67 FREE New Year Worksheets

FREE New Year Worksheets

People all around the world celebrate the New Year differently so here at Busy Teacher, there are 67 worksheets to help you talk about this topic in your classes. This New Year worksheet will help structure a writing activity. Students should write down their New Year’s resolutions. You might want to save this for the end of your New Year’s class or for homework so that students have plenty of time to think about their answers. While the graphics on this worksheet may seem a little childish, the content is appropriate for every ESL student because students can adapt their answers to be as simple or complex as their ability allows. You might even want to consider sharing some of the resolutions about the classroom (anonymously of course) and creating a list of class resolutions. Additionally, you can share some of your own resolutions; this might make students feel more comfortable about sharing their ideas with you. This is one of the many worksheets available so if you are looking for something else, check out the rest of this page and download the ones that seem the most interesting.

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What is New Year?
The New Year is the day that marks the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner. The New Year of the Gregorian calendar, today in worldwide use, falls on 1 January, continuing the practice of the Roman calendar. There are numerous calendars that remain in regional use that calculate the New Year differently. The order of months in the Roman calendar has been January to December since King Numa Pompilius in about 700 BC, according to Plutarch and Macrobius. According to the Christian tradition, 1 January is the day of the circumcision of Jesus (on the eighth day of his birth), when the name of Jesus was given to him (Luke 2:21). Since then, 1 January has been the first day of the year, except during the Middle Ages when several other days were the first (1 March, 25 March, Easter, 1 September, 25 December).
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Unique New Traditions

Unique New Traditions

Eva MULLAGHY
Use this worksheet/listening activity to kick off the New Year. It combines discussion with the discovery of some interesting New Year traditions. Students listen to a news item on unique New ...
1 Views 8,738 Pre-IntIntAdv
New Year's Resolutions

New Year's Resolutions

Pocket Jeff
This animated video is ideal for expanding students' vocabulary and expressions when speaking about New Year's and New Year's resolutions. This short resource helps contextualize vocabulary an ...
1 Views 11,253 BegElemPre-IntInt
New Year's Traditions

New Year's Traditions

Jeff Genet
  This lesson teaches English through culture. It is linked to a YouTube video that speaks about New Year's traditions around the world. Perfect for vocabulary building, it provides visual ...
1 Views 9,148 All
The Year in Review

The Year in Review

Pocket Jeff
  This resource is a fun and effective way to teach English conversation, improve listening skills and use expressions in context. Students watch the animated YouTube video and answer the ...
1 Views 6,174 BegElemPre-IntInt
To Be + Infinitive for future and future verbs

To Be + Infinitive for future and future verbs

maria
, New Year,
  For intermediate students and upwards, this worksheet includes examples of the infinitive as a future tense as used in news articles, formal instructions, formal arrangments and events. ...
1 Views 8,172 IntAdvExam
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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

This is a worksheet that you need to complete the sentence using vocabulary for the Chinese New Year. Read each sentence and use the words in the box. All words are related to the Chinese New Ye ...
5 Views 27,277 ElemPre-IntInt
Friends worksheet 05x11

Friends worksheet 05x11

Pauliane Godoy
This is a worksheet based on the famous tv series Friends. It's an activity that can be usedo with intermediate students or higher. This episode is about New Year's Eve resolutions. It's funny an ...
1 Views 18,737 IntAdv
Chinese New Year: Research Activity - Rabbit

Chinese New Year: Research Activity - Rabbit

, New Year,
Chinese New Year is nearly here! Students are asked to complete this fun research activity about rabbits! It can be used as an extra resource when teaching students about the Chinese New Year. I h ...
4 Views 9,800 Elem
Chinese New Year: Research Activity - Monkeys

Chinese New Year: Research Activity - Monkeys

, New Year,
Chinese New Year is nearly here! Students are asked to complete this fun research activity about monkeys! It can be used as an extra resource when teaching students about the Chinese New Year. I h ...
3 Views 6,836 Elem
Chinese New Year: Research Activity - Pig

Chinese New Year: Research Activity - Pig

, New Year,
Chinese New Year is nearly here! Students are asked to complete this fun research activity about pigs! It can be used as an extra resource when teaching students about the Chinese New Year. I hope ...
3 Views 7,850 Elem
Chinese New Year: Research Activity - Rooster

Chinese New Year: Research Activity - Rooster

, New Year,
Chinese New Year is nearly here! Did you know that chickens have more bones in their necks than giraffes? Students are asked to complete this fun research activity. It can be used as an extra reso ...
2 Views 7,416 Elem
Word Scramble - Rosh Hashanah

Word Scramble - Rosh Hashanah

, New Year,
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. All of the scrambled words included in this worksheet are associated with Rosh Hashanah. Students are asked to unscramble the words and write them correctly o ...
2 Views 9,697 Elem
Adrian Mole's New Year's Resolutions

Adrian Mole's New Year's Resolutions

María J. Sierra
There is a pre-reading activity to practise vocabulary as well as a gap fill activity for students to do while reading the excerpt from the book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ ...
8 Views 45,676 Pre-Int
Song Worksheet: Happy New Year by ABBA

Song Worksheet: Happy New Year by ABBA

Maria
Song worksheet based on famous song by ABBA. It is suitable for elementary and pre-ntermediate level and really fun to use before Christmas and New Year. The activities there are to fill the gaps ...
8 Views 36,441 ElemPre-Int
Song Worksheet: Carol of the Bells

Song Worksheet: Carol of the Bells

Petite
This is a simple song worksheet for elementary students. Carol of the bells is a very nice song to teach before Christmas. This is a fill-gap activity with the missing words given at the bottom of ...
5 Views 17,837 BegElem
Enhancing Speaking Skills: Merry Xmas and a Happy New year!

Enhancing Speaking Skills: Merry Xmas and a Happy New year!

Ágnes Kiss-Cs.
This ppt is for intermediate or upper-intermediate learners. It focuses on enhancing students' speaking skills and critical thinking. It contains discussion statements, picture descriptions, conve ...
18 Views 25,452 IntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Mickey Mouse on Ice

Movie Worksheet: Mickey Mouse on Ice

Maria
The worksheet was made for students of the age of 7-13. This winter task will help your students to practice winter vocabulary and revise the present continuous tense, the present perfect tense, ...
9 Views 27,485 BegElemPre-Int
Chinese New Year Worksheet

Chinese New Year Worksheet

This is a word scramble for the Chinese zodiac signs, sentences to match match zodiac signs with, and a few bonus words. The bonus words are pineapple, envelope, lantern, rice cake, and tangerine ...
6 Views 19,341 ElemPre-Int
New Year Discussion and Online Investigation

New Year Discussion and Online Investigation

martine
This topic contains a general description of how people usually celebrate New Year in France, new year activity, you can discuss how people in your hometown or family celebrate the new year.& ...
1 Views 11,850 Pre-IntIntAdv
Movie Worksheet: Frosty the Snowman

Movie Worksheet: Frosty the Snowman

I used this worksheet for a special Christmas lesson with young learners (11-12 y.o.) and elementary students (aged from 13 to 16). They all loved it! It's based on a famous cartoon which is only ...
10 Views 22,776 BegElemPre-Int
New Year's Resolutions

New Year's Resolutions

, New Year
This is a worksheet about New Year's resolutions. There are three activities including reading (Bart Simpson's resolutions), matching and writing. Students learn the vocabulary to talk about their ...
34 Views 77,965 Pre-IntInt
Christmas Tasks for FCE Students

Christmas Tasks for FCE Students

These worksheets give FCE students extra practice while completing Christmas related tasks. The material includes: Speaking - parts 1, 2, 3 and 4; Reading - part 2; Use of English - part 2 and Wri ...
20 Views 35,304 Exam
New Year's Resolutions

New Year's Resolutions

This worksheet focuses on a short reading about New Year's Resolutions, that highlights some phrasal verbs. Followed by some interesting New Year's Traditions around the world, great for disc ...
23 Views 56,037 Pre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: Happy Xmas by John Lennon

Song Worksheet: Happy Xmas by John Lennon

MartinaKurf
This is a song worksheet based on John Lennon's song Happy Christmas. Students are supposed to listen and choose the best option from the given words. Suitable for beginners or elementary students ...
8 Views 27,110 ElemPre-Int
Movie Worksheet: Friends (The One with All the Resolutions)

Movie Worksheet: Friends (The One with All the Resolutions)

TV series Friends season 7, episode 11 to talk about New Year's Eve and resolutions for the coming year. This lesson plan can include listening to the song 'Millennium' by Robbie Williams which mi ...
8 Views 36,642 Pre-IntIntAdv

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