Halloween Vocabulary (A1)

Ex 1: Match the vocabulary to the pictures, and compare your answers with a partner.

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15. 16.

zombie jack-o’-lantern monster vampire

devil mask witch mummy

spider trick-or-treating owl bat

ghost sweets / candy graveyard black cat

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Ex 2: Print and cut up the cards below or display for online lessons.

Complete the questions with the missing words, & ask and answer the questions in pairs.

1. Do you celebrate ________________ in your country. What do you do?

2. Do children go ____________________ in your country?
3. Do you ever wear ________________ to events in your country? What events?
4. Do you like scary ________________? What is the scariest movie you ever saw?
5. Do you believe that ________________ are bad luck?
6. Are you afraid of ________________? What other things are you scared of?
7. Do you ________________ in ghosts? Why/Why not?
8. How will you ________________ Halloween this year?

trick-or-treating films celebrate black cats

Halloween believe costumes spiders

Complete the questions with the missing words, & ask and answer the questions in pairs.

1. Do you celebrate ________________ in your country. What do you do?

2. Do children go ____________________ in your country?
3. Do you ever wear ________________ to events in your country? What events?
4. Do you like scary ________________? What is the scariest movie you ever saw?
5. Do you believe that ________________ are bad luck?
6. Are you afraid of ________________? What other things are you scared of?
7. Do you ________________ in ghosts? Why/Why not?
8. How will you ________________ Halloween this year?

trick-or-treating films celebrate black cats

Halloween believe costumes spiders

Complete the questions with the missing words, & ask and answer the questions in pairs.

1. Do you celebrate ________________ in your country. What do you do?

2. Do children go ____________________ in your country?
3. Do you ever wear ________________ to events in your country? What events?
4. Do you like scary ________________? What is the scariest movie you ever saw?
5. Do you believe that ________________ are bad luck?
6. Are you afraid of ________________? What other things are you scared of?
7. Do you ________________ in ghosts? Why/Why not?
8. How will you ________________ Halloween this year?

trick-or-treating films celebrate black cats

Halloween believe costumes spiders

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 Teacher’s Notes
Lesson: Halloween Vocabulary Level: A1 Time: 30 minutes +

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Preparation:
• Let’s talk about Fears and Phobias
- Print handouts & cut up conversation cards.
• Halloween Vocabulary (A2/B1)
- Display handouts and conversation cards for online
• Halloween Crossword (A2/B1)
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• Halloween Crossword (B2/C1)
• Writing a Scary Story
Teaching Method:
Step 1:
- Students complete exercise 1 individually, matching the vocabulary to the pictures.
- Students compare their answers with a partner.
- Go through the answers, and drill correct pronunciation.
- You may also want to tell students that candy is American English and sweets is British English and that
a jack-o’-lantern is made with a pumpkin.
- You may also want to tell students that graveyard is more commonly used in British English, while
cemetery is used in American English. There is a further difference, in that a graveyard is usually on
church grounds, whereas a cemetery usually stands alone.

Step 2:

- Hand out or display the gap-fill/conversation cards.

- Students complete the questions with the vocabulary given, before comparing with a partner.
- Elicit answers, drill pronunciation of any difficult words ask, and model example answers to the
questions for weaker classes.
- You may also want to tell students that film is more common in British English and movie is more
common in American English.
Step 3:

- Students ask and answer the questions in pairs or small groups.

- Monitor and give correction on grammar/pronunciation where required.
- Encourage them to use lots of new vocabulary.

Step 4:

- Do a feedback session with the class, eliciting some answers for the questions around the room.
- If students are unfamiliar with Halloween, prepare to tell them a little bit about how and where it is
celebrated and about its history.

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 Answers & Pronunciation
Lesson: Halloween Vocabulary Level: A1 Time: 30 minutes +

Exercise 1: Vocabulary: British: American:

1. witch bat bæt bæt
2. sweets / candy black cat blæk kæt blæk kæt
3. bat candy ˈkændi ˈkændi
4. spider celebrate ˈsɛlɪbreɪt ˈsɛləˌbreɪt
5. vampire costumes ˈkɒstjuːmz ˈkɑstumz
6. mummy devil ˈdɛvl ˈdɛvəl
7. black cat ghost gəʊst goʊst
8. jack-o’-lantern graveyard ˈgreɪvjɑːd ˈgreɪˌvjɑrd
9. ghost jack-o’-lantern ʤæk-əʊ-ˈlæntən ʤæk-oʊ-ˈlæntərn
10. trick-or-treating mask mɑːsk mæsk
11. owl monster ˈmɒnstə ˈmɑnstər
12. monster mummy ˈmʌmi ˈmʌmi
13. zombie owl aʊl aʊl
14. graveyard pumpkin ˈpʌmpkɪn ˈpʌmpkɪn
15. devil spider ˈspaɪdə ˈspaɪdər
16. masks sweets swiːts swits
trick-or-treating trɪk-ɔː-ˈtriːtɪŋ trɪk-ɔr-ˈtritɪŋ
vampire ˈvæmpaɪə ˈvæmpaɪr
Exercise 2: witch wɪʧ wɪʧ
1. Halloween zombie ˈzɒmb ˈzɑmbi
2. trick-or-treating
3. costumes
4. films
5. black cats
6. spiders
7. believe
8. celebrate

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