Spooky Vocabulary
This large orange vegetable is often carved at Halloween.
What is a pumpkin?
Complete the sentence : Look! The ghost ___________ (to fly) through the wall.”
What is is flying, i-s f-l-y-i-n-g?
Halloween has its origins in this country.
What is Ireland?
Halloween started as an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain over 2,000 years ago.
This is the name of the famous spooky family with characters named Wednesday, Morticia, and Gomez.
Who is the Addams Family?
This monster transforms into a giant wolf only when there is a full moon.
What is a werewolf?
Children wear this to look like a witch, vampire, or superhero.
What is a costume?
Complete the sentence : Yesterday, the children ___________ (to go) trick-or-treating.
What is went, w-e-n-t?
The word "Halloween" means...
What is "All Hallows' Eve"?
It means the night before All Saints' Day.
This friendly white ghost loves making friends instead of scaring people.
Who is Casper?
This monster is made of old white bandages and comes from ancient Egypt.
What is a mummy?
Children say these two words when they visit houses and ask for candy.
What is, "trick or treat" ?
Complete the sentence: The werewolf ___________ (to howl) under the full moon last night.
What is howled, h-o-w-l-e-d ?
"Souling" was the beginning of this tradition.
What is going "trick-or-treating" ?
In medieval times, poor people would go door-to-door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for food, a practice called "souling," which inspired modern trick-or-treating. This is why snacks are given to trick or treaters!
This is the country where Godzilla first appears in the 1954 film.
What is Japan?
This monster is made from different body parts by a scientist.
Who is Frankenstein's monster?
Not Frankenstein, he was the scientist!!
This is the place where dead people are buried.
What is a cemetery / a graveyard ?
Complete with might or must: “I’m not sure, but the strange noise be a ghost.”
What is, "I’m not sure, but the strange noise might be a ghost.”
People carved (FR: sculpter) these before pumpkins.
What are turnips (FR: un navet) or potatoes or beets (FR: une betterave) ?
In this animated movie, Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, tries to take over Christmas.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas (FR: L'Étrange Noël de Monsieur Jack)?
This creature detests sunlight and garlic.
What is a vampire?
This is a magic sentence or words that a witch says.
What is a spell?
Correct the sentence: The witch must flying on her broomstick now.
What is, “The witch must be flying on her broomstick now.” ?
This was the purpose/the goal of wearing costumes during ancient Halloween festivals.
What is to hide from evil spirits / to confuse ghosts so they wouldn't hurt them ?
You call these people when there's something strange in your neighborhood, like a ghost floating in your room.
Who are the Ghostbusters?
This is a snake-haired woman who turns anyone who looks at her into stone.
Who is Medusa?