Halloween Vocabulary and Reading - Oxford University Press

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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. Down 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! 10 This is a male witch. 3 Read the text about Halloween quickly and answer the questions: 1 Where is Halloween most popular? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What were jack-o-lanterns originally made from? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To photocopy © Oxford University Press www.oupe.es
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 31 st October. 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 “Day of 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 I’ll play a trick on you!” To photocopy © Oxford University Press www.oupe.es
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