Watch the video and tick the correct answers to the following questions.
For 180 years For centuries For 100 years
2 Where did the Celts live?
In Africa In Asia In Europe
3 What did the Celts celebrate on Oct 31st?
The end of the harvest season Christmas Halloween
4 What did the Celt do on Samhain?
They lit bonfires to scare the dead away.
5 What was the original name of All Saints’ Day?
Halloween Holy Night Hallowmas
6 When was Halloween imported to America?
In the 1840s In the 1930s In the 1940s
7 Which of the following was not a Halloween custom in those days?
Bobbing apples Trick-or-treating Playing tricks
8 When did Halloween become dangerous?
In the 1920s In the 1930s In the 1940s
9 How long has “Trick-or-Treat” been a holiday greeting?
For about 90 years For about 80 years For about 70 years
1 a small animal like a mouse with wings that flies at night
2 a bird with a flat face, large eyes, and strong curved nails, which hunts small mammals at night
3 a small dark four-legged furry animal with a tail and claws, usually kept as a pet or for catching mice
4 a light made from a hollow pumpkin with holes cut into the sides like the eyes and mouth of a person's face, inside of which there is a candle
7 a dead body, usually of a person
8 a reptile with a long cylindrical body and no legs
9 a small insect-like creature with eight thin legs which catches other insects in a web
What spooky Halloween figures do the following definitions refer to?
A zombieghostvampirebanshee is the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image
A vampirewerewolfghostghoulis a dead person who comes back to life and sucks blood from other people at night
A zombieghoulbansheewerewolf is someone who changes into a wolf at the time of the full moon
A zombiewitchwizardbanshee is a woman who has magical powers
A ghoulzombiebansheewitch is an evil spirit that eats dead bodies
A witchwerewolfbansheezombieis a female spirit in traditional Irish stories whose crying sound tells you that someone in your family is going to die
A vampirezombieghoulwerewolf is a reanimated human corpse
