Christmas Jeopardy prepositions of time practice

Test your knowledge with a fun Christmas-themed Jeopardy game! Give your partner an answer and see if they can come up with the correct question. Remember, no peeking at the questions on your worksheet!

Switch worksheets with your partner and take turns playing. Make sure not to look at the questions beforehand.

If you have any questions or need clarification, feel free to ask.

Challenge yourself by filling in the blanks with the correct prepositions of time without looking at the examples:

When was “Twas the Night Before Christmas” published? About 200 years ago.

How long is Xmas Day after Annunciation? 9 months since.

At what time does the sun rise in NZ on Xmas Day? At 5:46 AM.

When was Xmas banned in Boston, Massachusetts? Between 1659 and 1681.

When does Advent start? 4 Sundays before Xmas Day.

In what year had 14 US states declared Xmas Day to be a holiday? In 1816.

Whose reign was Jesus born during? During the reign of Caesar Augustus.

How long does Xmas traditionally last (for)? For 12 days.

When was celebrating Xmas illegal in the UK? From 1647 to 1660.

When was Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer created? In 1933.

In which century did the real Saint Nicholas live? In the 4^th century.

During which season is Xmas celebrated in Brazil? In summer.

When are online retailers busiest? On the 2^nd Monday of December.

Since when has Xmas Day been a national holiday in Russia? Since 1991.

When were letters delivered on Xmas Day in the UK until? Until 1961.

Take a moment to practice pronouncing the figures above, and then move on to the next section.

Can you match these prepositions of time to their definitions and uses?

_____________ + an exact time

_____________ + a day or date

____________ + a longer time such as a month, season, year or decade

_____________ = before now

____________ = from a point of time in the past until now

_____________ + a length of time

_____________… to…” = starting and ending points

____________… and…” = starting and ending points

Explore the differences between the meanings and uses of these prepositions of time:

at/ on/ in

by/ until

from/ since

ago/ before

for/ since

Student A

When was the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas published? About two hundred years ago.

How long is Xmas Day after Annunciation (when Jesus’s mother Mary found out that she was pregnant on the twenty-fifth of March)? Nine months after.

When does Advent start? Four Sundays before Xmas Day.

Whose reign was Jesus born during?/ Who was the Roman Emperor on the first Xmas Day? During the reign of Caesar Augustus (the first Roman Emperor).

How long does Xmas traditionally last for? For twelve days.

When was celebrating Xmas illegal in the UK? From sixteen forty-seven to sixteen sixty.

When was the character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer created? In nineteen thirty-nine (for a department store booklet).

In which century was Xmas first celebrated on the twenty-fifth of December?/ In which century did the real Saint Nicholas live? In the fourth century (AD/ CE).

When are online retailers busiest? On the second Monday of December

Since when have there been no national UK newspapers on Xmas Day? Since nineteen twelve.

When were letters delivered on Xmas Day in the UK until? Until nineteen sixty-one.

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Mixed questions

At what time does the sun rise in New Zealand on Xmas Day?

By what year had fourteen American states declared Xmas Day to be a public holiday?

How long does a Xmas tree have to grow for?

In which season is Xmas celebrated in Brazil?

Since when has Xmas Day been a national holiday in Russia?

When can Xmas decorations stay up until?

When is Boxing Day?/ When is the second Xmas public holiday in the UK?

When is Epiphany?/ When did the Three Wise Men visit baby Jesus?/ When should Xmas decorations be taken down?

When was William the Conqueror crowned king of England?

When was Xmas banned in Boston, Massachusetts?

When were the first Xmas tree lights used?

Student B

When is Epiphany?/ When did the Three Wise Men visit baby Jesus?/ When should Xmas decorations be taken down? Twelve days after Jesus was born/ Twelve days after Xmas Day.

At what time does the sun rise in New Zealand on Xmas Day? At five forty-six AM.

When was Xmas banned in Boston, Massachusetts? Between sixteen fifty-nine and sixteen eighty-one.

By what year had fourteen American states declared Xmas Day to be a public holiday? By eighteen sixty.

How long does a Xmas tree have to grow for? For up to ten years.

When were the first Xmas tree lights used? In eighteen ninety-five.

In which season is Xmas celebrated in Brazil? In summer.

When is Boxing Day?/ When is the second Xmas public holiday in the UK? On the twenty-sixth of December.

Since when has Xmas Day been a national holiday in Russia?/ How long has Xmas Day been a national holiday in Russia? Since nineteen ninety-one.

When can Xmas decorations stay up until? Until the sixth of January.

When was William the Conqueror crowned king of England? On Xmas Day in ten sixty-six.

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Mixed questions

How long does Xmas traditionally last for?

How long is Xmas Day after Annunciation (when Jesus’s mother Mary found out that she was pregnant on the twenty-fifth of March)?

In which century was Xmas first celebrated on the twenty-fifth of December?/ In which century did the real Saint Nicholas live?

Since when have there been no national UK newspapers on Xmas Day?

When are online retailers busiest?

When does Advent start?

When was celebrating Xmas illegal in the UK?

When was the character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer created?

When was the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas published?

When were letters delivered on Xmas Day in the UK until?

Whose reign was Jesus born during?/ Who was Roman Emperor on the first Xmas Day?

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Christmas Jeopardy prepositions of time practice