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What is Halloween?
Discussion Warm Up

1. Explain Halloween in your own words.

2. What do you want to be for Halloween?
3. What are 5 adjectives that you can use for Halloween?

Vocabulary Check

get into (something), to be honest…, chance,

extremely, contest, decorate, big deal,

partake, give away, fill up, knock

fascinating, a blast

ghost, spider, witch, devil

Listening Comprehension

Watch the following YouTube video and answer the following questions.
Copy and paste the following link to watch the video:
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/glLn576Ga5c

1. What does Raynesh notice at the beginning of the video?

2. How does Johnny feel about Halloween?

3. According to Johnny, what has become popular with adults over the years?

4. How popular is Halloween in America?

5. How do adults celebrate Halloween in America?

6. How do children celebrate Halloween in America?

7. How does Johnny explain trick-or-treating?

8. What do the owners of some houses do?

9. What do schools, bars and restaurants have in common?

10. Does Raynesh accept Johnny’s invitation to go out on Halloween?

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Matching
Match the words on the left with words or expressions on the right that are closest in
meaning.

1. get into (something) A. Extremely interesting.

2. to be honest… B. To give for free.

3. chance C. The spirit of a dead person.

4. extremely D. opportunity

5. contest E. A natural way to start or transition a sentence to express

your feelings.
6. decorate
F. Something that is a lot of fun.

7. big deal G. To become interested in something.

8. partake H. To hit a surface to get attention.

9. give away I. To be a part of/participate in something.

J. An event which people try to win something.

10. fill up
K. Something very important.
11. knock
L. To make something look more attractive by adding
12. fascinating something to it.

M. To make full.
13. a blast

N. Very much.
14. ghost

More Discussion Questions

1. Make a list of words to explain Halloween. Do you know…?

2. What is your favorite kind of candy? What is the history of

Halloween? 

3. Have you ever won a prize for anything? Google it!

4. What is your favorite holiday of the year?

5. Do you spend a lot of money during holiday seasons?

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Words in Context - Fill-in-the-blanks

Use the words from the vocabulary box to complete the following
sentences. You many need to modify the tense or word form.

1. We need to ______________________ the car. We are almost empty.

2. Tony really ______________________ Christmas. He always plays Christmas music

and decorates the house.

3. Mary is afraid of ______________________ so she has a night light.

4. Do you think they have a ______________________ to win the game?

5. They are ______________________ rich. They have 4 cars, a boat, a big house and
a summer home.

6. We had ______________________ at her party last week. It was great to see

everyone again.

7. Nature is really ______________________. I love to learn about trees, plants,

animals and insects.

8. I ______________________ on his door three times but nobody was home.

9. His birthday is a really ______________________ . We have to give him a surprise

party.

10. I don’t think I’m going to ______________________ in this year’s New Year’s
celebration. I have to work on New Year’s day.

11. We will ______________________ the office this year with lots of balloons and fun
Halloween stuff.

12. ______________________ I really love her. She’s the perfect lady!

13. They will have a spelling ______________________ for Brittany’s English class.
The winner will win a thousand dollars.

14. We will ______________________ our clothes to charity.

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Listening Scripts
Halloween

Raynesh: Wow, there are ghosts and spiders everywhere!

Everyone really gets into Halloween, don’t they?

Johnny: They sure do!

To be honest I love Halloween.
I think it’s really fun.
It gives us a chance to be kids again.
It has become extremely popular with adults over the years.
It might be more popular for adults than children!
You know it’s the second most popular holiday in America behind Christmas.
Many people have house parties.
Bars and restaurants hold parties and contests for the best costumes.
Companies even decorate their offices and employees dress up for work! 

It really is a big deal for a lot of people.

Raynesh: Oh, sounds very interesting!

Adults wearing costumes?! House parties for Halloween?

Prizes and even companies partake in Halloween?
Wow, it’s really big in America!
Well, what about children?

Johnny: Oh, of course!

Kids love it!
They get lots of candy from school and trick-or-treating.
Most schools hold Halloween parties and give away prizes for the best costume.

Raynesh: What is trick-or-treating?

Johnny: Trick-or-treating is when kids dress up in their costumes and go door to door
filling up huge bags with candy.
They are always chaperoned by their parents or an adult.
They knock on the door until the owner answers.
The owners of the house sometimes wear scary costumes too.
Many people decorate their houses with all kinds of spooky stuff.
Ghosts, witches, spiders, devils …
Some people really go all out.
Lights, sound effects and whatever they can do to create a spooky experience.

Raynesh: It’s all very fascinating.

Johnny: Why don’t you come out with us Halloween night? It will be a blast!

Raynesh: Hmm… Let me think about it.

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Answer Key

Listening Comprehension Answers

1. The office is decorated with ghosts and spiders and that Americans are really into
Halloween.

2. He loves it! He thinks it’s really fun and gives adults a chance to be kids again.

3. It has become extremely popular with adults in America.

4. It’s the second most popular holiday behind Christmas in America.

5. Many people have house parties, bars and restaurants have parties and give away
prizes for best costume, companies decorate their offices and employees dress up for
work.

6. Children dress up in costumes, go trick-or-treating, get lots of candy and enter

contests at school.

7. Trick-or-treating is when children dress up their costumes and do door to door filling
up their bags with candy. They are chaperoned by adults.

8. Some owners decorate their houses and sometimes dress up.

9. They all have contests for best costume.

10. He tells Johnny that he will think about it.

Matching

1. G get into (something) - To become interested in something. 2. E to be honest… - A

natural way to start or transition a sentence to express your feelings. 3. D chance -
opportunity. 4. N extremely - Very much.5. J contest - An event which people try to win
something. 6. L decorate - To make something look more attractive by adding something
to it. 7. K big deal - Something very important. 8. I partake - To be a part of/participate in
something. 9. B give away - To give for free. 10. M fill up - To make full. 11. H knock - To hit
a surface to get attention. 12. A fascinating - Extremely interesting. 13. F a blast -
Something that is a lot of fun. 14. C ghost - The spirit of a dead person.

Words in Context - Fill-in-the-Blanks

1. fill up 2. gets into 3. ghosts 4. chance 5. extremely 6. a blast 7. fascinating 8. knocked

9. big deal 10. partake 11. decorate 12. to be honest 13. contest 14. give away

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