Easter in France

Easter in France

By Miss McAlinden

Open Ended

Do you know of any famous Carnival celebrations?

Multiple Choice

What do people do to celebrate Carnival?

• They stay home and make pancakes

• They have street parties and get dressed up

• They go on holidays

• They visit their families

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The French for Shrove Tuesday is _____ ____

Multiple Choice

What are les beignets?

• Cakes

• Pancakes

• Doughnuts

• Crepes

Fill in the Blanks

French people make beignets and crepes on Mardi gras to use up the ingredients they can't eat during

Multiple Choice

Palm Sunday in French is ...

• le dimanche de paques

• le dimanche du chocolate

• le dimanche des fetes

• le dimanche des rameaux

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On Holy Thursday, French church bells fly to

to visit the Pope

Open Ended

What do you think of les cloches volantes (the flying bells)?

Multiple Choice

To take part in La Sanch processions, people wear...

• purple and orange robes

• white and blue robes

• red and black robes

• green and red robes

Multiple Choice

Who delivers chocolate eggs to France?

• Easter bunny

• A magic baby

• A flying horse

• Flying bells

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Children make nests for the Easter

who visits on Easter Saturnday

Multiple Choice

What is the French version of April Fool's Day

• Poisson d'avril

• Fool d'avril

• Cloche d'avril

• Paques d'avril

Fill in the Blanks

French people stick paper

on the backs of other people

Open Ended

What is your opinion on Easter in France?

Poll

I would like to celebrate Easter in France

• Yes

• No