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What Is Halloween?: All Hallows Evening Hallow Een
What Is Halloween?: All Hallows Evening Hallow Een
Say if the sentences are true or false: a. Is Halloween new? No, Halloween has been around
for over a thousand years.
1. Halloween is new. F b. What kind of celebration was it originally? It
2. It used to be a religious celebration. T was a religious ceremony to honor the dead.
3. Centuries ago, people dressed as angels c. Centuries ago, what did people believe
on Halloween. F happened on Halloween? People believed that the
4. Animals associated with Halloween are dead returned on Halloween and visited the living.
usually nocturnal. T d. Why did they dress in scary costumes?
5. Halloween occurs on the last day of To scare away those spirits and keep safe from
October. T them.
6. It is celebrated in just two countries. F e. Nowadays, what kind of things are associated
7. Adults play ‘Trick or treat’. F with Halloween? Tropes (images/motifs) such as
8. ‘Trick or treat’ is growing in popularity. witches, ghosts, and goblins.