halloween story worksheet

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Vocabulary1 Match each word with its corresponding picture.

Secondary

1 ghost

2 vampire

3 jack-o-lantern

4 sweets

5 werewolf

6 witch

7 wizard

8 devil

2 Complete the crossword.

A

B

C

D

E

F

H

G


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Across

1 Halloween is celebrated in this month.

2 We use this vegetable to make a jack-o-lantern.

3 People can choose a trick or a .

4 Children wear these on Halloween.

5 You put this inside a jack-o-lantern.

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6 This creature is half man, half wolf.

7 The word Halloween comes from this language.

8 Halloween probably originated in this country.

9 Dracula is the most famous one!

10This is a male witch.

3 Read the text about Halloween quickly and answer the questions:

1Where is Halloween most popular? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2What were jack-o-lanterns originally made from? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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4 Read the text again and decide whether these statements are true or false.

1 . . . . . Lots of people go trick or treating in the USA.

2. . . . . Halloween probably came from Scotland originally.

3. . . . . All Hallows is the Day of the Dead.

4. . . . . People wear scary costumes on Halloween.

5. . . . . They started using pumpkins to make jack-o-lanterns in the USA because there are

no turnips there.

6. . . . . Treats are things like sweets cakes.

Halloween

Halloween is celebrated in many countries around the world, from Japan to the USA.

It takes place on the 31stOctober. People usually wear scary costumes and attend

Halloween parties. In the USA, trick or treating is also popular.

Halloween probably originated in Ireland, from the Celtic festival Samhain. It was

a festival which celebrated the end of summer the lighter half of the year and

the beginning of the darker half. People believed that evil spirits would come

out on this day, and so to protect themselves they wore costumes and masks to

look like evil spirits themselves. The word Halloween comes from the Scottish

All-Hallows-Even, which means the day before All-Hallows. All Hallows is the Dayof the Dead, observed in many cultures around the world. These days Halloween

is more popular in the USA than anywhere else.

Costumes

Probably the most important tradition in the celebration of Halloween is dressing

up in costumes. Popular choices of costumes are ghosts, witches, wizards, vampires,

werewolves, demons and devils.

Jack-o-lanterns

A jack-o-lantern is a carved out pumpkin with a candle inside. A scary face is carved

on one side of the pumpkin. Originally, in Ireland and Britain, jack-o-lanterns were

made from turnips, but in the USA there were lots of pumpkins and much easier

to carve out because of their size.

Trick or treating

This involves going from door to door, dressed in a Halloween costume and asking

for treats, such as sweets, cakes or money. The question trick or treat? means

give me a treat or Ill play a trick on you!


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Less than half of the people in our class celebrate Halloween.

Everybody in our class has heard of Halloween.

More than half the class has worn a Halloween costume at least once.

Nobody in the class has played Apple bobbing.

Less than half the class has seen a real Jack-o-lantern.

Most people in our class are going to celebrate Halloween this year.

More than three quarters of the class knows what Trick or treat? means.

ProjectTeachers Instructions:

Before

Divide students into groups of 3 or 4.

Give each group one of the statements below.

Ask students to write the questions they need to ask each of their classmates.

During

Students walk around asking every member of the class their questions. They should keep

a record of their answers.

After


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ANSWERS

VOCABULARY

1

1-f, 2-g, 3-h, 4-a, 5-d, 6-c, 7-e, 8-b

2

READING

3

1Halloween is most popular in the USA.

2Jack-o-lanterns were originally made from turnips.

4

1-true, 2-false, 3-true, 4-true, 5-false, 6-true

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