Christmas: Jingle Bell Speaking Race
A cheerful Christmas board game for young A1 learners. Children ask friends simple questions, act out Santa and reindeer, and use short sentence frames to talk about Christmas.
A free Classic Board Game Race for Young learners at CEFR A1 level. Topic: Christmas.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask a friend: Do you like snow?
- Act out Santa and say: Ho ho ho!
- Point to something red and say: It is red.
- Team: find something green in the room.
- Ask a friend: Do you like Christmas cookies?
- Walk like a reindeer!
- Say: My favourite present is a ___.
- Draw a star in the air and say: star!
- Ask a friend: Do you have a Christmas tree?
- Act out making a snowman.
- Team: say five Christmas words together!
- Say: My Christmas hat is ___.
- Ask a friend: Can you sing Jingle Bells?
- Act out opening a big present!
- Draw a Christmas tree in the air and say: tree!
- Ask a friend: What colour is your tree?
- Shiver and say: I am cold!
- Team: sing Jingle Bells together!
- ⭐ Say: I like ___ and ___ at Christmas.
- Ask a friend: Who gives you presents?
- Act out an elf making toys.
- ⭐ Ask a friend: What do you want from Santa?
- Team: find something white in the room.
- ⭐ Say: Merry Christmas! I love ___.
Printable worksheet
This Classic Board Game Race comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 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
- Answer the card · Answer with a full sentence.
- The board game on paper
Part 1: Answer the card
Answer with a full sentence.
- Act out Santa and say: Ho ho ho!
- Ask a friend: What colour is your tree?
- Ask a friend: Can you sing Jingle Bells?