Turnips, sheets and paper masks: a museum tour
A museum guide shows visitors how children celebrated Halloween a hundred years ago; students listen for detail, practise irregular past simple verbs and describe a childhood tradition.
A2Adults35 minTalk
About this lesson
An A2 listening lesson (talk). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- A2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Talk
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 35 minutes
- Topic
- Halloween
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Gap-fill
- Key words
- turnip, lantern, disguise, sheet, mask, float, treat
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow a guided tour and understand details about old traditions
- Use irregular past simple verbs: made, went, told, got
- Describe a tradition from their own childhood