The true story of Halloween

Match each word to its phonetic transcription.

Then listen to check your answers.

a. Pick out the names, dates, places and other keywords that you hear.


b. True or false?

1) Halloween was first celebrated 200 years ago.

True

False

2) People dressed up as witches.

True

False

3) Children would accept food and money in exchange for singing.

True

False

c. What have you learned about the origins of Halloween and the following topics?

Complete this text explaining the origins of Halloween and from where the tradition of wearing costumes comes.

People started dressing up as

because they were convinced that

.

Halloween was first celebrated on (date)

approximately

ago.

People would leave

on their doorstep in order to

.

Then the Christian Church turned

into

in the

th century.

Children used to sing and tell jokes in exchange for

. It later turned into

.