Practice: My Halloween as a Werewolf
Match with the pictures:
[ beam – claw – costume – fang – chin – wrist – trickle – crumpled – vampire ]
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Comprehension Questions:
1. What was special about the narrator's new contacts?
2. How old is he?
3. Who else was dressed as a werewolf?
4. Whose costume was better? Why?
5. What was the moon like?
6. Why did he feel pain in his hand?
7. What woke him up in the night?
8. What did Matt say on the phone?
9. Where was Matt last night?
10. What did the narrator see crumpled up on the floor?
11. Who was the other werewolf?
12. Did he actually fall asleep in his costume?
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Match each expression with its definition:
- obsessed
- werewolf
- lounge
- trick-or-treat
- swallow your pride
- stumble
- groggy
- to ditch someone
- crumpled
- crushed or wrinkled
- to be modest
- sleepy or confused
- to be interested in something too much
- to not show up when someone is expecting you
- to relax and be lazy
- a person who becomes a wolf during a full moon
- to have trouble walking
- to go from house to house collecting candy on Halloween
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Match the antonyms:
- realistic
- coarse
- trickle
- dim
- groggy
- calm down
- disgusting
- alert
- fake
- soft
- gush
- pleasant
- bright
- panic
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Match the synonyms:
- obsessed
- costume
- glow
- eerie
- yelp
- beam
- menace
- heap
- apparently
- scary, creepy
- ray of light
- cry out in pain
- pile, stack
- threaten
- fanatical
- disguise
- it seems that
- shine in the dark
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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ apparently – glowing – reflects – claws – ditched – menacing – trickle – obsessed – bared – groggy – lounge – yelped - contacts ]
1. A mirror always ____________ everything backwards.
2. My brother is ______________ with cars – that is all he cares about.
3. The class bully is very _____________. He says he will beat me up if I don’t give him my lunch.
4. When I got to school, I didn’t have my math book. ______________, I left it at home.
5. I was ___________ when I woke up after the operation.
6. Right now the stream is just a small ______________, but when the snow melts it will be a huge river.
7. My dog ___________ when I accidentally stepped on him.
8. I like to ____________ around in my pajamas when I am sick.
9. I could see our campfire _____________ in the night.
10. I don’t like glasses, so I wear _____________.
11. My cat has very sharp ______________.
12. My dog _____________ his teeth when the stranger approached.
13. I was mad that my friend _____________ me at the restaurant.
