SEASONAL QUIZ

Put the first letters of the answers together to form a seasonal word!

1.  An old word for "saint".

2.  The season we are in now.

3.  - - - - - - fall during this season.

4.  A carved pumpkin is called a jack-o'-   - - - - - - - .

5.  The tenth month.

6.  She rides on a broomstick.

7.  A ghostly, frightening atmosphere can be described as - - - - - .

8.  All Hallows' - - - is the day before All Saints' Day.

9.  - - - - , which are a combination of fruit and seed, are associated with this time of year.

Highlight the space below to see the answers:

1. hallow  2. autumn  3. leaves  4. lantern  5. October  6. witch  7. eerie  8. Eve  9. nuts

The word is HALLOWEEN!

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LEAF IDIOMS

It's autumn and for many of us, that means that the leaves are falling.  Can you match up the leaf idioms 1 - 5 with their meanings a - e?  You'll find the answers at the end of the quiz:

1.  to turn over a new leaf

2.  to leaf through something

3.  to use as a fig leaf

4.  to take a leaf out of someone's book

5.  to shake like a leaf

a.  to copy someone else's behaviour, usually because the person sets a good example

b.  to turn over the pages of a publication quickly, without really paying attention to the content

c.  to tremble with fear

d.  to use a situation to hide an embarrassing fact or problem

e.  to begin again, changing one's behaviour in a good way

Finally, in Cockney Rhyming Slang  what is a  tea leaf ?   grief / beef / a thief?

To see the answers, please highlight the space below: 

1e, 2b, 3d, 4a, 5c.  In Cockney Rhyming slang, a "tea leaf" is a thief.

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Eric Clapton - Autumn Leaves

AUTUMN WORDSEARCH

R E B M E T P E S M L X H T T

R V B N D E R H E E E A F H U

O E D O B Q A L R Y L K A A N

S L B S N R L R J L P H L N T

Z T G M V F I M O P P S L K S

S N N E E U I W L U A Q R S E

P L S I Q V E R S M T R M G H

L T L S A E O T E P S Z O I C

S Z U A N S H N F K S B P V I

W O L L E Y R L G I Q Y G I T

B R O W N O F O E N Q X S N W

Q M M H C C L U S A P Q K G O

X C Y A L D Z Y H S F M T I V

X P T O C T O B E R Q K L I Z

 J Y F O N E N W C E J R P B Z 

ACORN

ALL*

APPLE

BONFIRE

BROWN

CHESTNUT

FALL**

GOLD

HALLOWEEN

HARVEST***

LEAF

NOVEMBER

OCTOBER

PUMPKIN

RED

SAINTS*

SEPTEMBER

SQUIRREL

THANKSGIVING

YELLOW

* All Saints' Day [Tutti i Santi] is on 1st November.

** Fall:  Leaves fall in autumn, of course but fall is also a word for autumn in American English.

*** Harvest - when crops are picked [raccolta]