Halloween Night Mystery: Spooky Words and Crime Words
A Halloween word-guessing game that mixes spooky holiday vocabulary with words about crimes and criminals. Students guess 5-letter words from simple B1 clues.
A free WordVibe Vocabulary Game for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Halloween.
Clues
- The spirit of a dead person. In stories it is white and can move through walls on Halloween.
- A woman in old stories who does magic and wears a tall, pointed black hat.
- Adjective: making you feel afraid, like a horror film on Halloween night.
- Something nice that you get. On Halloween, children knock on doors and say 'Trick or ...!'
- American word for chocolate, lollipops and other sugary food that children collect in bags on Halloween.
- A brush with a long handle for cleaning floors. In stories, some magic women fly on it.
- Magic words that change something, for example turning a prince into a frog.
- Noun: a person who secretly takes other people's things, for example a wallet or a phone.
- Verb: to take something that belongs to another person without asking and without paying.
- An action that is against the law and that the police try to stop.
Printable worksheet
This WordVibe Vocabulary Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Crossword · Use the clues. There is no word bank.
- Write the clue · Choose two words from the crossword. Write your own clue for each one.
Part 1: Crossword
Use the clues. There is no word bank.