A2 - Halloween

Watch the following video to learn a bit about Halloween:

Listening - Halloween in Britain

Watch the following video to see how British people celebrate Halloween:

B2 - Halloween: candy and health

Watch the video about the amount of sugar American people have in their diets:

Fifth year - The Legend of Stingy Jack

Watch the following video and complete the sentences below:

1. Stingy Jack invited the devil to have a _______ with him, but true to his name, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay.

2. Somehow he managed to convince the devil to ________ _____ a coin so Jack could use it to buy his ________

3. However, as soon as the devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money for himself and put the coin into his _______ next to a ________ crucifix.

4. This had the effect of ________ the devil from changing back into his original _________ .

5. Jack eventually ________ the devil, but he ________ several conditions beforehand.

6. The first was that athe devil would not _______ Jack for one whole year after that.

7. Should Jack die, he would not be able to _____ his soul. The devil agreed, and Jack let him go.

8. The following year the devil found Jack again, and was determined to see him _________ after the trick that was played on him.

9. However, Jack tricked the devil again, ___________ him into climbing into a tree to ________ a piece of fruit.

10. While he was up in the tree, Jack __________ a sign of the cross into the tree's ______ so the devil was unable to make his way back down again.

11. Once again the devil had to _______ there until he promised Jack that he would never _______ him again for a further ten years.

12. Soon after Jack died and as the legend goes, God refused him ______ into heaven because of his ___________ _______

13. However, neither would the devil allow him into hell as he had already promised not to ___________ hi soul.

14. The devil sent Jack back to the __________, but he was only to appear at night with a piece of burning __________ to light his way.

15. The story goes that Jack put the __________ into a __________ turnip and has roamed the earth with it ever since.

16. The Celts refer to this ___________ figure as Jack of the lantern, but as the centuries passed, it was eventually shortened to Jack-o-lantern.

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First year - Halloween

Watch the following video to see how some British kids celebrate Halloween in Britain. The video is subtitled, so although there are expressions that you do not know, you can understand everything.

First year - Halloween

Watch the following video to learn the vocabulary on Halloween.

Fourth year: Listening for detail- S'mores

How to make s'mores

Watch the video and complete the instructions below.




Step 1: Prepare your graham crackers by breaking a long one into two _________ squares and place them side by side.

Step 2: Take a piece of chocolate and _________ it on one of these square graham crackers.

Step 3: _______ the marshmallow by placing a large marshmallow on the end of a long __________ stick or a __________ fork. Hold the marshmallow over the fire. ________ the stick until the outside of the marshmallow is __________ brown and starting to get mushy

Step 4: Take your __________ marshmallow, still on the stick, and lay it on the side of the cracker with the chocolate. Now take the other half of the cracker and ________ the half marshmallow, pressing down firmly enough to _____________ out the stick.

Step 5: Let the hot marshmallow sit for about 30 seconds, long enough to ________ the chocolate and cool off a bit.

Step 6: Squeeze the s'more between your _______ and eat it.


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Fourth year - Listening: Halloween in Hawaii

Watch the video below and answer the questions:





1. How long have the Silvers decorated their house in such a special way?

2. How many bags do they give away to trick-or-treaters?

3. How long does it take to decorate the house?

4. Name the different members of the family

5. Why is the last Halloween at their home for the Silvers?

6. What could children see at the mall?

7. What costume was the winner of the night?

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Fourth year ---- Halloween

This is an old exercise of mine about Halloween that you can find in this blog. Click here to get to the exercise.

I'll try to post a new exercise this weekend so you can practise. Enjoy the long weekend

Second year. Vocabulary: Halloween

Click here to watch a video and practise the vocabulary on Halloween.

And watch this other video to further practice:

Fourth year - Listening: Halloween and its history

Watch the following video and answer the questions below:




1. What does Samhaim mean?

2. What did the druids try to foretell?

3. Why did the Celts light bonfires and disguise themselves?

4. What did Pope Gregory III establish? Why?

5. What event brought the Irish to America in the mid 19th century?

6. What did the traditional celtic bonfires and demonic disguises turn into in America?

7. What are the origins of trick-or-treating?


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