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worksheet level 2

Try not to look at the transcript while doing these exercises! Always read the
instructions and all the information in the tasks before listening. Listen as many
times as you like.

Holy week

1 Before listening:
a Do you celebrate Easter?
Yes - I celebrate Easter by... (doing what?)
Not really, but I do... (what?)
No, not at all (why not?)
b Look at these images that represent events from Holy week. Do you
know, or can you guess, what the four events are?
i

iii

ii

iv

2 Listen for general meaning: watch the whole video, or listen to the podcast,
and say which image from the drawing is not talked about?

3a Listen for more detail: answer this question first and then listen again to
check. (Up until 2m 30)
a Match three words or phrases with a day of the week.
crucifixion
Jerusalem Palm Sunday
Holy Communion
resurrection
donkey Maundy Thursday
heart of Christianity
go to heaven
Last Supper Good Friday
Judas
re-enactment
crowds of people Easter Sunday
processions

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3b Now listen to the rest of the podcast.

a Why Easter eggs?
Jesus ate eggs during the Last Supper
There is no connection
Eggs represent new life

b Why does the date of Easter change?

Because Easter and Passover are the same festival
Because Passover is a lunar festival
Because it was a new moon when Jesus was crucified

4 Listen for more detail: you have watched the video or heard the podcast
twice. Look at the list of words and phrases below and put a cross () by
those you think are not mentioned. Listen a final time and check your
answers.

disciples Catholic Mary

soldiers servant back to life
chocolate Tuesday celebrating
wine kiss the cross

5 After listening: now do the vocabulary worksheet

6 After listening: research. We said that Easter is the most important festival
in the Christian calender.

a Find out what is the most important festival for one of these
religions:
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Judaism
Bahá'í Faith

b Then find out how the festival is celebrated.

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answers level 2

1 It's very important to do all these tasks before listening to the podcast.

2 i is not talked about, this is the cave where Jesus was buried and which was
empty on Easter Sunday. (The palm branch, crucifixion and washing are all
in the podcast)

3a a donkey Palm Sunday

Jerusalem
crowds of people

Holy Communion Maundy Thursday

Last Supper
Judas

crucifixion Good Friday

re-enactment
processions

resurrection Easter Sunday

heart of Christianity
go to heaven

3b a Eggs represent new life

b Because Passover is a lunar festival

4 disciples Catholic Mary 

soldiers  servant back to life
chocolate Tuesday  celebrating
wine kiss the cross 

5 Don't forget the extra worksheet Religion: Easter from the 'extras' page.

6 Is Easter important to you? Write to the pieteam@podcastsinenglish.com and

tell us how you celebrate, we'd love to hear from you!

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