Happy Easter formal wishes (Worksheet)

Despite we experience a challenging time, we still work hard and do not forget that the world will be even more demanding after this period, especially the business world. And the biggest holiday in the near future is Easter and you may need to teach your business English students to send positive business cards to their colleagues or workers. Here is a worksheet for Intermediate and higher levels that you might find helpful. Students will revise words and phrases dedicated to the holiday, practice prepositions in formal greetings and write a greeting card.

Lesson plan:

• Task 1. Discussion questions
• Task 2. Match the words to make collocations
• Task 3. Fill in the prepositions in these formal greetings
• Task 4. Fill in the gaps with the words given
• Task 5. Match the halves of the sentences in Easter Business Messages
• Task 6. Write a greeting card
• Lesson words and phrases
• Keys

Task 1. Discussion questions

1. Do you think it is important to congratulate your colleagues or boss
   on Easter, as it is a religious holiday?
2. Who did you congratulate last year?
3. Have you ever written a greeting card on Easter?

Task 2. Match the words to make collocations

God — Easter
Have — your life
Get — blesses
Blessed — a great holiday
Accompany — profitable

Task 3. Fill in the prepositions in these formal greetings

1. May God bless your business …. years to come.
2. I pray that God blesses our venture and provide it …. the flood ….
   money ….. our mutual projects.
3. I pray that our business gets more profitable ………. the blessings
   of God.
4. Thank you …. your hard work. We are happy to have you …. our team.
5. May all the ideas your soul wishes, start materializing ………….. this
   Easter holiday.

Task 4. Fill in the gaps with the words given

1. This time of year compels us ……… our blessings – and among them are
   good customers like you.
2. I would like to express my ………. gratitude for your business over the
   past year.
3. As we look back, we remember with sincere gratitude our friendly
   and………… customers.
4. Everyone here sends you best wishes for happiness and ……..
5. We wish you the ………… of love, friendship and good health

Task 5. Match the halves of the sentences in Easter Business Messages

1. I pray to Lord to shower his blessings	a. and it is a wonderful time of the year.
2. I wish you the best on this Easter and	b. and good luck on your business.
3. Easter is here and	c. and hope for good profits for this year and coming years.
4. I hope this Easter makes dreams of your business come true and	d. hope this business partnership continues for many years to come.
5. With the blessings of God let our venture turn successful	e. hope it gets stronger.
6. We are extremely happy for the service that	f. you have provided to us till now.

Task 6. Write a greeting card

Use any of these titles:

“All the best of the season.”
“Compliments of the season.”
“Magic of the holiday season.”
“Season’s greetings.”
“Wishes for a joyous season.”
“Have a wonderful holiday season.”

Lesson words and phrases

prosperity to count faithful  gifts sincere

God blesses Have a great holiday Get profitable Blessed Easter  Accompany your life

Keys

Task 2

God blesses
Have a great holiday
Get profitable
Blessed Easter
Accompany your life

Task 3

1. May God bless your business for years to come.
2. I pray that God blesses our venture and provide it with the flood of money for our mutual projects.
3. I pray that our business gets more profitable with the blessings of God.
4. Thank you for your hard work! We are happy to have you in our team.
5. May all the ideas your soul wishes, start materializing from /on this Easter holiday.

Task 4

1. This time of year compels us to count our blessings – and among them are good customers like you.
2. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your business over the past year.
3. As we look back, we remember with sincere gratitude our friendly and faithful customers.
4. Everyone here sends you best wishes for happiness and prosperity.
5. We wish you the gifts of love, friendship and good health.

Task 5

1b, 2d, 3a, 4e, 5c, 6f