These five sentences are about Easter. Each one contains a word that is underlined. That word has a spelling mistake in it, often made by young people of your age.

Write out the correct spelling underneath each one.

1) Joanne did not want to partisipate in the Easter church service.

2) John rehearst his part in the Easter play.

3) His parents were thorally fed up with the mess after the party.

4) Tariq was discuised as a thief in the Easter play.

5) Sarah learnt her part in the play so easily it was efortless.

There are words that sound the same but are spelled differently. Choose the correct homophone to fill in the gap in each sentence.

1) He went on holiday at Easter by .........................plain/plane

2) Also on .............................was a pop star. bored/board

3) I can't eat that Easter egg. I must think of my ..........waste/waist

4) She had another ........................of Easter cake. peace/piece

5) Hot cross buns have ..........................in them. currents/currants

6) To decorate the cake the chef ..............an orange. pealed/peeled

7) To help the visitors coming to the Easter party I drew a ..........map. root/route

8) Many people ................................at Easter. prey/pray

9) She was in too much .......................to enjoy Easter. pane/pain

10) She could not afford to buy an Easter card because
it was too ........................ deer/dear

Re-write the following passage, putting in the missing punctuation. You will need capital letters, commas, full stops, apostrophes, question marks, an exclamation mark and speech marks.

even for britain the weather on easter monday in 1992 was unusual or was it 1993 there was sunshine rain sleet snow thunder lightning and very cold winds you name it we had it my friend said it was a sure sign of global warming im not sure I replied I don't really think it is but you cant be certain whatever the reason lets get indoors he shouted its too cold out here my friends red nose seemed to agreed you think it could've been global warming

Here are some words which people use to describe Easter or how they feel at Easter.

Alongside each one write a synonym, a word that has a similar meaning, and an antonym - a word that has an opposite meaning.

excited

pleased

grateful

thankful

hard up

joyous

bored

religious

good

We can write speech in two ways - as direct speech or as reported speech.

Here are two examples:

Direct: He said, "Today is Easter Sunday."

Reported: He said that today was Easter Sunday.

Write these sentences as reported speech.

1) "Are you going to church on Easter Sunday?" the Vicar asked.

2) John said quietly, "I hope I get an Easter egg this year."

3) "I like Easter," Amir said, "because I don't have to go to school then."

4) "My Easter eggs Is bigger than yours," boasted Marie.

5) "I wish we could have an egg rolling competition," signed Jake, who was feeling a bit miserable.

Here are some common expressions in the English language, based on the word EGG. Use each one in a sentence to show you understand the meaning.

egg on your face

egged on

a bad egg

hard boiled

as sure as eggs is eggs

to teach your grandmother to suck eggs

to put all your eggs in one basket

as full as an egg

an egg head

Choose a suitable preposition from the list below to complete each of the following sentences:

with
from
under
by
through
to
of
on
up
into

1) He went .......................... the church to see his friend.

2) She hid the Easter egg ........................ the cushion.

3) He put the Easter egg ..................... the table.

4) Christians believe Jesus Christ was nailed .......... a cross on good Friday.

5) She could see the chocolates ........................... the window.

6) He climbed .................... the stairs to get the Easter card.

7) She was inspired .................... the music to sing an Easter song.

8) He did not agree .................. what the Vicar said.

9) She hid the present ............... her brother.

10) Christians believe Jesus was a victim ............ the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilot.

Punctuation

Even for Britain, the weather on Easter Monday in 1992 was unusual. Or was it 1993? There was sunshine, rain, sleet, snow, thunder, lightning and even very cold winds. You name it, we had it. My friend said that it was a sure sign of global warming. "I'm not sure," I replied. "I don't really think it is, but you can't be certain. "Whatever the reason, let's get indoors!" he shouted. "It's too cold out here." My friend's red nose seemed to agree. D'you think it could've been global warming?