CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD
Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs of italics.
Halloween is celebrated on October the 31st every / all year. It
originated from a pagan holiday and the Christian holiday of All Saints’
Day. The name Halloween is a shortened vision / version of All
Hallows’ Eve. Today, it is more of a fan / fun day for children and has
largely lost its religious roots. Halloween is probably most famous in
the U.S.A. Irish immigration / immigrants took it to America in the
mid-1600s and it slowly spread / spreads across the country.
Halloween is not celebrated in many countries around the world
although many people known / know about it. Some Christians are not
so happy that people celebrate Halloween. They belief / believe the
holiday is un-Christian because of its origin / original as a pagan
"festival of the dead."
Halloween has many easy / easily identifiable symbols. The colors
orange and black are widely used. In peculiar / particular, orange
pumpkins and fires and black witches, cats and costumes are common
features / futures of this day. One of the biggest Halloween activities is
trick-or-treating. This is when children knocking / knock on doors and
ask for a small gift. If they don’t get anything, they’ll play a trick on
the person / people who opens the door. Food also plays a big part of
Halloween. Toffee apples are very popularity / popular and so is
anything made from pumpkin. Halloween is also a popular topic /
topical for Hollywood. Many horror movies have been made about it.
Because of this, Halloween is now known in many countries that never
actually / actual celebrate it.
SPELLING
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
Paragraph 1
1. Halloween is dbteacrlee on October the 31st
2. a shortened erovisn
3. its religious rtsoo
4. it slowly epsadr
5. because of its ironig
6. latiesfv of the dead
Paragraph 2
7. easily identifiable mlysosb
8. orange nmpsuikp
9. Halloween ticevsiita
10. play a krcit
11. apples are very apprlou
12. rhrroo movies
HOMEWORK
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words
from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or
another search engine) to build up more associations /
collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information
about Halloween . Talk about what you discover with your
partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about
Halloween . Write about what happens around the world. Include
two imaginary interviews with people who did something on this
day.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give
each other feedback on your articles.
4. POSTER: Make your own poster about Halloween . Write
about will happen on this day around the world.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give
each other feedback on your articles.
Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs of italics.
Halloween is celebrated on October the 31st every / all year. It
originated from a pagan holiday and the Christian holiday of All Saints’
Day. The name Halloween is a shortened vision / version of All
Hallows’ Eve. Today, it is more of a fan / fun day for children and has
largely lost its religious roots. Halloween is probably most famous in
the U.S.A. Irish immigration / immigrants took it to America in the
mid-1600s and it slowly spread / spreads across the country.
Halloween is not celebrated in many countries around the world
although many people known / know about it. Some Christians are not
so happy that people celebrate Halloween. They belief / believe the
holiday is un-Christian because of its origin / original as a pagan
"festival of the dead."
Halloween has many easy / easily identifiable symbols. The colors
orange and black are widely used. In peculiar / particular, orange
pumpkins and fires and black witches, cats and costumes are common
features / futures of this day. One of the biggest Halloween activities is
trick-or-treating. This is when children knocking / knock on doors and
ask for a small gift. If they don’t get anything, they’ll play a trick on
the person / people who opens the door. Food also plays a big part of
Halloween. Toffee apples are very popularity / popular and so is
anything made from pumpkin. Halloween is also a popular topic /
topical for Hollywood. Many horror movies have been made about it.
Because of this, Halloween is now known in many countries that never
actually / actual celebrate it.
SPELLING
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
Paragraph 1
1. Halloween is dbteacrlee on October the 31st
2. a shortened erovisn
3. its religious rtsoo
4. it slowly epsadr
5. because of its ironig
6. latiesfv of the dead
Paragraph 2
7. easily identifiable mlysosb
8. orange nmpsuikp
9. Halloween ticevsiita
10. play a krcit
11. apples are very apprlou
12. rhrroo movies
HOMEWORK
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words
from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or
another search engine) to build up more associations /
collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information
about Halloween . Talk about what you discover with your
partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about
Halloween . Write about what happens around the world. Include
two imaginary interviews with people who did something on this
day.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give
each other feedback on your articles.
4. POSTER: Make your own poster about Halloween . Write
about will happen on this day around the world.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give
each other feedback on your articles.
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