Creative writing activity - Halloween (with creepy adjectives and adverbs)

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Creative writing activity - Halloween (with creepy adjectives and adverbs)

WHICH SCARY ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS DO YOU KNOW?

QUIZ TIME

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB?

MAKE YOUR CHOICE

The full moon shone ______ in the dark sky, casting eerie shadows.

1. brightly
2. bright
3. brait
4. brightily

The witch was laughing__________as she was flying her broom.

1. lowed
2. loudly
3. loud
4. loudlierest

His face was __________ as he opened the door to the abandoned mansion.

1. palely
2. pale
3. palest
4. palily

The ghost appeared __________, floating towards them in the misty air.

1. suddener
2. suddenily
3. suddenly
4. sudden

The vampire looked ___________with his sharp fangs and piercing eyes.

1. danger
2. dangerly
3. dangerous
4. dangerously

The bats flew __________across the sky, disappearing into the night.

1. swift
2. swiftily
3. swifts
4. swiftly

The black cat moved ___________across the floor, disappearing into the shadows.

1. silence
2. silently
3. silent
4. silencely

She screamed ___________ as the ghost appeared before her.

1. horror
2. horrible
3. horribly
4. horrorly

The jack-o'-lantern grinned _____________, its carved smile glowing in the night.

1. wickedly
2. wicked
3. wickeder
4. wicker

The group walked down the __________ alley, feeling as if someone was watching them.

1. darkly
2. darkily
3. darkerst
4. dark

CREEPY STORY BUILDING

• Divide in teams of four people;
• Write a short horror story;
• Use at least 10 adjectives or adverbs that make your story more creepy and lively;
• It has to be a SCARY story.
• You get 20 minutes to finish it!

CREEPY STORY BUILDING

The story starts with one of the following sentences:

1. "On a cold, eerie Halloween night, the moon shone brightly over the deserted graveyard."

2. "As the old wooden door creaked open slowly, we knew we shouldn't have entered that haunted house."

3. "The wind howled loudly through the bare trees as we hurriedly made our way to the abandoned cabin."

STORY TIME