Short Days, Long Nights: Time Expressions for Wintertime
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Short Days, Long Nights: Time Expressions for Wintertime

Short Days, Long Nights is an A1-level ESL vocabulary worksheet designed for teens and adults to build basic wintertime and time-expression vocabulary. Learners practice time expressions like "always, never, sometimes, in the morning, and once a week." The lesson is structured with grammar activities such as choosing the correct time expressions in sentences and error correction, and other exercises to help students recognise and use these expressions in everyday winter conversations.

Skills

  • Can understand short, illustrated narratives about everyday activities described in simple words.
  • Can describe simple aspects of their everyday life in a series of simple sentences, using simple words/signs and basic phrases, provided they can prepare in advance.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
Fully Customizable
1

It's snowing outside! Describe the perfect winter day for you. Use the phrases below.

For example: In the morning I drink hot tea.
1. wear a coat
2. drink hot tea / hot chocolate
3. stay at home
4. watch TV
5. build a snowman
6. go to sleep early
7. read a book
8. cook hot soup
2

Read the sentences below. Find the time expression in each sentence.

3

Choose the correct time expression to complete the sentences.

4

Find and correct the mistakes. Pay attention to the time expressions.

5

Fill in each gap with a time expression to complete the sentences.

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