All about Halloween

Language: English
Subject: English language > Reading comprehension
School grade: Ukraine Ukraine

All about Halloween

The word Hallowe’en comes from an old English word for…

harvest festival

November

Autumn

All Saints’ Day

Who were the first people to celebrate a festival called Samhain?

The Vikings

The Egyptians

The Celts

The Romans

The first Jack-o’-lanterns were made of…

turnip

melon

pumpkin

cabbage

What is put inside a carved pumpkin?

water

candle

oil

sweets

People began to wear masks and dress in costumes at Halloween because…

They wanted to wear colourful clothes

They wanted to blend into their surroundings

They wanted to fool evil spirits

They enjoyed making masks

Trick-or-treating is

for adults

not popular nowadays

when children sing songs asking for sweets

when children dressed in costume, visit houses asking for sweets

What is "apple bobbing"?

An apple in caramel

A game when you try to grab an apple only with their teeth

Eating a lot of apples at Halloween

A game of finding apples