English

Group 1

"My First Halloween"
Instructions: Fill in the gaps with the correct article (a, an, the, or — for no article) and choose the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Today ___ Halloween. I ___(am/is/are) very excited! I ___(have/has) ___ witch costume. My costume ___(have/has) ___ black hat and ___ long dress. My little brother ___(wear/wears) ___ skeleton costume.
We ___(go/goes) to our neighbours' houses. We ___(say/says): "Trick or treat!" They ___(give/gives) us ___ candy. I ___(like/likes) ___ chocolate candy. My brother ___(like/likes) ___ fruit candy.
At home, we ___(have/has) ___ big pumpkin. My dad ___(make/makes) ___ lantern. ___ lantern ___(look/looks) scary! We ___(put/puts) it near ___ door.
Halloween ___(is/are) fun!

Grammar Focus:

Articles: a/an/the/zero article
Present Simple: 3rd person -s
Personal pronouns: I, we, he, they

Group 2
"Halloween Party Preparations"
Instructions: Fill in the gaps with the correct articles, choose the correct verb form, and insert the appropriate personal pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they).

My friends and ___ are preparing for ___ Halloween party. ___ party is on 31st October. Sarah ___(decorate/decorates/is decorating) ___ living room with spiders and bats. ___ ___(buy/bought/has bought) ___ decorations last week. Tom and Lisa ___(make/makes/are making) ___ food. ___ ___(prepare/prepares/are preparing) sandwiches and ___ pumpkin pie right now.
___ ___(decide/decided) to wear ___ ghost costume. My sister ___(want/wants/wanted) to be ___ witch, so ___ ___(wear/wears/is wearing) ___ black dress and ___ pointed hat. Our parents ___(not come/don't come/aren't coming) to ___ party because ___ ___(think/thinks) ___ are too old for Halloween!
We ___(invite/invited/have invited) twenty people. Everyone must wear ___ costume. If ___ ___(not wear/don't wear/doesn't wear) ___ costume, ___ can't come in!
___ party ___(start/starts) at seven o'clock. ___ think ___ will be ___ best Halloween party ever!

Grammar Focus:

Articles with countable/uncountable nouns
Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Past Simple
Personal pronouns in different positions
Modal verbs (must, can)

Group 3
"The History and Traditions of Halloween"
Instructions: Complete the text by filling in the correct articles, selecting appropriate verb forms (consider tenses: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect, Present Continuous), and inserting suitable personal pronouns or possessive adjectives where indicated by gaps.

Halloween, which ___ celebrate on ___ 31st October, ___(have/has/had) ___ long and fascinating history. ___ festival ___(originate/originates/originated) from ___ ancient Celtic celebration called Samhain. ___ Celts, who ___(live/lived/have lived) 2,000 years ago in ___ area that is now Ireland and northern France, ___(believe/believed/have believed) that ___ dead ___(return/returned/have returned) to ___ earth on this night.
When ___ Romans ___(conquer/conquered/have conquered) ___ Celtic territories, ___ ___(combine/combined) Samhain with ___(they/their/them) own festivals. Later, ___ Christian church ___(make/made/has made) 1st November "All Saints' Day," and ___ evening before ___(become/became/has become) "All Hallows' Eve," which eventually ___(shorten/shortened/has shortened) to "Halloween."
Today, people in many countries ___(celebrate/celebrates/are celebrating) Halloween, though traditions ___(vary/varies) significantly. In ___ United States and Canada, children ___(go/goes/are going) trick-or-treating, while in Britain, ___ celebration ___(be/is/has been) less commercial, though ___ ___(grow/grows/is growing) in popularity.
Modern Halloween ___(include/includes) activities such as wearing costumes, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, and telling scary stories. Many people ___(attend/attends/are attending) parties where ___ ___(play/plays) games and ___(watch/watches) horror films. Some ___(believe/believes) that Halloween ___(lose/lost/has lost) ___(it/its/their) original meaning, but others ___(argue/argues) that ___ simply ___(evolve/evolved/has evolved) into ___ new form of cultural expression.
Whether ___ ___(see/sees) ___ as ___ commercial holiday or ___ meaningful tradition, Halloween certainly ___(provide/provides/has provided) ___ opportunity for people to express ___(they/their/them) creativity and ___(have/has) fun together.

Grammar Focus:

Article usage with proper nouns and generalizations
Mixed tenses (narrative past, present perfect, present simple for general truths)
Relative clauses (which, that, who)
Personal pronouns vs possessive adjectives
Passive voice structures
Complex sentence structures

DIALOGUES

Group 1

Dialogue 1: "At the Costume Shop" 
Characters: Customer and Shop Assistant
Customer: Hello! I need ___ costume for Halloween.
Shop Assistant: Good afternoon! What kind of costume do ___ want?
Customer: I like witches. Do you have ___ witch costume?
Shop Assistant: Yes, we do. ___ is black with ___ hat. Do ___ want to try ___ on?
Customer: Yes, please. How much ___ it cost?
Shop Assistant: ___ costs twenty pounds.
Customer: Perfect! I'll take ___.

Dialogue 2: "Trick-or-Treating" 
Characters: Child and Neighbour
Child: Trick or treat!
Neighbour: Oh, what ___ lovely costume! Are ___ a ghost?
Child: Yes, I ___! Do you like ___?
Neighbour: I love ___! Here, take some candy.
Child: Thank you! How many can ___ take?
Neighbour: ___ can take three. ___ you having fun tonight?
Child: Yes! This is ___ best Halloween ever!

Group 2

Dialogue 3: "Planning a Party" 
Characters: Two friends, Alex and Jordan
Alex: Are ___ doing anything for Halloween?
Jordan: I ___(think) about having ___ party. Would ___ like to come?
Alex: That ___(sound) great! What should ___ bring?
Jordan: Could ___ bring some snacks? I ___(make) ___ punch and ___(prepare) ___ decorations.
Alex: Sure! What costume ___ you ___(wear)?
Jordan: I ___(not decide) yet. Maybe ___ vampire. What about ___?
Alex: I ___(already buy) ___ zombie costume. It ___(look) really creepy!

Dialogue 4: "Discussing Halloween Traditions" 
Characters: Student and Teacher
Student: Miss Roberts, why ___ people ___(carve) pumpkins at Halloween?
Teacher: Well, it ___(be) an old tradition. People ___(believe) that lanterns ___(keep) evil spirits away.
Student: That's interesting! When ___ Halloween ___(start)?
Teacher: The celebration ___(originate) in Ireland hundreds of years ago. People there ___(use) turnips, not pumpkins!
Student: Really? I ___(not know) that. Why ___ they ___(change) to pumpkins?
Teacher: When Irish immigrants ___(go) to America, they ___(find) that pumpkins ___(be) bigger and easier to carve.
Student: Now I ___(understand). Thank you for explaining!

Group 3

Dialogue 5: "After the Halloween Party" 
Characters: Two friends, Emma and David
Emma: That ___(be) ___ amazing party last night! I ___(never see) so many creative costumes.
David: I ___(agree)! Your witch costume ___(be) fantastic. How long ___ you ___(make) it?
Emma: Actually, I ___(work) on ___ for two weeks. I ___(want) everything to be perfect. What ___ you ___(think) of ___ decorations?
David: They ___(be) brilliant! The haunted house effect in ___ basement ___(be) particularly impressive. Who ___(set) that up?
Emma: Tom and his brother ___(spend) the whole afternoon ___(arrange) ___. They ___(hide) speakers everywhere for ___ sound effects.
David: It certainly ___(work)! Everyone ___(say) it ___(be) ___ best Halloween party they ___(ever attend).
Emma: I'm glad ___ ___(enjoy) ___. We ___(definitely do) it again next year!

Dialogue 6: "Discussing Halloween Concerns" 
Characters: Parent and Teenager
Parent: Sarah, I ___(notice) you ___(plan) to go to Jack's party tomorrow. What time ___ it ___(finish)?
Sarah: Don't worry, Mum. His parents ___(say) everyone must leave by eleven. They ___(supervise) the whole evening.
Parent: I ___(appreciate) that, but I ___(still worry) about you ___(walk) home alone at night. Halloween can be ___ bit chaotic.
Sarah: I ___(already arrange) ___ lift with Emma's dad. He ___(offer) to take several of ___ home.
Parent: That ___(be) thoughtful of ___. Have you ___(decide) what costume you ___(wear)?
Sarah: I ___(think) about ___(be) ___ vampire, but now I ___(consider) something less scary. Maybe ___ historical character?
Parent: That ___(sound) more original. Just remember to take your phone and let ___ know when you ___(arrive) safely.