It’s that fun time of year where the English speaking world prepares for Halloween – with scary stories, films and costumes. Which means it’s also the time of year to practice our Halloween vocabulary – words which cover a range of frightening topics, emotions and mythical creatures! Build your vocab with my nasty nouns and abysmal adjectives, then see if you can complete the exercise below.

Mixed Halloween Vocabulary Exercise

Match the following descriptions with the words below.

1. Something that is not from this world.
2. The practice of magic or sorcery.
3. An ugly, giant creature.
4. A very old person who wants to suck your blood.
5. Dead people who refuse to stay dead.
6. A box to bury dead bodies in.
7. Illumination from the moon.
8. A characterisation of Death.
9. A carved pumpkin that we put a candle in.
10. The worst kind of dream.
11. The remains of a person without flesh or muscles.
12. A home where you find ghosts (or worse!).
13. A magical person with wings.
14. An enchantment, poems or other words that create magic.
15. A person who changes into a wolf.

• a. fairy
• b. witchcraft
• c. werewolf
• d. moonlight
• e. spell
• f. zombies
• g. haunted house
• h. skeleton
• i. coffin
• j. jack’o’lantern
• k. the grim reaper
• l. nightmare
• m. ogre
• n. supernatural
• o. vampire

Answers to the Exercise

1. n – supernatural
2. b – witchcraft
3. m – ogre
4. o – vampire
5. f – zombies
6. i – coffin
7. d – moonlight
8. k – the grim reaper
9. j – jack’o’lantern
10. l – nightmare
11. h – skeleton
12. g – haunted house
13. a – fairy
14. e – spell
15. c – werewolf