Who Took The Candy? – English Lyrics

• By: Super Simple Songs

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
take /teɪk/ A2	verb - to get into one's hand or possession
candy /ˈkæn.di/ A1	noun - sweet food made with sugar or syrup
ghost /ɡoʊst/ A2	noun - spirit of a dead person
witch /wɪtʃ/ B1	noun - a person with magical powers, often in stories
pirate /ˈpaɪ.rət/ B2	noun - a person who commits piracy at sea
vampire /ˈvæm.paɪər/ B2	noun - a mythical creature that drinks blood
monster /ˈmɒn.stər/ A2	noun - a large frightening creature
take /teɪk/ A2	verb - to get into one's hand or possession
bag /bæɡ/ A1	noun - container used for carrying things
who /huː/ A1	pronoun - used to ask about a person
me /miː/ A1	pronoun - used by a speaker to refer to oneself

Key Grammar Structures

• Who took the candy from the trick-or-treat bag?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with 'who' and past simple tense.

  ➔ 'Who' is used to ask about the subject performing the action in a question.

• Not me!

  ➔ Elliptical response using pronoun for emphasis.

  ➔ A short answer that omits the subject for conciseness, emphasizing the negative.

• Then who?

  ➔ Question word 'who' used after 'then' to ask about the next possible subject.

  ➔ 'Then' indicates the next step or question in the sequence.

• Mwa ha ha ha

  ➔ Onomatopoeic laughter expression.

  ➔ Represents laughter in a playful or mischievous tone.

• I took the candy

  ➔ Simple past tense statement using 'took' to indicate completed action.

  ➔ 'Took' is the past tense of 'take,' indicating an action completed in the past.

• Mwa ha ha ha ha

  ➔ Repeated onomatopoeic laughter to show mischief or amusement.

  ➔ Expresses a mischievous or triumphant laugh, often in a playful context.