Fall & October Around the World
The German festival famous for beer, pretzels, and music.
What is Oktoberfest?
What is a ghost town?
This friendly ghost is the main character in a famous cartoon.
Who is Casper?
This Italian explorer reached the Americas in October 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
“The witch is flying on her broomstick.” — The tense shows an action happening now.
What is the present continuous?
The Mexican celebration that honors ancestors with colorful alters.
What is the Day of the Dead?
If you are extremely frightened, you are "scared" this.
The boy wizard who fights dark magic at Hogwarts.
Who is Harry Potter?
This prize ceremony begins in October each year.
What is the Nobel Prize?
“If I saw a ghost, I would run.” — This is a type of conditional.
What is the second conditional?
An Indian celebration of lights!
What is Diwali?
When someone reveals a secret, they "let the ___ out of the bag."
What is a cat?
The vampire from Transylvania in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel.
Who is Dracula?
This country celebrates its national day on October 1st, marking its founding in 1949.
What is China?
“The castle was built in 1450.” — The sentence is in this voice.
What is the passive voice?
A 3,000 year old Chinese celebration of harvest.
What is Mid-Autumn Festival?
When something is done cruelly or without emotion, it's "in cold ____."
What is blood?
The movie where kids dance and sing "This is Halloween".
This famous technology company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in October 1975.
What is Microsoft?
“He said he had seen a ghost.” — This is an example of this kind of speech.
What is reported speech?
The term for equal day and night in late September, marking autumn's start.
What is the autumn equinox?
What someone is pale or terrified, you say they are "as white as a____."
The author of horror novels like The Shining and It.
Who is Stephen King?
This spacecraft launched in October 1957, beginning the Space Age.
What is Sputnik 1?
“The haunted house, which stood on the hill, was empty.” — The clause gives extra information, so it’s this type.
What is a non-defining relative clause?