A riddle for you

What do eggs, rabbits, chocolate, chickens and Jesus have in common?

Easter!!

It's almost Easter and I'm already excited. :) (remember what that means?)

Easter is traditionally a Christian celeberation of the ressuresction of Jesus Christ. Very simply, Jesus was killed on Friday and buried in the ground with a large rock on top of his grave.

But on Sunday morning he was gone. The rock had been moved and Jesus was gone. He had returned to heaven.

Many Christian people celebrate this miracle with church celebrations.

But for many, many more people Easter is about chocolate.

Lots of chocolate!!

Easter Eggs can be real eggs, hardboiled and dyed like these:



or chocolate eggs covered in colourful wrapping like these:



or painted eggs like these:




We hide the eggs outside and children enjoy searching for them. This is called an Easter Egg Hunt.

Children believe that the Easter Bunny hides the eggs for them.

Do you know who the Easter Bunny is?

Here's a picture for you:




And finally the riddle I promised you:

Q: Why did the Easter Egg hide?

A: Because he was a little chicken!

How are you?

I'm :)

Can you read that?

Try looking at it sideways.

That's right it's a smiley face.

:) is the same as (^_^)

They're called emoticons.

Most emoticons are written sideways in English.

What do you think these mean?

;)

:O

:P

:X

;) shows someone winking. It means 'only joking!'

:O shows someone with their mouth open. It means 'I'm shocked!'

:P shows someone with their tongue sticking out. It means 'I'm being silly.'

:X shows someone with their lips closed tightly. It means 'I won't say anything'. We use it when we want to tell someone we will keep their secret.

What do you think? Are you :S (confused)?

It's not that difficult.

Next time you write an email try one of them out!


Until next time! :)

Do you remember high school?

Last week many Junior High School students took the High School Entrance Exam.

Five hours of exams in one day.

Wow.

I was trying to remember when I was in high school.

Hmmmmmm- that was a long time ago!!

I have forgotten a lot of what I studied in High School.

What about you?

Do you remember what you studied in high School?

Here's a test. :)

This is question 2 of the 2000 High School Entrance Exam English section.

See what you remember.



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