Student’s Worksheet 1

“Easter Time”
Exercise. 1 Read the notes about how Easter is celebrated in different countries and decide whether the
following statements are true (T) or false (F):

Easter is one of the most important Christian holidays

celebrated all over the world. Let’s look at some of
the Easter traditions in different countries:

Italy
The U.K. In Italy Easter is called “Pasqua”.
ition is
In the U.K. a very famous trad processions take place in many tow
Religious
rsday
“Maundy Money”. On Maundy Thu Friday and Saturday before Easter. Peo
ns on the
Queen
(one day before Good Friday), the special statues of Jesus and the Ho
ple carry
people.
distributes small silver coins to Mary and are often dressed in
ly Mother
inster
The ceremony takes place in Westm ancient costumes. The biggest proces
traditional
Easter
Abbey in London every year. On held in Sicily in the towns of Enna and
sions are
-rolling
Monday children take part in egg Trapani.
d eggs
competitions. They roll hard-boile
down grass slopes in parks. The win
ner is
Greece
the one who gets to the bottom first. Easter in Greece
is the biggest holid
the year and is ev ay of
en more importan
Christmas. Families t than
Mexico ce le b ra ting two wee
ks Easter Day. They
and friends meet up
eat lamb and have
for
ple st ar t celebration party a bi g
In Mexico peo special
O n P al m S u nday they buy and dancing all da
with food, wine,
music
before Easter. ass. After
d ta k e p ar t in a special m Paska! Happy Eas
y long. They say
“Kalo
woven palm s an rs of
ft en h an g p al ms on the doo ter!”
o On Easter
the mass, they ct th em from evil.
to p ro te they
their homes
p le ce le b ra te in the streets –
eo Easter is
Sunday many p t an d drink together.
n d s, ea
meet with frie
y fu l h oliday in Mexic
o. Spain
a v er y jo
Easter in Spain
is a very impo
celebration. On Pa rtant
France go to mass in the m
lm Sunday most pe
orning. Many proc
ople
spend Easter Sunday essions
In France many people take place all around
the country and pe
friends. They have ople
with family members or carry statues covere
d in gold, silver an
d vegetables. Brightly d lots
roast lamb with beans an of flowers. The bi
ggest and most fa
ttes are popular, too. mous
coloured eggs and omele processions are in
Seville.
eggs and rabbits and
Children get chocolate
eat candies.

1. In the U.K. the Queen gets small silver coins from people. T/F
2. Italy and Spain are famous for Easter processions. T/F
3. In Mexico people stay at home and don’t meet with friends for Easter. T/F
4. In Greece Christmas is a more important holiday than Easter. T/F
5. In France children eat chocolate and candies for Easter. T/F
6. The biggest Easter procession in Spain takes place in Madrid. T/F

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 Student’s Worksheet 2
“Easter Time”
Exercise. 2 Look at the notes from Exercise. 1 and match the words from the neighbouring columns:

a. b.
chocolate processions to be on the door
ancient eggs to take lamb
silver rabbits to hang something celebration
hard-boiled coins to eat place
religious costumes to have popular

Exercise. 3 Read the text about Easter traditions in Poland and complete the text with words provided.

meal get wet cakes spend time called holiday ornaments careful

Easter in Poland.
Easter is a very important 1.………….. in Poland. During Easter people 2.………….
with their families and friends. Before Easter people prepare traditional “pisanki”
– coloured eggs with handcrafted 3.…………... . Holy Week lasts from Palm Sunday
to Easter Sunday. On Easter Saturday people take food to church to be blessed.
A traditional Easter 4. …………… starts around noon and it consists of hard-boiled
eggs, cold meat and salads. At the end of the meal people often eat cheesecake,
mazurkas and other 5. ………….. On Wet Monday children go outside and pour
water on one another. This tradition is 6. .………. “śmigus-dyngus” and you have to
be very 7. …………. because you may 8. …………., too!

Exercise. 4 Imagine you have a pen friend in England. Write a short letter to your friend describing typical
Easter traditions in Poland. The letter should be about 100 words long.

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