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La Pascua en España

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Spanish word for Easter is...

a)

Pascua

b)

Navidad

c)

Semana Santa

d)

Fiesta

2.

What is Semana Santa?

a)

Christmas week

b)

when Spanish children get their presents

c)

Holy week - the week before Easter

d)

Holy week - the week after Easter

3.

Everyday during Semana Santa there are huge processions through the towns and villages in Spain. What is carried through the streets?

a)

chocolate eggs

b)

floats with statues of Jesus and Mary

c)

children

d)

statues of Santa

4.

The floats are carried by people called...

a)

nazarenos

b)

penitentes

c)

cofradías

d)

chocolates

5.

The people that follow the floats are called 'nazarenos'. They look strange to many people because ...

a)

they are all dressed as Jesus

b)

they wear robes, veils and coned hats

c)

they are always bare-footed

d)

they are always dressed in black

6.

What is the word for church in Spanish?

a)

la iglesia

b)

la inglesia

c)

el churchio

d)

el iglesia

7.

A ..... .... is always carried at the start of a procession.

(a)  

8.

What is the Spanish word for the floats that are carried?

a)

Pasos

b)

Pasar

c)

Paseos

d)

Pasado

9.

Torrijas are ...?

a)

a traditional Semana Santa sweet snack

b)

a traditional Semana Santa savoury snack

c)

The Spanish word for Easter eggs

d)

a traditional Christmas snack

10.

What is NOT a part of Pestiños?

a)

A snack glazed with honey or sugar

b)

a sesame-flavoured dough

c)

A fried snack

d)

A sweet snack of bread soaked in milk and egg