How does a painted egg tell a story?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. Do you have any family traditions?
2. Do you decorate anything for holidays?
3. Who taught you a tradition?
4. What handmade thing do you own?
5. Which holiday do you like most?
6. Is there a tradition you would like to keep?

Read each word and the example. Then say a sentence about a tradition.

Choose the word that fits.

1. Every family has its own Easter .
2. A heart or a sun can be a of love or life.
3. The lines on the egg are drawn with before dyeing.
4. They colour the egg with a natural .
5. A repeated design on an object is called a .
6. At Easter, many families eggs together.
7. Old skills are often from grandmother to granddaughter.
8. A egg is not made in a factory.

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. a tradition is a custom passed from
   one generation to the nextone shop to anotherone bank to another
2. wax is used to
   cook the eggdraw lines that keep the colour outwash the egg
3. to decorate = to make something look more
   beautifulsilentbroken
4. handmade = made
   by a machineby handby a computer
5. to pass down = to give knowledge to
   the policea shopyounger people
6. to protect = to keep
   far from homesafe from harmunder water

Use these phrases to talk about traditions and wishes.

• I wish I had learned...Шкода, що я не навчився...I wish I had learned to paint eggs as a child.
• If only I had asked her.Якби ж я її запитав.If only I had asked my grandmother to teach me.
• I wish I could...Шкода, що я не можу...I wish I could paint as well as she does.
• I wish people would...Хотів би, щоб люди...I wish people would value handmade things.
• It's passed down from...Це передається від...It's passed down from mother to daughter.
• It stands for...Це символізує...It stands for life and the return of spring.
• It means a lot to me.Це багато для мене значить.This egg means a lot to me.
• Each one is unique.Кожна неповторна.Each one is unique because it is handmade.

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. A pysanka is decorated with the wax-resist method.
   TrueFalse
2. The wax is put on the egg after the last colour.
   TrueFalse
3. The meanings of patterns were exactly the same in every region.
   TrueFalse
4. There is a pysanka monument in Canada.
   TrueFalse
5. The text says only young people learn the craft today.
   TrueFalse

1. Why do traditions matter to a community?
2. Which tradition would you teach to your children?
3. Is a handmade object more valuable than a factory one?
4. How can people keep traditions alive when they move abroad?

Common mistakes: wish + Past Simple for the present, wish + Past Perfect for the past, and wish + would for things that annoy us. ✗ I wish I know more → I wish I knew more. ✗ I wish I learned it → I wish I had learned it.

1. I wish I
   had learnedlearned
   to paint eggs as a child.
2. If only I
   askedhad asked
   my grandmother.
3. I wish I
   couldcan
   paint as well as she does.
4. I wish people
   wouldwill
   value handmade things.
5. She wishes she
   hadn't lostdidn't lose
   the pattern book.
6. I wish I
   knowknew
   more about my family history.
7. He wishes he
   had comecame
   to the workshop last week.
8. It
   passes downis passed down
   from mother to daughter.

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. I wish I learned to paint eggs. →
2. If only I asked her. →
3. I wish I can paint better. →
4. I wish people will respect old crafts. →
5. She wishes she didn't lose the book yesterday. →
6. I wish I would know more about it. →

Answer in detail. Use wish, if only and the Past Perfect.

1. Which tradition from your family means the most to you?
2. What do you wish you had learned from an older relative?
3. Do you know the meaning of any symbols in your culture?
4. What do you wish people would do differently?
5. If you could save one craft from disappearing, which would it be?
6. How do you think traditions change when people move to a new country?

Three people talk about the pysanka. Compare their views. Who is the most connected to the tradition? Who has a regret? What tradition would you like to keep alive?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: describe a tradition from your family or country.
3. Part 2: say what you wish you had done or learned (wish and if only).
4. Part 3: say what you wish would change, and how you can help to keep the tradition alive.

1. Which family tradition do you like most?
2. What do you wish you had learned as a child?
3. Do you enjoy making things by hand?
4. What would you like to learn to make?
5. What do you wish you could do better?
6. Do you keep any old objects from your family?
7. What symbol is important to you?
8. What do you wish you had done last year?

1. Who in your family keeps traditions alive?
2. Who taught you to cook?
3. Who would you ask about the past?
4. Who makes handmade gifts?
5. Who do you wish you could see more often?
6. Who tells the best family stories?

1. Are traditions important for young people?
2. Should schools teach traditional crafts?
3. Is it right to sell traditional art as souvenirs?
4. Do you wish people would travel less or more?
5. Can a tradition change and still be the same?