This fun, colorful Halloween-themed ESL/EFL worksheet helps students develop their storytelling and creative writing skills while practising the past simple and past continuous tenses.

Students follow a nine-picture story about two brothers who are carving a jack-o’-lantern for Halloween. When the younger brother accidentally drops the pumpkin, his older brother gets upset. Luckily, a friendly squirrel comes to the rescue and helps the boys work together to create an even more beautiful jack-o’-lantern!

Language goals: Developing narrative writing skills, describing past events, sequencing actions, and expressing emotions.

Grammar focus: Past simple and past continuous, including the use of when and while to connect events and describe interrupted actions.

Theme: Halloween, pumpkin carving, sibling relationships, emotions, friendship, cooperation, and problem-solving.

CEFR level: A2–B1 (Elementary to Intermediate)

Intended age group: Children aged 8–12, but also suitable for younger teens.

Worksheet activity: Students look at the nine pictures and write sentences describing what happened in each scene, using the past simple and past continuous tenses.

Page 2 contains the KEY, with example answers for all nine pictures.

Interactive quiz: An interactive version complements the printable worksheet. Students type their answers into the text boxes. After submitting each answer, an example solution is displayed to help them compare and improve their writing. Since this is an open-ended storytelling activity, students' answers are not automatically corrected or scored.

Ideal for Halloween lessons, grammar revision, creative writing practice, individual work, or classroom storytelling activities.

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