Resources to learn and teach English vocabulary

Halloween


wordlist


learning and teaching resources

This page provides a list of vocabulary words that appear in the Halloween Unit, both in the activities to play online and in the worksheets to download and print. Scroll down to explore!


Vocabulary words

The Halloween Unit introduces kids to twelve English words:

• ghost
• goblin
• haunted house
• mask
• monster
• moon
• mummy
• pumpkin
• scarecrow
• skeleton
• vampire
• witch


The wordlist with pictures and short definitions below gives you a quick guide to the vocabulary used in the unit. You can also use it as a teaching tool to introduce, practise and revise English words connected with this topic.



English vocabulary: ghost
  • ghost
  • The spirit of someone deceased.
English vocabulary: goblin
  • goblin
  • A small ugly creature that causes trouble.
English vocabulary: haunted house
  • haunted house
  • A home for ghosts and spirits.
English vocabulary: mask
  • mask
  • A thing you put over face to pretend you are someone or something else.
English vocabulary: monster
  • monster
  • A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
English vocabulary: moon
  • moon
  • You can see it in the sky at night.
English words: mummy
  • mummy
  • A preserved dead body wrapped in bandages.
English words: pumpkin
  • pumpkin
  • Large and orange, used to make soups and pies.
English words: scarecrow
  • scarecrow
  • An effigy of a person set up in a field to scare birds.
English words: skeleton
  • skeleton
  • A set of bones.
English words: vampire
  • vampire
  • Lives by drinking the blood of people.
English words: witch
  • witch
  • Rides a broom in the moonlight.