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Task Description
Students have to watch the video carefully and answer the questions that appear in it.
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Scene summary
This video explains the origin of Halloween and speaks about the traditions and how they have evolved during the years
Video length
6 minutes 9 seconds
Video genre
Lectures (e.g. TED talks)
Language goals
listening
Listening comprehension
General topic
Other pedagogical goals
Level
The above lesson is a great teaching resource for:Intermediate (B1), Pre-intermediate (A2)
Student type
This resource is intended for:High schoolers, Adults
high-school
High schoolers
adults
Adults
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This resource does not contain any images, words or ideas that would upset a reasonable person in any culture.
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This resource is licensed by palomapb under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
Published 26/10/2018
Video quiz questions (printable)
1. Guess the end.
What do people wear at Halloween?
2. Unmix the sentence.
We
decorate
our
houses
in
anticipation
3. Choose the correct options.
What do people do at Halloween?
watch horror movies
go to haunted houses
both are correct
4. Choose the correct options.
Where is the tradition of Halloween from?
An American island
An English island
A Celtic island
A Viking island
5. Fill the gap.
It celebrated the divide of the two halves of the year,and
6. Guess the end.
Why do people wear costumes and masks?
7. Fill the gap.
Christians believe that soin was aholiday
8. Guess the end.
What Christian festivity is celebrated on November 1?
9. Choose the correct options.
What do children do during trick-or-treat?
They wear costumes and ask for candy
They party in the streets
They scare people with their costumes
10. Fill the gap.
The poor collectand
11. Unmix the sentence.
Trick
or
treat
was
focused
on
pranks
and
vandalism
12. Choose the correct options.
We've come to know pumpkins as ...
Mac-o-lanterns
Jack-o'-lanterns
Man-o'-lanterns
13. Guess the end.
Can Jack enter Heaven or Hell?
14. Choose the correct options.
The first Jack-o'-lanterns were made of ...
pumpkins
potatoes
turnips
15. Unmix the sentence.
They
have
become
the
symbol
of
Halloween.
16. Guess the end.
Has Halloween changed over the years?
17. Correct the wrong word.
It lost its pagan origins and the superstitions play no part in modern Halloween
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