Vocabulary 🎃 📅

Halloween

Hi guys❗ You know, Halloween is celebrated on 31st October. This year, it is the next Wednesday. So this vocabulary lesson is about Halloween.

Guys, tell me how many words and phrases related to this celebration do you know❓

In case you can't remember some of them, don't 😟. I'll remind you the most well-known, they are:

🎃 Jack-o'-lantern /ˌdʒæk.əˈlæn.tən/

🕸 Spider's Web /ˈspaɪ.dəz web/         | 🕸 Spiderweb /ˈspaɪ.də.web/

🕯 Candle /ˈkæn.dl/

⛓️ Chains /tʃeɪnz/

⚰ Coffin /ˈkɒf.ɪn/

🔮 Crystal Ball /ˌkrɪs.tl ˈbɔːl/

Grocery /ˈɡrəʊ.sr.i/

🍬 Sweet /swiː t/         |  🍬 Candy /ˈkæn.di/
*Sweets are called Candies in 🇺🇸 English.

🍭 Lollipop /ˈlɒl.i.pɒp/

🍫 Chocolate Bar /ˈtʃɒk.lət.bɑː /

🍪 Biscuit /ˈbɪs.kɪt/         | 🍪 Cookie /ˈkʊk.i/
*Cookie is the way  🇺🇸 English speakers say Biscuit.


Fancy Dress /ˌfæn.si ˈdres/         | Custume /ˈkɒs.tʃuːm/         | Disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
*🇬🇧 English speakers use more Fancy dress than the others.

👿 Demon /ˈdiː.mən/

👼 Angel /æˈeɪn.dʒ^əl/

💀 Skull /skʌl/

👻 Ghost /ɡəʊst/

👽 Alien /ˈeɪ.li.ən/

🔍👨 Detective /dɪˈtek.tɪv/

👑👨 King /kɪŋ/

👑👩 Queen /kwiːn/

👸 Princess /prɪnˈses/

🐴👨 Knight /naɪt/

🧙 Mage /meɪdʒ/         | 🧙 Magician /məˈdʒɪʃ.n/

🧙‍♀️ Witch /wɪtʃ/

🧚 Fairy /ˈfeə.ri/

🧝‍♀️ Elf /elf/

🧞 Genie /ˈdʒiː.ni/

🧛‍♀️ Vampire /ˈvæm.paɪə/

🧟 Zombie /ˈzɒm.bi/

🏴‍☠️⬛💀👨 Pirate /ˈpaɪ.rət/

🎭 Mask /mɑːsk/

Let's practise❗

Do you like 🎃 📅❓  How do you celebrate it❓  Do you have got 👦👧 or little sisters/brothers/cousins who are wearing fancy dress on 🎃 📅❓  Which groceries were your favourites❓    Are you innvited to a fancy-dress party❓  Which fancy dress / costume / disguise would you like to wear❓

Thanks a ton for reading this post. I hope that you've enjoyed this vocabulary lesson. Tell me in the 💬 if you have any question.


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