59357 halloween vocabulary

Halloween Vocabulary
Match the Halloween words to their meanings.
Carve
2. Ward off
3. Eerie
4. Spirits
5. Evil
6. Jack-o’-lantern
7. Devilish
8. Frightened
9. Casket
10. Graveyard
11. Ghastly
12. Cast a spell
1.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)

Spooky, a scary feeling
Keep something away like danger

Cemetery
Very bad, not good
To cut up
Scared, afraid
To be like the devil
Ghosts
a Halloween pumpkin
Coffin
Do magic
Awful

Using the vocabulary from above; complete the sentences below.
1. This place is creepy and makes me feel uneasy. I don’t like _____________ .
2. Let’s go to the garden and pick out a pumpkin to _____________ for Halloween.
3. Be careful. That woman is a witch and she might _____________ on you!
4. It was_____________. In the old house, there were spiders and cobwebs everywhere.
5. They say that if you go to a cemetery on Halloween you will see the _____________ of dead
people.
6. He’s very superstitious. He’s just bought an amulet to _____________ bad luck.
7. I love to go out on Halloween and see all the funny looking _____________ in the windows.
8. Legend has it that vampires sleep in _____________.
9. Turn on the lights! It’s very _____________ in here when it’s dark.

Answer key:
Match the Halloween words to their meanings.
Carve E
14. Ward off B
15. Eerie A
16. Spirits H
17. Evil D

13.

m)
n)
o)
p)
q)

Spooky, a scary feeling
Keep something away like danger
Cemetery
Very bad, not good
To cut up


Jack-o’-lantern I
19. Devilish G
20. Frightened F
21. Casket J
22. Graveyard C
23. Ghastly L
24. Cast a spell K
18.

r)
s)
t)
u)
v)
w)

x)

Scared, afraid
To be like the devil
Ghosts
a Halloween pumpkin
Coffin
Do magic
Awful

Using the vocabulary from above; complete the sentences below.
1. This place is creepy and makes me feel uneasy. I don’t like graveyards/cemeteries.
2. Let’s go to the garden and pick out a pumpkin to carve for Halloween.
3. Be careful. That woman is a witch and she might cast a spell on you!
4. It was ghastly/awful. In the old house, there were spiders and cobwebs everywhere.
5. They say that if you go to a cemetery on Halloween you will see the spirits of dead people.
6. He’s very superstitious. He’s just bought an amulet to ward off bad luck.
7. I love to go out on Halloween and see all the funny looking jack-o’-lanterns in the windows.
8. Legend has it that vampires sleep in caskets/coffins.
9. Turn on the lights! It’s very eerie/spooky in here when it’s dark.