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Preposition Practice
Use of 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 __to__ 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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