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Halloween Creatures Vocabulary

Ghost, witch, vampire, skeleton, zombie, black cat, bat and spider - the creatures behind every Halloween costume and decoration, with clear pronunciation. Ten words that carry the whole holiday.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Halloween creatures should learners know?

Ghost, witch, vampire, skeleton, zombie, monster, black cat, bat, spider and werewolf. Ten words cover nearly every costume and decoration a student will meet in October.

How do I describe a creature in English?

With there is and has got plus an adjective: it is tall and green, it has got big teeth, it lives in a castle. That pattern turns a vocabulary list into descriptions and makes a guessing game possible.

Are these words useful outside Halloween?

Some are, and more than you would expect. Bat, spider, cat and skeleton belong to animals and the body, and the adjectives that come with the topic – scary, dark, creepy, spooky – are ordinary describing words all year.

Ten creatures cover almost every Halloween costume, decoration and story a learner will meet: ghost, witch, vampire, skeleton, zombie, monster, black cat, bat, spider and werewolf. They are short words with clear sounds, which is why they work so well at the very start of learning English.

The useful part is what you can do with them afterwards. Each creature can be described with the same handful of structures – it is tall and green, it has got big teeth, it lives in a castle, it comes out at night – so a vocabulary list turns into descriptions, and descriptions turn into a guessing game where one student describes and the rest name the creature.

Several of the words earn their place beyond October as well: bat, spider and cat belong to ordinary animal vocabulary, and the adjectives that come with the topic – scary, dark, creepy, spooky – are everyday describing words.