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in the blanks with on, in, at, or to.
Halloween is celebrated _in_____
the United States __on_____ October 31st.
It is not an official holiday, so
everyone has to go ______ school or
work. But the fun begins __at______
night. Actually, the celebration
begins __in____
the afternoon from 4 p.m. __to___ about 6 p.m. for younger
children; but older kids go out
__at__ night when it's scary!
What do they do? Well, children,
and lots of adults, dress up _in____
costumes and go _to_____
their neighbors houses. When the neighbor
comes __to____
the door, the children _at____ the door cry
"Trick or
Treat!" They try to frighten their
neighbor and expect him or her
to put candy or fruit _in____
the bags that they are carrying.
Halloween is really very old. The
name comes from All Hallows' Eve--
a "hallow" is the word that people
__in__ 19th Century England gave
__to___
the spirits of dead people. November 1st is All Saints Day
__on__
the Christian calendar, but people who love to be scared
celebrate __on__
the night before.
Trick-or-treaters dress up _in___
costumes as ghosts, goblins, ghouls,
skeletons, and vampires. What are
these creatures? Look up the words
__in___
a good dictionary. In addition __to__ going
__to___ doors for
frights and candy, people go __to__
parties _on___ Halloween. The
best feature ___at___
these parties is usually a costume contest. The
people who go __to___
these parties also carve pumpkins to make
jack o' lanterns--people cut eyes,
a nose and a mouth __on___ these
orange fruits. Then they put a candle
_in____ the pumpkin to make a
lantern.
The history of Halloween is not always
happy. __In_____ some large
cities, there are fires _on___
Halloween. People seem to get carried
away with wanting to scare others.
Other bad things that happen __on____
Halloween are that some bad people
put needles and other things __in____
the candy they give __to____
children to hurt them.
Halloween can be fun, but it can
be dangerous. My favorite place to
be __at___
midnight __on____ Halloween is __at___
home _in__ bed with a
scary movie __on____
TV! Be careful!
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(c) David Tillyer 1998