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Spell Bee Word: Halloween


What does Halloween mean?

Word: Halloween

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Halloween means a festival when children dress up in costumes and go to parties, held mostly in the UK, Ireland and the USA.

How do you spell Halloween?

Syllables: Hal - low - een

Tricky part: The end is a double e and then n: een, not en or ean.

Watch out for: Hallowen, Hallowean, Halloweene

Memory tip: The end of the word is a short form of evening, so think of evening and finish with een.

Halloween in a sentence

Example 1: Leo wore a tiger costume on Halloween.

Example 2: Our class made orange paper lanterns for the Halloween party.

Example 3: My cousin in Dublin sent us photos of her Halloween costume.

Fun Fact

In Ireland and Scotland, people once carved faces into turnips and put candles inside to make Halloween lanterns.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) Hulloween
b) Halloween
c) Holloween
d) Helloween

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b) Halloween. The first vowel in Halloween is a.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nwlaeoelh

a) Hlaloween
b) Hallwoeen
c) Halolween
d) Halloween

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d) Halloween. Begin with H; the ending een is the easiest part to spot.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

Hallloween

a) l
b) w
c) o
d) e

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a) l. There are two l's near the start, and a third one is too many.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which vegetable do people often carve into a lantern at Halloween?

a) a pumpkin
b) an aubergine
c) a potato
d) a cabbage

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a) a pumpkin

2. On which date is Halloween?

a) 31 October
b) 14 November
c) 25 December
d) 1 January

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a) 31 October

Associated Words

Words that end in -een: queen, nineteen, between, fifteen, eighteen, sixteen

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Next steps

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