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Student’s Worksheet 1Easter

Task 1. Read the beginnings of the sentences and fi nish them with your own ideas. Read your sentences out to your partner.

1. Easter is a public holiday in my country because .................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................................

2. Churches hold special services at Easter in order to .............................................................. ......................................................................................................................................................

3. Easter customs observed in my country include ...................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................................

Task 2. Fill in each gap in the text using an appropriate word from the box.

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Task 3. Make the word combinations by writing Easter or Sunday in each gap.

……………. eggs

……………. morning

……………. Bunny

……………. basket

……………. Mass

…………….. roast

In countries with a large Christian

population, Easter is o� en a ……....................…

holiday.

Many churches ……...................………… special

services on Easter Sunday, which

celebrate Jesus Christ’s ……........................…………

a� er his cruci� xion. Many people also

……........................………… eggs. � ese can be

hard – ……........................………… eggs that can

be eaten later, but may also be model eggs

made of plastic, chocolate, sweets or other

materials. It is also ……........................………… to

organise Easter egg hunts. Eggs of some

form are hidden, supposedly by a rabbit

or hare. People, especially children, then

……………. for them.

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Student’s Worksheet 2Easter

Task 4. Fill in the gaps in the text using the word combinations from Task 3.

Europe Scandinavia Islands

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2. .........................................

3. .........................................

4. .........................................

5. .........................................

1. .........................................

2. .........................................

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2. ..............................................

3. ..............................................

4. ..............................................

5. ..............................................

Task 5. Split the names of the countries in the box into the three categories shown below and write them in the appropriate box.

Italy the United Kingdom Cyprus the Czech Republic Sweden CorfuBermuda Slovakia Haiti Germany Norway Jamaica

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Throughout the English-speaking world, many Easter traditions are similar, with only minor differences. For example, Saturday is traditionally spent decorating ……………………. and hunting for them with children on…………………, by which time they have been mysteriously hidden all over the house and garden. Other traditions involve parents telling their children that eggs and other treats, such as chocolate eggs or rabbits, have been delivered by the …………………… in an……………………. , which children fi nd waiting for them when they wake up. Many families observe the religious aspects of Easter by attending …………………… or services in the morning and then participating in a feast or a party in the afternoon. Some families have a traditional ……………………. often of either lamb or ham.

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Islands

Easter is an important holiday on the island of 8.…………......................………. , where residents

throw pots of water out of windows, following the Venetian tradition of breaking pots in

celebration. 9.…………......................………. holds bonfi res in the grounds of schools and churches. In

the British Overseas Territory of 10.…………......................………. , the most notable feature of the Easter

celebration is the fl ying of kites to symbolise Christ’s resurrection. Traditional Bermuda kites

are constructed by Bermudians of all ages as Easter approaches, and are only fl own at Easter.

The tradition is said to have begun when a local teacher from the British Army had diffi culty

explaining Christ’s resurrection to Heaven to his Sunday School class. He made a kite, shaped

like a cross, to illustrate the Resurrection. In 11.…………......................………. , Holy Week is marked

by colourful parades and traditional music played on bamboo trumpets, maracas, drums

and even coffee cans. The holiday is a mixture of Catholic and Voodoo traditions. Showing

devotion to the spirits, the celebration is marked by drumming, chanting and animal sacrifi ces.

In 12 .…………......................………. , eating buns and cheese is a highly anticipated custom. The Easter

Buns are spiced and are baked with raisins in a loaf tin. The buns are sliced and eaten with a

slice of cheese. It is common practice for employers to give staff members buns and cheese or

a single loaf of bun.

Task 6. Fill in the gaps in the texts below about Easter traditions using the names of the countries in Task 5.

Student’s Worksheet 3Easter

Islands

ScandinaviaPeople in 6.…………......................………. have an interesting tradition for the seasonknown for ‘Easter-Crime’. At this time of year, many people around thecountry read mystery books or watch crime detective series on nationaltelevision. Many families escape up to the mountains for the holiday week,which begins on the Friday before Easter Sunday and ends on the Tuesdayafter Easter Monday. In 7 .…………......................………. on the days leading up toEaster Sunday, children dress up as Easter witches, wearing old and discardedclothes. They travel from home to home in their neighbourhoods and swap paintings and drawings for sweets.

Europe

In 1.…………......................………. eggs are hung in trees, called Easter egg trees, similar to the

Christmas tree, whereas in 2.…………......................………. people hold reenactments of the Easter

story in public squares. 3.…………......................………. and 4.…………......................………. have homemade

whips decorated with ribbons. The spanking is light-hearted and is believed to bring health

for the following year. In some areas, people also throw cold water over themselves.

In 5.…………......................………. , observers participate by rolling eggs down a hill and in some

areas by performing the Pace Egg play, a traditional local event.