Silly Sentences
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Dracula uses his tongs to bite trees.
Dracula uses his fangs to bite people.
Candy corn and a Hershey Bar
They are both candy (compare)
The Hershey Bar is made of chocolate and the candy corn is not (contrast)
Make a sentence with the words: costume, scary.
He wore a scary costume. The Halloween parade had many scary costumes. [Note- there are lots of correct answers to these!]
1. a KitKat bar 2. a Reese's peanut butter cup 3. a Butterfinger bar
They are all (Halloween) candy
A skeleton in the closet
An embarrassing secret
Be careful with the fork when you drive your Jack-o-Lantern.
Be careful with the knife when you carve your Jack-o-Lantern.
Werewolf and a Mummy
They were both humans (compare)
Werewolf is a live human that changes into a monster and the Mummy is dead and comes back to life (contrast)
Make a sentence with the words: witch, cackle.
The old witch cackled with evil delight. The horrible cackling of the witch made my blood turn cold.
1. a princess 2. a cowboy 3. a pumpkin
They are all Halloween costumes
A ghost town
John wore a zombie mat to the costume park.
John wore a zombie mask to the costume party.
Magic wand and broomstick
They are both used by fantasy characters (compare)
A magic wand is used to cast spells and a witch rides a broomstick (contrast)
Make a sentence with the words: children, spooky, afraid.
The children were afraid of the spooky costumes. or "Don't be afraid children," cried the spooky witch.
1. a black hat 2. a black cape 3. broomstick
Witches use them all
A night owl
A person who is more active at night or stays up late
At the Haunted Store, I saw cats flying overhead!
At the Haunted House, I saw bats flying overhead.
Skeleton and ghost
They were both alive in the past and/or both white (compare)
Skeleton is made of the bones in the body and a ghost does not have a definite form (contrast)
Make a sentence with the words: ghosts, scream, people, eerie.
The eerie scream of the ghost made the people run in fear. The people screamed when the eerie ghost appeared.
1. scream 2. moan 3. rattling chains
They are all sounds associated with Halloween.
To be scared stiff
To be very afraid
All the grandparents went door-to-window saying, "Truck or Trip!"
All the children went door-to-door saying, "Trick or Treat".
Pumpkin and Jack-O-Lantern
They are both orange fruits (compare)
A pumpkin is a whole fruit, while a Jack-O-Lantern is a carved pumpkin (contrast)
Make a sentence with the words: candy, chocolate, favorite, trick-or-treat
My favorite chocolate candy to get while trick-or-treating is Twix.
Ghost, witch, crow
They are all things that fly
To make someone's blood boil
to make someone really angry