A1 & A2 listening lessons feature easy vocabulary, basic grammar, and slow speech with short pauses.
🎃 Halloween – A fun holiday on October 31st with costumes and sweets.
Example: Halloween is a fun holiday celebrated in many countries.
👻 spooky – A little scary, like ghosts or monsters.
Example: The air feels spooky on Halloween night.
🧙 costume – Clothes that make you look like someone or something else.
Example: Children wear their costumes to school.
💀 skeleton – A body made of bones, often used as a decoration.
Example: A skeleton is a popular costume for Halloween.
🦇 bat – A flying animal that comes out at night.
Example: Schools are decorated with bats, pumpkins, and ghosts.
🎃 jack-o-lantern – A pumpkin with a face cut into it and a light inside.
Example: People make jack-o-lanterns and put them in windows.
🍎 bob for apples – A game where people try to grab apples with their mouths from water.
Example: A fun game is bobbing for apples at Halloween parties.
🍬 trick-or-treating – A Halloween tradition where kids ask for sweets at houses.
Example: Children go trick-or-treating in costumes.
🔔 ring doorbells – To press a button so someone inside knows you’re there.
Example: Kids ring doorbells when they go from house to house.
🎭 play a trick – To do something funny or surprising to someone.
Example: Sometimes kids play a trick, but usually they just get candy.
Halloween is a fun holiday! It is on October 31st. In the evening, the air is getting spooky!
American children in elementary schools wear their costumes to school. Typical Halloween costumes are a witch, ghost, skeleton, monster, vampire, or alien. I usually make my costume, but my friend buys it. Children have Halloween parties at school. The schools are decorated with pumpkins, ghosts, witches, and bats.
It is a popular tradition to make jack-o-lanterns from pumpkins. People put them in front of the windows of their houses. There are funny Halloween games, such as bobbing for apples. People usually make a lot of tasty dishes too! Everyone is having a good time!
On Halloween evening, American and British children and teenagers go trick-or-treating. They are wearing their costumes now! They go from house to house and ring doorbells. People usually give them sweets. Sometimes, children play tricks, but usually, they just get candy! Everyone is laughing and having fun.