Halloween Produced by Excellent ESL 4u
Afraid To feel fear in a situation.
American Something to do with the USA or the people who live there.
Bad The opposite of good, not a good thing.
Bats Flying animal that comes out at nighttime.
Black cat A cat that has black fur. Considered to be unlucky in Western culture.
Blood The red liquid found in a body.
Broomstick What a witch would ride to be able to fly.
Burry To place something in a hole in the ground and cover it with soil.
Candy Something to eat made from sugar. American English, similar to sweets.
Carve To cut parts of something away to make a pattern.
Casket Another name for a coffin. The box in which a dead body is kept.
Cast To use magic, to cast a spell.
Cauldron The big pot a witch would use for making spells.
Cemetery The place where dead bodies are buried.
Children People aged 0-18 years old.
Cobweb Material spiders make to catch flies. Same as a spider web.
Coffin Another name for a casket. The box in which a dead body is kept.
Costume Clothes to make you look like something else.
Creature Another name for a monster.
Creepy To be scary and make you feel afraid.
Crypt A room underneath a church in which bodies are buried.
Death When someone stops living.
Decorate To make a place look nice by adding pretty items.
Decorations The items that are used to decorate something.
Demon An evil supernatural monster.
Devil An evil supernatural monster. Also the leader of all the demons.
Disguise To wear clothes so you look different.
Dress-up To wear clothes that are different form normal.
Evil To be very bad and enjoy doing nasty things.
Face paint Special make up to be used on the face.
Fangs Big long teeth. Vampires often have them.
Fear To be scared or worried about something. Expecting something bad to happen.
Frighten To cause someone to experience fear.
Front door The main door in a house that is used most often, usually next to the road.
Full-moon When the moon is a complete circle in the sky.
Ghost The remains of a dead person, not solid can pass through walls.
Grave The hole in the ground in which a person is buried. Similar to tomb.
Gravestone The carved stone that marks the position of a grave. Similar to tombstone.
Halloween A celebration of monsters and being scared on 31 st October.
Haunted house A house that has a ghost present.
Horrible Something that is very bad, looks very bad.
Howl The long loud noise that a wolf makes.
Jack-o-lantern A carved pumpkin in the shape of a face.
Knock To hit something to show your presence, knock on the front door.
Lantern An old fashioned device for giving light by burning oil.
Magic The use of supernatural powers, when a witch casts a spell.
Mist Type of weather in which clouds are near the ground and stop people seeing very far.
Monster A creature that is not real, often frightening.
Moon The Earth s satellite that can be seen in the sky.
Mummy A monster where a dead person has been wrapped in bandages, buried and they have come back to life.
Nasty Something that is bad or not nice.
Nightmare A dream that is frightening.
Party A gathering of people to have fun together.
Phantom A type of ghost.
Pitchfork A farm tool that people use when chasing monsters.
Poltergeist A type of ghost that moves things in a house
Potion A liquid made of various other liquids.
Prank A joke that involves physical props.
Pretend To imagine that something is real.
Pumpkin A type of vegetable that is eaten at Halloween and used to make decorations.
Repulsive Something that is very nasty and frightening.
Scare To frighten someone.
Scarecrow A large doll that is made to scare birds away from a farmer s field. It is believed to come alive and be a monster.
Scream To shout loudly in fear.
Shadow A dark place in which monsters might live. Also the shadow cast by something.
Skeleton The bones of a body without any flesh on them.
Skull The bones that make up the head.
Specter A type of ghost.
Spell A magical process to make something happen.
Spider web Material a spider makes to catch flies. Same as cob web.
Spider An animal with eight legs that is scary.
Spirit The life within a body, may become a ghost when the body dies.
Spooky Something that is frightening and scary.
Strange Something that is not normal, something that is odd.
Supernatural To do with monsters and magic. Something that is not normal.
Superstitious To believe in monsters and magic as if it was real.
Sweets A type of food that is made from sugar. British English, similar to candy.
Terrible Something that is very bad, the worst thing that could happen.
Terrify To be very very frightened.
Tomb A hole to bury a dead body (same as a grave) or a building to hold a dead body.
Tombstone A carved stone to mark the position of the tomb. Similar to gravestone.
Treat Something nice, often candy to eat.
Trick or treat To go to a house and to ask for candy. If no candy is given than a trick will be played on the house.
Trick To play a nasty joke on someone.
Vampire A monster that drinks the blood of people and can only come out at nighttime.
Wand A witch s or wizard s special stick to help them cast spells.
Weird Something that is strange.
Werewolf A person that turns into a wolf like monster when there is a full moon.
Wicked A very bad person.
Witch A person (often female) that uses magic and is evil.
Witchcraft The use of magic to get what you want.
Wizard A person (often male) that uses magic, may sometimes be evil.
Wolf A wild animal that is associated with frightening things.
Zombie A type of monster, a dead body that has come back to life and wants to eat people.
Excellent ESL 4u Jolyon Dodgson copyright 2014