Basketball Shootout: Christmas and Winter
Shoot at the right word! Fifteen easy-to-harder questions about snow, warm clothes, Santa and Christmas for young A1 learners.
A free Basketball Shootout Quiz Game for Young learners at CEFR A1 level. Topic: Christmas and winter.
A team shootout on the class board: read the question, then shoot the ball at the hoop with the right answer.
Questions
- It falls from the sky in winter. It is white and cold. What is it?
- What is the opposite of hot?
- We put a star on top of the Christmas ___.
- What do you call a man made of snow?
- Rudolph the reindeer has a red ___.
- They have five fingers. You wear them on your hands in winter.
- You wear it around your neck in winter. It keeps you warm.
- Santa ___ (have) a big red coat.
- It is round and white. You throw it at your friends.
- It is the cold season after autumn. What is it?
- One present, two ___.
- My brother ___ (make) a snowman every winter.
- Santa ___ (go) down the chimney.
- These animals pull Santa's sleigh. They live in the cold north.
- Christmas Day is on the ___ of December.
Printable worksheet
This Basketball Shootout Quiz Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 3 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Support sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Layup: two choices · Read and circle the right answer.
- Jump shot: write it · Write the answer. The first letter is there to help.
- My shooting card · Cover the choices in part 1 with your hand. Tick each question you can still answer. Those are your three-pointers.
Part 1: Layup: two choices
Read and circle the right answer.
- 🎄 We put a star on top of the Christmas ______. a) tree b) three
- ⛄ What do you call a man made of snow? a) snowmen b) snowman
- 🧣 You wear it around your neck in winter. It keeps you warm. a) scarf b) scarves