This fun, Halloween-themed ESL/EFL picture story helps students practise the past simple and past continuous tenses through a humorous story set in an office.

The worksheet features nine colourful illustrations showing coworkers preparing Halloween decorations, dealing with their strict boss, and coming up with a clever plan that leads to an unexpected, happy ending.

Students complete the sentences beneath each picture by filling in the missing verbs in the correct tense, using the infinitives provided in brackets.

Language goal: Practising narrative tenses, describing past events, and understanding the difference between completed actions and ongoing activities in the past.

Grammar focus: Past simple and past continuous, including affirmative statements, regular and irregular verbs, and interrupted actions.

Theme: Halloween, office life, teamwork, problem-solving, and celebrations.

CEFR level: A2–B1 (Pre-intermediate to Intermediate)

Age group: Teenagers and adults

Page 2 contains the 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, making it suitable for classroom practice, homework, or independent online learning.

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Halloween At The Office - Picture Story Gapfill + KEY

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Let's do English ESL guided grammar production. This fun, Halloween-themed ESL/EFL picture story helps students practise the past simple and past continuous ten…