Halloween exercises

Read the text about Halloween, then do these exercises to check your understanding.

1. Check your understanding: true or false
Circle True or False for these sentences.
1. People celebrate Halloween on 31st October in Britain.                         True    False
2. Halloween is not a public holiday in the UK.                                       True    False
3. Halloween lanterns are usually made from potatoes.                          True    False
4. Apple bobbing is a game which involves apples, water and a bowl.        True    False
5. Only children dress up at Halloween.                                                True    False
6. Trick or treating is an American custom that is now popular in Britain. True    False
7. Fright Night is a big Halloween party in the north of England.               True    False
8. The film ‘Psycho’ is suitable for all ages.                                            True    False

2. Check your vocabulary: grouping

Write the words in the correct group.

apples     black     curry     vampire     ghost     soup        witch     zombie     red     pumpkins     orange     white

Colours	Food	Halloween characters

3. Check your vocabulary: gap fill – collocations
Complete the collocations with a verb from the box.

dress up     wear     go     go to     make     celebrate     play     watch

1. _______________ Halloween
2. _______________ a lantern
3. _______________ apple bobbing
4. _______________ as a witch
5. _______________ a costume
6. _______________ trick or treating
7. _______________ a party
8. _______________ a film

Discussion

Do you celebrate Halloween?      What Halloween character would you dress up as, and why?           Do you like watching horror films?      Why do you think Halloween is so popular?

Vocabulary Box     Write any new words you have learnt in this lesson here.

Keys

1. Check your understanding: true or false

1. True                              5. False

2. True                              6. True

3. False                             7. True

4. True                              8. False

2. Check your vocabulary: grouping

Colours	Food	Halloween characters
black red orange white	apples  curry  soup  pumpkins	vampire  ghost  witch  zombie

3. Check your vocabulary: gap fill – collocations

1. celebrate                       5. wear

2. make                           6. go

3. play                             7. go to

4. dress up                       8. watch