – спокуса
38. Splendor – пишнота
39. to tinker - возитися (з чимось)
40.abuzz – схвильований
41. loyal – відданий
42. to invite – запрошувати
43. hug – обійми
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Task 1. Crossword
Jolly
Wreath
Temptation
Eggnog
Hug
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Task 2. Translate into Ukrainian
1.
They've still got you on the night shift, huh?
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2.
Look how they did the roof of the gingerbread
house with vanilla icing.
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3.
I just came to invite you to our house for
Christmas dinner.
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4. And here goes Cindy-Lou Who, as she dashes through the snow
with a very important letter.
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5. Look at those greedy little gift monsters.
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6. They'd feast on Who-pudding, and rare Who roast beast.
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7. I'm gonna sit in the living room with my eyes wide open, like
this, and if I start to drift off, I'll just open them wider!
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8. Whoo. It's a little crisp.
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9. Onward, my furry friends.
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10.
Look at it in all its red, sugary splendor.
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Task 3. Unscramble the words.
Task 4. Vocabulary homework. Write an essay
about Christmas using the words from the useful
dictionary (10-15 sentences)
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Part Two
Watching and
Listening
You can watch the
cartoon here
*tap the link*
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Task 5. Let’s work with the trailer. Put the
words in order.
1. Watch (00:04)
a torch. with This a is minion
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2. Watch (00:29)
the clock. a at alarm book throws He usually
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3. Watch (0:39-0:46)
clock The ringing. continues alarm
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4. Watch (0:47-0:51)
calls him. Grinch when excited Max feels
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5. Watch (1:02-1:08)
upstairs and goes Then Max Grinch. serves coffee to
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6. Watch (1:20-1:27)
do mean things. They usually
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7. Watch (1:35-1:45)
pickles. A steals of usually He jar
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8. Watch (1:50-2:16)
for decorate Christmas. People cities
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Task 6. Watch the trailer again and answer the
questions
1.
Watch (0:10- 0:18) What does Grinch usually to at 7 o'clock?
a) He sleeps
b) He doesn't sleep
c) He sleep
d) He don't sleep
2.
Watch (0:20- 0:30) Does he want to get up? (Answer the
question using your own words)
3.
Watch (0:30-0:37) How does he usually feel?
a) He gets excited
b) He gets sad
c) He gets annoyed
4.
Watch (0:50- 1:00) What does he prepare every morning?
(Answer the question using your own words)
5.
Watch (1:01-01:03) What does coffee look
like?
a) It looks happy
b) It look happy
c) It look sad
d) It looks sad
6.
Watch (1:13- 1:22) What does this costume look like? (Answer
the question using your own words)
7.
Watch (1:30-1:35) What question does Grinch ask?
a) What is that?
b) What that is?
c) What is this?
d) What this is?
8.
Watch (1:45-1:50) Does he like those pickles?
a) No, he does.
b) No, he doesn't
c) Yes, he does.
d) Yes, he doesn't
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Task 7. Listen to the theme Grinch song and write
down the unknown words.
*tap the icon to listen to the song*
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Task 8. Fill in the missing parts of the song.
You're a 1) _______ one
You really are a 2) ______
You're as cuddly as a 3) _______
You're as charming as an eel
Mr. Grinch, you're a bad 4) ________
Mr. Grinch, with the greasy black peel
You're a 5) _______ one
You got 6) _______ in your smile
You have all the tender 7) ________
Of a seasick crocodile
Mr. Grinch
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Task 8. Let’s translate a little bit. Translate the
following phrases from the song. You can make it
creative
1. You're as cuddly as a cactus
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2. Mr. Grinch, you're a bad banana
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3. You got termites in your smile
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4. You're a monster. Your heart's an empty hole
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5. You got garlic in your soul
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6. Who is this mean fellow. With his skin all green and his teeth all
yellow? (Eww)
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7. Halloween come around and we ain't knockin' at your door,
mane
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8. I wouldn't touch you with a 39-and-a-half foot pole!
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9. What you so mad for?
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Task 9. Watch (05:33-06:40) and choose the correct
option.
GRINCH: Ooh! I am 1) starving/hungry. Huh? Max,
what is this depressing bean? - No, no, no. That's 2)
unpossible/impossible. We can't be over/out of food.
Wha... Where's my personal reserve of moose juice?
And goose juice? My 3) emergency/importance stash
of Who Hash? And my secret slew of frozen Beezle-Nut
stew? Specifically bought enough food to last until 4)
December/January. How much 5) emotional/emotion eating have I
been doing? No, I won't. I will not. I am not going to Who-ville
during... 6) holidays/Christmas! Ugh!
Fine.
But I'm gonna despise every 7) hour/second of it. - Come on, Max.
Task 10. Watch (16:20-17:45) and put the phrases
together.
You can also practice this exercise online. There QR Code.
*scan the QR code or click the icon and you’ll
be there*
1. From the edge of his ledge way up in the sky
2. It could've been Christmas, all that joy and the
such
3. But whatever it was, it made his heart moan.
4. And now safe in his cave, and apart from the
fray,
a) he reminded himself... "It is better this way."
b) the Grinch felt upset, though he wasn't sure why.
c) Though he was used to it now, this being alone.
d) or some thoughts from his past that he just couldn't quite touch.
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Task 11. Watch (23:45-24:50) Use the words from
the list to finish the dialogue
Christmas Eve Business Care Turtle Important Fix Sell
Crazy
Cindy Lou-Who: Hey, Groopert, how's 1) ___________?
Groopert: Good. What I can't 2) _____ I can always
eat.
Cindy Lou-Who: I need to talk to you about
something really 3) _________________.
Groopert: - Okay.
Cindy Lou-Who: - Come on. Let's go. All right, check
this out, Groopert. I'm gonna stay up on 4) __________________ this
year and meet Santa Claus.
Groopert: Whoa, that is 5) ____________!
Cindy Lou-Who: Yeah, I really gotta talk to him.
Groopert: About what?
Cindy Lou-Who: Well, it's really personal. But I'm going to tell you
because you're my best friend. It's about my
mom. She works all night and takes 6) ________
of us all day. And it just isn't fair. She acts like
she's fine, but I know it's really hard for her. So
I figured if anyone could 7) ________ that, it'd be
Santa.
Groopert: Wow. And I just asked him for a 8)
___________.
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Task 12. Watch (26:40-29:20) and fill in the gaps
He walked 1) ________ the crowd and the sound, and the lights. And
his ears heard the thump of their joy and delights.
And it took him right back to his earliest years, to that lost, lonely
boy who cried all of those 2) ______.
That lost, lonely boy, isolated and sad with no home of his 3) _______,
no mom and no dad.
And as the Grinch looked around, he felt downright
scared as he 4) ______________ that Christmas where
nobody cared.
Where nobody showed, not even a flea, and there
were no cards, no 5) _________, and no tree.
And as he watched other kids, one thing became
clear, that this was the single 6) _________ day of the
year.
And now here it was, that day once again when he felt all those
feelings he felt 7) _________ then.
When he'd watch Whos young and old all sit down to feast, and they'd
feast, and they'd feast, and they'd feast, feast, feast, feast. They'd
feast on Who-pudding, and rare Who roast beast. Which is something
the Grinch 8) _____________ in the least.
And then they'd do something he liked least of all. Every Who down in
Who-ville, the tall and the small, would stand close together with
Christmas bells ringing. They'd stand 9) ___________________ and the
Whos would start singing.
They'll sing, and they'll sing, and they'll sing, sing, sing, sing.
Yes, he couldn't recall without feeling the sting. So the Grinch finally
10) _____________... “I must stop this whole thing.”
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Task 13. Watch (40:40-43:41) and put the events in
order they appear in the scene.
You can practice it online
*click the icon of Christmas Tree*
The Grinch wanted to climb the ladder, but
it drowned in the snow
The man is surprised that his dog can ring
the doorbell
The snow is very loud
Max and the deer are hiding behind the
trees
The Grinch runs away from the dog and
accidentally rings the doorbell
The gang runs away with a sleigh
The man is surprised that his yoga dog is able to serve the cake
The sleigh falls from the roof
Task 14. Watch (1:13:00-1:18:10) and mark whose the
following phrases are
You can also practice this exercise online. Click the
Grinch icon
__________ “Because you've been alone long enough.”
__________ “Cindy-Lou, could you make a little room
for this, please?”
_________ “It don't count if you don't hug back,
buddy.”
_________ “To kindness and love, the things we need most.”
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Discussion
1- Who was your favorite new character?
2- What is your number one Christmas wish?
3- What’s a way you can show kindness to someone who might not
deserve it this week?
4- How would you feel if you woke up and all your presents were
missing?
5- What is the true meaning of Christmas to you?
6- What’s your favorite part of decorating for Christmas?
7- Would you help your friends try to trap Santa Clause?
8- What’s something you can do to help around the house this week?
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