Easter ESL Activities, Games & Worksheets
Easter Bingo
ESL Easter Game - Vocabulary: Bingo, Gap-fill, Matching - Pair Work
In this rewarding Easter vocabulary game, students play bingo by completing gap-fill sentences with Easter words. You take on the role of the bingo caller. Read a sentence at random from the caller's sheet using the word 'blank' for the missing...
Find Someone Who...
ESL Easter Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Gap-fill, Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice
In this free Easter speaking activity, students ask and answer questions about the Easter holiday. First, students complete gaps with the Easter words shown using each word once. Next, go through the items...
Peter's Easter
ESL Easter Activity - Vocabulary and Reading Exercises: Ordering, Matching, True or False, Gap-fill - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work
Here is an Easter story activity to help students practice vocabulary related to Easter. In pairs, students begin by arranging sentence strips in the correct order...
Easter Crossword
ESL Easter Crossword - Vocabulary Activity: Describing, Guessing - Pair Work
In this useful Easter activity, students complete a crossword by listening to clues and guessing Easter vocabulary. In pairs, students take it in turns to ask their partner for a clue to one of the missing Easter words on their crossword. Their...
Easter Fact or Fiction?
ESL Easter Game - Speaking: Unscrambling, True or False, Guessing - Group and Pair Work
In this engaging Easter game, students reorder words to make true or false statements about Easter and then take part in an Easter quiz to see who can correctly guess which statements are true and...
What's the Word?
ESL Easter Activity - Vocabulary: Crossword, Writing Clues, Describing, Guessing - Pair Work
In this enjoyable Easter vocabulary activity, students complete a crossword by describing and guessing words related to Easter. In two groups, students invent and write down clues for the Easter words shown...
An Eggcellent Easter
ESL Easter Activity - Vocabulary: Word Search, Gap-fill, Matching, Sentence Completion - Pair Work
This productive Easter activity helps students practice vocabulary related to Easter. Working alone, students begin by finding eight words related to Easter in a word search. Next, Student A reads the beginning...
Easter Vocabulary Challenge
ESL Easter Board Game and Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Unscrambling, Matching - Speaking Activity: Discussion - Pair Work - Vocabulary Game: Gap-fill
Here is a fun Easter board game and worksheet to help students practice vocabulary related to Easter. First, students complete an Easter...
Using Easter Vocabulary
Easter vocabulary includes the words and phrases used to describe Easter traditions, objects and celebrations. Learning phrases such as 'decorate eggs' and 'go on an egg hunt' helps students explain what people do, rather than simply name things associated with the holiday.
This page has eight resources across A2, B1 and B2, including bingo, crosswords, speaking activities and a board game, with one free download.
The table shows useful Easter words and phrases in short sentences.
| Word or phrase | Meaning or use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Easter egg | An egg decorated or given as a gift at Easter, including one made of chocolate | 'She gave me a chocolate Easter egg.' |
| egg hunt | An activity in which people look for hidden eggs | 'The children went on an egg hunt.' |
| decorate eggs | Add colours or patterns to eggs | 'We decorated eggs with blue and yellow paint.' |
| Easter Sunday | The Sunday on which Easter is celebrated | 'We are visiting our cousins on Easter Sunday.' |
How to Use Easter Vocabulary
Describe customs accurately: Say who follows a tradition instead of presenting it as something everyone does, as in 'Some families decorate eggs at Easter.'
Ask without assuming: Give classmates room to describe their own experiences, including not celebrating the holiday, with a question such as 'Do you celebrate Easter?'
Explain unfamiliar words: Add a short explanation when a listener may not recognise a custom, as in 'An egg hunt is a game where people look for hidden eggs.'
3-Step Framework for Teaching Easter Vocabulary
1. Establish Meaning in Context: Start with an Easter story that students reconstruct by putting sentence strips in order. Matching words from the story to their definitions then checks understanding before students need to recall the vocabulary themselves.
2. Practice Recognising Words in Sentences: Read gap-fill sentences aloud, saying 'blank' for the missing Easter word. Students identify and cross off the matching word on a bingo card. This shifts the focus from recognising a word in a story to choosing it from a spoken clue.
3. Use the Vocabulary in Conversation: Move to questions about personal experience, such as 'Have you ever decorated an Easter egg?' Students ask classmates, record a name after a yes answer and ask a follow-up question. They now use the vocabulary to find out something about another person.
Mistakes to Avoid with Easter Vocabulary
Using a plural noun before hunt: In the expression 'egg hunt', egg stays singular even when people look for several eggs. Incorrect: 'We went on an eggs hunt.' Correct: 'We went on an egg hunt.'
Missing capital letters: Easter is the name of a holiday and takes a capital letter; Sunday also starts with a capital. Incorrect: 'We are visiting on easter sunday.' Correct: 'We are visiting on Easter Sunday.'
Common Questions About Teaching Easter Vocabulary
What is a fun game for practicing Easter vocabulary?
The game Easter Fact or Fiction? turns scrambled sentences into a quiz. Students put words in order to make Easter statements, then read them to a partner who guesses whether they are true or false. They record a tick for each correct guess, and the student with the most correct guesses wins.
What is a useful worksheet for teaching Easter vocabulary?
Use the worksheet Easter Vocabulary Challenge to connect Easter words with the verbs used alongside them. Students unscramble vocabulary, match verbs to endings and discuss three Easter questions. They then use the vocabulary in a board game, claiming squares by completing sentences. Odd or even dice rolls determine which sentences they attempt.
What is a good speaking activity for practicing Easter vocabulary?
Writing clues gives students a reason to describe Easter words in the activity What's the Word? Students prepare clues for words on their crossword, then exchange clues with a partner to fill the gaps. When a guess is incorrect, the partner gives more clues until the student identifies the word.
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