Multiple Choice Exercise:
Winter (CLB 4)
Instructions: Read each sentence and choose the best answer from the choices given.
1) Winter is finally here. My friends and I are meeting for a quick game of ______at the ice rink.
Choices: a) hockey b) lacrosse c) skating d) snowballs e) icing
2) My local street is really busy. A group of kids are always playing ______after school.
Choices: a) shinny b) shimmy c) road hockey d) cards e) tag
3) My daughter’s taking ______lessons. She’s learning how to jump and twirl on ice.
a) skate sharpening b) figure skating c) tobogganing d) icing e) ice running
4)Wayne Gretzky is the best Canadian hockey player in the history of the game. His nickname is ______.
a) number one b) the great one c) hockey hero d) the captain e) ice king
5)Barbara Ann Scott is a famous Canadian Figure Skating Champion who won a gold medal at the 1948 ______Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
a) Autumn b) Winter c) Summer d) Spring e) Greek
6)There’s an ______Clipper coming into southern Ontario tonight. It’s a winter storm with high
force, gale winds that comes in from the west.
a) Manitoba b) Alberta c) British Columbia d) Saskatchewan e) northern Ontario
7)Lin’s daughter made paper ______in school today. Afterwards they taped them on
the windows for winter decorations.
a) pucks b) hockey sticks c) snowflakes d) skates e) cupcakes
8)After a snowfall, some children like to make ______by lying in the snow and moving their
arms and legs back and forth.
a) sleighs b) trees c) snowman d) snow angels e) ice dancers
9) Rashad was ______and couldn’t come to work after a big snowstorm.
a) snowed above b) snowed at c) snowed on d) snowed in e) snowing in
10) Marta and her family like to go the the local rink to enjoy family skating. They usually have hot chocolate while the ______resurfaces the ice.
a) gambini b) zamboni c) trombone d) hockey truck e) ice machine
11)Winter Solstice begins on ______. It’s the shortest day of the year.
a) December 1st b) December 22nd c) December 20th d) December 21st e) December 31st.
12)Many Canadians hang ______lights during the winter months to brighten up their homes.
a) coloured b) beeswax c) cotton d) plastic or e) petroleum
13)Canadians often go shopping to huge sales to buy winter clothes on December 26th, which is also called ______.
a) fighting day b) Boxing Day c) winter day d) December day e) sales day
14)Many Canadians celebrate Christmas on December 25th. Part of the celebration includes sending greeting cards and ______.
a) exchanging vows b) exchanging gifts c) changing gifts d) managing gifts e) rearranging gifts
15)Canadians love to drink coffee. A popular takeout order is a ______, which means 2 creams and 2 sugars are added to the coffee.
a) single single b) double order c) double double d) double serving e) doubles
Word Builder Exercise:
Winter
Answer Key
1. (a) hockey
2. (c) road hockey
3. (b) figure skating
4. (b) The great one
5. (b) Winter
6. (b) Alberta
7. (c) snowflakes
8. (d) snow angels
9. (d) snowed in
10. (b) Zamboni
11. (d) December 21st
12/ (a) coloured
13. (b) Boxing Day
14. (b) exchanging gifts
15. (c) double double
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