This colorful, autumn-themed ESL/EFL worksheet tells the story of Froggy, a little frog raised by a loving squirrel family. One autumn day, Froggy accidentally falls into a river. Unable to swim, he struggles to stay afloat while his squirrel brother calls for help. Luckily, a friendly bird arrives with a stick, and together they rescue Froggy. Later, two frogs teach him how to swim.

The worksheet features 9 beautifully illustrated story scenes with gap-fill sentences. Students complete the sentences using the correct past simple or past continuous forms of the verbs provided in brackets. The activity helps learners distinguish between completed past actions and ongoing situations in the past while practicing irregular verbs, negative forms, and storytelling.

Page 2 contains the ANSWER KEY, with the correct verb forms highlighted in green.

An interactive quiz complements the printable worksheet. Students type their answers into the boxes to complete the sentences and practice the target grammar online.

Language goal: Describing past events, narrating a sequence of events, and telling a picture story.

Grammar: Past simple vs. past continuous; regular and irregular past tense verbs; affirmative and negative forms.

Theme: Autumn, woodland animals, friendship, family, accidents, helping others, and water safety.

Intended age group: Children aged 8–14, as well as beginner and pre-intermediate English learners.

CEFR level: A2 (Elementary), with some A2+ grammar practice.

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Froggy's Autumn accident Picture story gapfill

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Let's do English ESL grammar exercises with picture. This colorful, autumn-themed ESL/EFL worksheet tells the story of Froggy, a little frog raised by a loving…