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) and the Hershey Bar is made of chocolate and the candy corn is not (contrast).
Make a sentence with the words: costume, scary. You can change the form of the words if you want.
He wore a scary costume. or 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.
Example: The man walked through the deserted warehouse and said, "wow, this place is a ghost town."
A deserted/ empty place where there are few or no people.
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 the Mummy
They are both monsters (compare) and Werewolf is a live human and changes into a monster and the Mummy is dead and comes back to life (contrast).
Make a sentence with the words: witch, cackle. You can change the form of the words if you want.
The old witch cackled with evil delight. or The horrible cackling of the witch made my blood turn cold.
1. a princess 2. a cowboy 3. a pumpkin
They are all kinds of Halloween costumes.
Time heals all wounds.
Example: I was sad for years after our cat died, but now I am a bit better. Time heals all wounds.
Over time, most hurt feelings stop hurting as much.
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) and a magic wand is used to cast spells and a witch rides a broomstick (contrast).
Make a sentence with the words: children, spooky, afraid. You can change the form of the words.
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. rotting bandages
They are all things that Halloween monsters/characters wear.
Two heads are better than one.
Example: The student asked another student to work together because it is an important project and two heads are better than one.
It usually helps to have more than one person trying to solve a problem or come up with ideas.
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) and a 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. You can change the form of the words if you want.
The eerie scream of the ghost made the people run in fear. or The people screamed when the eerie ghost appeared.
1. scream 2. creaking door 3. rattling chains
They are all sounds associated with Halloween?/ Spooky Sounds
Skeleton(s) in the closet.
Example: The politician was worried the campaign was going to expose his skeletons in the closet.
Something bad or embarrassing that happened in someone's past and that is kept secret.
All the grandparents went door-to-window saying, "Truck or Trip!"
All the children when door-to-door saying, "Trick or Treat."
graveyard and haunted house
They are both scary places to visit (compare) and a graveyard is where people are buried and a haunted house is a place where scary monsters live (contrast).
Make a sentence with the words: casket, gruesome, mummy, chase. You can change the form of the words if you want.
After crawling out of the casket, the gruesome mummy chased the students. or The hero chased the mummy back to his gruesome casket and locked him inside.
1. Zombie 2. Mummy 3. Dracula
They are all monsters/characters who are "undead."
Blood is thicker than water.
Example: My best friend and my brother got in a fight and I had to support my brother because blood is thicker than water.
What is your family is usually more important and/or more loyal to you than other people?