Listening test practice Halloween

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Halloween!  

Halloween

Do you celebrate Halloween?

Yes

No

Would you go to a Halloween party?

Yes, I would love to!

No, I don't like to dress up

No, I think it is stupid

Maybe, if my friends are going

How much money do Americans spend on Halloween each year?

Around 2 million dollars

Around 6 million dollars

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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00:42

Which one is not part of halloween?

1. Watching horror movies
2. Trick or treat
3. Going to church
4. Dressing up in a costume

00:51

What is the video about?

1. Why halloween has become so popular in Europe
2. What halloween activities are most popular
3. The history of halloween
4. The most popular halloween costumes

01:00

Halloween originated in ___ , ___ years ago

1. Celtic Ireland, 2000
2. The US, 200

01:20

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

1. The modern world
2. The world of the dead
3. Heaven
4. Hell

01:33

Why did people wear costumes on Halloween, originally?

1. So that evil spirits wouldn' t harm them
2. To be more inviting to their lost loved ones and ancestors

02:03

The Celtic druids were labeled as

1. warriors
2. death talkers
3. devil worshipers

03:21

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

1. Scottish and Irish
2. Italian and Spanish
3. German and Russian

03:34

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

1. true
2. false

04:50

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

1. apples
2. turnips
3. watermelons
4. pears

05:09

Apple bobbing was used to tell

1. secrets
2. fables
3. fortunes
4. 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:

1. mugging
2. murder
3. manslaughter
4. smuggling

When you kill someone by accident:

1. mugging
2. murder
3. manslaughter
4. smuggling

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

1. inlivings
2. residers
3. inlivers
4. residents

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

1. manner
2. behavior
3. doing
4. acting

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

1. this small accident
2. this great news
3. this funny behavior
4. this massive sentence

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

1. victims
2. shots
3. punishment
4. crime scene

What police officers do when they suspect someone:

1. amend-the-law
2. death penalty
3. committing the act
4. an interrogation