Author: Judith Jekel
Source: www.englishexercises.org
Watch the video and tick the correct answers to the following questions.
1 How long have Halloween traditions been around?
For 180 years For centuries For 100 years
2 Where did the Celts live?
In Africa In Asia In Europe
3 What did the Celts celebrate on Oct 31st?
The end of the harvest season Christmas Halloween
4 What did the Celt do on Samhain?
They lit bonfires to scare the dead away.
They wore very thin clothes
They gathered in their houses and had a big meal.
5 What was the original name of All Saints’ Day?
Halloween Holy Night Hallowmas
6 When was Halloween imported to America
In the 1840s In the 1930s In the 1940s
7 Which of the following was not a Halloween custom in those days?
Bobbing apples Trick-or-treating Playing tricks
8 When did Halloween become dangerous?
In the 1920s In the 1930s In the 1940s
9 How long has “Trick-or-Treat” been a holiday greeting?
For about 90 years For about 80 years For about 70 years
What spooky Halloween figures do the following definitions refer to?
A is the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image
A is a dead person who comes back to life and sucks blood from other people at night
A is someone who changes into a wolf at the time of the full moon
A is a woman who has magical powers
A is an evil spirit that eats dead bodies
A is a female spirit in traditional Irish stories whose crying sound tells you that someone in your family is going to die
A is a reanimated human corpse
Now match the figures with their images.
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