Halloween: from turnip lanterns to big business
Reading · Halloween · C1 · 40 min. A long read on how Halloween became a major shopping season, from early twentieth-century postcards to pumpkin farms, and what the critics and defenders of commercial Halloween say.
About this worksheet
A long read on how Halloween became a major shopping season, from early twentieth-century postcards to pumpkin farms, and what the critics and defenders of commercial Halloween say.
- Level
- C1
- Category
- Reading
- Topic
- Halloween
- Time
- About 40 minutes
- Exercises
- Reading text, Multiple choice, Gap-fill, Speaking / writing task, Writing lines
- Answer key
- Included
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On the sheet
- Reading text: Read the article.
- Multiple choice: Read again. Choose the best answer.
- Gap-fill: Complete the sentences with the words in the box. All of them appear i
- Speaking / writing task: Discuss in pairs. Then write an opinion paragraph (120–150 words): Has
- Writing lines: Write here.
