Easter Chicks & April Fools

This week, we’re getting out our pastels and cutest decorations, as well as stocking up on chocolate eggs to joyfully celebrate Easter 🍫🐥🪺

But why is Easter called “Pâques” in French? The singular word Pâque comes from the Hebrew Pessa’h (ou Passah), meaning “passing” or “crossing”. It’s useful to know that the singular version La Pâque refers to the Jewish celebration of Passover, whereas the plural version (Les) Pâques refers to the Christian celebration of Christ’s resurrection. 🕍⛪

Alors, sans plus attendre, pick up your baskets to go hunting for all the egg-cellent French Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you! 🧺🤩

Petites Devinettes Entre Amis – Spécial Pâques 🪺

A Special Guessing Game Podcast – B1 Level

To celebrate Easter comme il se doit, Céline and I have concocted a special guessing podcast just for you Kwizzers, with 5 lovely Easter-themed riddles for you to elucidate 🔎🐇

Alors, à vos calepins !

Petites Devinettes Entre Amis – Spécial Pâques

And to help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons, an exclusive Fill-in-the-Blank exercise and interesting links to other exercises to investigate further!

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Let’s fill in some blanks!

Le Présent – A1 Level

This year, Easter comes very close to April 1st, aka April Fool’s Day, and as you know, France has a very “fishy” way to celebrate that funny day! Learn all about les poissons d’avril, while practising your French conjugations in Le Présent with the Fill-in-the-Blank exercise below:

Les poissons d’avril (Le Présent)

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Easter Vocabulary – A2 Level

Now, let’s learn how to describe our own Easter festivities with this delicious Easter vocabulary list and its interactive Word Game.

Another great way to remember new vocabulary is to write sentences using it in context. Here’s an example for you to get inspired:

Aujourd’hui, c’est le dimanche de Pâques. Tout respire bon le printemps : dans la cuisine, il y a un beau bouquet de jonquilles dorées à côté des paniers décorés des enfants. Soudain, nous entendons les cloches, et les enfants se précipitent dans le jardin pour la chasse aux œufs tant attendue ! Joyeuses Pâques à tous !

À vous de jouer !

Take me to your leader!

March Leaderboard Top 3

And last but not least, let’s celebrate last month’s 3 most amazing Kwizzers. Congratulations to our March Leaderboard Top 3: Peter B, Elizabeth C and David F!

Un grand bravo à nos trois Kwizzers du mois ! 🙌

Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!

Special treat for Premium subscribers

Friday is Weekend Workout day – a special treat just for our Premium subscribers, with fresh dictations and writing challenges to boost your listening and writing skills.

This week’s theme is Easter Celebrations.

Here’s a little taster for free: Easter decorations (level A1)

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Bonne semaine à tous et à jeudi prochain !