Student's Worksheet 1 Easter

Student’s Worksheet 1 Easter

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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population, Easter is o en a ……...... … be eaten later, but may also be model eggs

holiday. made of plastic, chocolate, sweets or other

Many churches ……...... ………… special materials. It is also ……...... ………… to

services on Easter Sunday, which organise Easter egg hunts. Eggs of some

celebrate Jesus Christ’s ……...... ………… form are hidden, supposedly by a rabbit

a er his cruci xion. Many people also or hare. People, especially children, then

……...... ………… eggs. ese can be ……………. for them.

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

……………. eggs ……………. Bunny ……………. Mass ……………. morning ……………. basket …………….. roast

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

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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.

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 Corfu Bermuda Slovakia Haiti Germany Norway Jamaica

Europe Scandinavia Islands

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

Europe to the In 1 .…………...... ………. eggs are hung in trees, called Easter egg trees, similar people hold reenactments of the Easter Christmas tree, whereas in 2 .…………...... ………. homemade and 4.…………...... ………. have story in public squares. 3.…………...... ………. whips decorated with ribbons. The spanking is light-hearted and is believed to bringthemselves. health for the following year. In some areas, people also throw cold water over by rolling eggs down a hill and in some In 5.…………...... ………. , observers participate , a traditional local event. areas by performing the Pace Egg play

Scandinavia

People in 6.…………...... ………. have an interesting tradition for the known for ‘Easter-Crime’. At this time of year, many people around season country read mystery books or watch crime detective series the television. Many families escape up to the mountains for the holidayon national which begins on the Friday before Easter Sunday and ends on the T week, after Easter Monday. In 7 uesday .…………...... ………. on the days leading up to Easter Sunday, children dress up as Easter witches, wearing old and clothes. They travel from home to home in their neighbourhoods anddiscarded swap paintings and drawings for sweets.

Islands , where residents Easter is an important holiday on the island of 8.…………...... ………. throw pots of water out of windows, following the Venetian tradition of breaking pots in In celebration. 9.…………...... ………. holds bonfi res in the grounds of schools and churches. Easter the British Overseas Territory of 10.…………...... ………. , the most notable feature of the kites celebration is the fl ying of kites to symbolise Christ’s resurrection. Traditional Bermuda . are constructed by Bermudians of all ages as Easter approaches, and are only fl own at Easter culty The tradition is said to have begun when a local teacher from the British Army had diffi shaped explaining Christ’s resurrection to Heaven to his Sunday School class. He made a kite, marked like a cross, to illustrate the Resurrection. In 11 .…………...... ………. , Holy Week is drums by colourful parades and traditional music played on bamboo trumpets, maracas, Showing and even coffee cans. The holiday is a mixture of Catholic and Voodoo traditions. ces. devotion to the spirits, the celebration is marked by drumming, chanting and animal sacrifi Easter In 12 .…………...... ………. , eating buns and cheese is a highly anticipated custom. The with a Buns are spiced and are baked with raisins in a loaf tin. The buns are sliced and eaten or slice of cheese. It is common practice for employers to give staff members buns and cheese a single loaf of bun.