Before learning about this well-known tradition, let's revise some SPOOKY vocabulary:
SPOOKY VOCABULARY
BASIC HALLOWEEN VOC
JACK O LANTERNS
A jack-o'-lantern is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin. Jack-o'-lanterns are associated with the Halloween holiday, but do you know the story behind them??
TASK 1 Do this exercise
JACK O LANTERNS
Listen to this podcast and complete the text to find out
STINGY JACK
Let's see what you remember about this trendy festival, do this quiz:
STINGY JACK
Let's see what you remember about this trendy festival, do this quiz:
QUIZ 1
TASK 2:
TASK 2:
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I went trick-or-treating with my best friends Our pillowcases were full of candy, and it was getting late, so my friends wanted to go home.
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I wanted a few more chocolate bars so I turned to my friends and said, “Let’s knock on a few more doors and then head for home.”
They were worried because they thought it was already too late. “Let’s go home now,” they said to me. I told them not to worry because we could take a shortcut through the old forest.
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So after a few more houses, I took my friends to the path that went through the forest. We walked for about 20 minutes, and suddenly, I felt very strange. I couldn’t remember the way! It was dark and foggy. We were lost. And to make matters worse, it started to rain. And then, it started to pour. Lightning lit up the sky and thunder rang in our ears. We wandered around in the rain for over two hours. We were very wet and freezing. And then, at about midnight, I saw an old abandoned house on a hill.
“I think we’ll have to spend the night in that old house and wait till morning,” I said.
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TASK2. In pairs, finish writing the story using all the phrases in the box below. Write it as a comment to this post,
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My friends didn’t think it was a good idea, but they were cold and wet, so they agreed. We walked up the old wooden steps to the front door. The door creaked open and we went inside, sat down, and started to eat a chocolate bar, when . . .
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