HALLOWEEN

LISTENING GAP FILL

Halloween is celebrated on October the 31st every year. It

_________________ pagan holiday and the Christian holiday of

All Saints’ Day. The name Halloween is _________________ of

All Hallows’ Eve. Today, it is more of a fun day for children and

has largely lost its religious roots. Halloween is

_________________ in the U.S.A. Irish immigrants took it to

America in the mid-1600s and it _________________ the

country. Halloween is not celebrated in many countries around

the world although many _________________ it. Some

Christians are not so happy that people celebrate Halloween.

They believe the holiday is un-Christian because

_________________ pagan "festival of the dead."

Halloween has many easily identifiable symbols. The colours

orange and black _________________. In particular, orange

pumpkins and fires and black witches, cats and costumes are

_________________ this day. One of the biggest Halloween

activities is trick-or-treating. This is when children

_________________ and ask for a small gift. If they don’t get

anything, they’ll play a trick on the person who opens the door.

Food also _________________ of Halloween. Toffee apples are

very popular and so is anything made from pumpkin. Halloween

is also a popular topic for Hollywood. Many horror movies have

_________________. Because of this, Halloween is now known

in many countries that _________________ it.

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Video quiz questions

1) What do people wear at Halloween?
2) Put the words in order: our We in decorate houses anticipation

3) What do people do at Halloween?

a. watch horror movies

b. go to haunted houses

c. both are correct

4) Where is the tradition of Halloween from?

a. An American island

b. An English island

c. A Celtic island

d. A Viking island
5) Fill the gap: It celebrated the divide of the two halves of the year,
________________________ and ________________________
6) Why do people wear costumes and masks?

7) Fill the gap: Christians believe that soin was a ________________________

holiday
8) What Christian festivity is celebrated on November 1?

9) What do children do during trick-or-treat?

a. They wear costumes and ask for candy

b. They party in the streets

c. They scare people with their costumes

10) Fill the gap: The poor collect ________________________ and
________________________
11) Put the words in order: was or treat on vandalism focused Trick pranks and

12) We've come to know pumpkins as ...

a. Mac-o-lanterns
 b. Jack-o'-lanterns

c. Man-o'-lanterns
13) Can Jack enter Heaven or Hell?

14) The first Jack-o'-lanterns were made of ...

a. pumpkins

b. potatoes

c. turnips
15) Put the words in order: the symbol Halloween. have of They become

16) Has Halloween changed over the years?

17) Correct the wrong word: It lost its pagan origins and the superstitions play
no part in modern Halloween