Halloween Vocabulary 1
A frightening creature that is a dead person who is often portrayed as a slow-moving, flesh-eating being.
Zombie
The structure consisting of all the bones inside a body, often depicted in Halloween decorations.
a skeleton
the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place
a ghost
When is Halloween celebrated?
October 31
What can harm a vampire?
Sunlight, garlic, silver, holy symbols
a bird with large eyes that hunts at night
an owl
the place in the ground where a dead body is buried
a grave
a brush with a long handle that a witch is supposed to fly on in stories
a broom, a broomstick
What do the Halloween colours, black and orange, represent during this holiday?
Orange - pumpkins, autumn, harvest
Black - death, darkness, evil
Name at least two things associated with witches.
a broomstick, a cauldron, magic powers, a spell
a dead body that has been preserved by wrapping it in cloth, especially in ancient Egypt
a mummy
a building made to be spooky and scary, often visited during Halloween
a haunted house
a pumpkin that has a face cut into it and a candle put inside to shine through the holes
a jack-o-lantern
Name at least three things people do on Halloween.
dress up in costumes, go trick-or-treating, visit haunted houses, tell scary stories
A traditional Halloween game where participants try to catch apples floating in a container of water using only their teeth, often without using their hands.
apple bobbing, apple dooking, apple dunking
a stone that is put on a grave and shows the dead person’s name, dates of birth and death etc
a tombstone
the bones of a person’s or animal’s head
a skull
an object in the shape of a person that a farmer puts in a field to frighten birds away from crops
a scarecrow
The name "Halloween" is derived from "All Hallows' Eve". What does the word "Hallow" mean?
Saint
What is the most popular Halloween costume for pets in the US according to Google?
Pumpkin (also hot dogs, bats, bumblebees, spiders)
a person who, in stories, changes into a wolf every month when the moon is full
a werewolf
a large, rounded cooking pot, often associated with witches' brewing.
a cauldron
a special chant or words that people say to make something mysterious or wonderful happen, like turning frogs into princes or making objects move without touching them
a magic spell
Which country is believed to be the birthplace of Halloween?
Ireland
Who plays Hanibal Lecter in its first and most horrifying film depiction?
Anthony Hopkins