Listening test practice Halloween

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Halloween!  

Halloween

Do you celebrate Halloween?

1

Yes

2

No

Would you go to a Halloween party?

1

Yes, I would love to!

2

No, I don't like to dress up

3

No, I think it is stupid

4

Maybe, if my friends are going

How much money do Americans spend on Halloween each year?

1

Around 2 million dollars

2

Around 6 million dollars

3

Around 10 million dollars

Practice 

In the next two slides you can find listening test samples.

Pick B1 or B2 level, depending on your own ambition .

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Which one is not part of halloween?

A

Watching horror movies

B

Trick or treat

C

Going to church

D

Dressing up in a costume

What is the video about?

A

Why halloween has become so popular in Europe

B

What halloween activities are most popular

C

The history of halloween

D

The most popular halloween costumes

Halloween originated in ___ , ___ years ago

A

Celtic Ireland, 2000

B

The US, 200

C

D

"during Samhain, the veils between this world and the other world were at their thinnest". What other world?

A

The modern world

B

The world of the dead

C

Heaven

D

Hell

Why did people wear costumes on Halloween, originally?

A

So that evil spirits wouldn' t harm them

B

To be more inviting to their lost loved ones and ancestors

C

D

The Celtic druids were labeled as

A

warriors

B

death talkers

C

devil worshipers

D

In the 19th century Halloween was revised by which immigrant groups?

A

Scottish and Irish

B

Italian and Spanish

C

German and Russian

D

"Trick or Treat" in the U.S. developed to stop the vandalism that would occur around Halloween.

A

true

B

false

C

D

The idea of ''carving pumpkins" was originally done to what food?

A

apples

B

turnips

C

watermelons

D

pears

Apple bobbing was used to tell

A

secrets

B

fables

C

fortunes

D

messages of the dead

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Let's check your knowledge 

In the following slides try to give the right/the most logical  answer 

When you kill someone deliberately:

A

mugging

B

murder

C

manslaughter

D

smuggling

When you kill someone by accident:

A

mugging

B

murder

C

manslaughter

D

smuggling

The people who live in this town are also called the ..........

A

inlivings

B

residers

C

inlivers

D

residents

He has a big mouth; his .......... is unacceptable!

A

manner

B

behavior

C

doing

D

acting

The man had to go to jail for 60 years. You could say .............................. was a big disappointment.

A

this small accident

B

this great news

C

this funny behavior

D

this massive sentence

They were shot and killed by local gang members. They are the ..............

A

victims

B

shots

C

punishment

D

crime scene

What police officers do when they suspect someone:

A

amend-the-law

B

death penalty

C

committing the act

D

an interrogation