Easter

I. Here are some days connected with Easter. Match the names to their descriptions.

1) the day of Christ’s Resurrection – Easter Sunday2) the day of Christ’s Crucifixion – Good Friday3) the day before the beginning of Lent – Pancake day4) the day before Christ’s Resurrection – Easter Eve5) the day Christ rode to Jerusalem – Palm Sunday6) the first day of Lent – Ash Wednesday7) the day of the Last Supper – Maundy Thursday

II. Write the names of the Easter days in the correct order. The first and the last one have been marked.

Pancake Palm Sunday Ash Wednesday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Easter Eve EasterDay Sunday 1.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Easter Sunday

Good Friday

Palm Sunday

Maundy Thursday

Easter Eve

Ash Wednesday

Pancake Day

III. Here are some words connected with Easter. Match them with their definitions.

a) an oval, hard-shelled food egg b) forty days before Easter fasting c) to colour dye d) a time of year spring e) a small animal with long ears rabbit f) a young sheep lamb g) a running contest movable h) a round cake with a cross a hot cross bun i) the week before Easter Holy Week j) to throw to toss k) not eating certain food Lent l) changing its date a race

spring

a rabbit

a race

an egg

to toss

a lamb

Holy Week

fasting

a hot cross bun

movable

to dye

Lent