Halloween Pumpkin Patch - A2

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6 tasks at A2. Click a pumpkin to open one: a reading text on Halloween and the Day of the Dead, a Peppa Pig clip with words to type, Halloween facts with one false claim, an audio quiz, a grammar round-up, and rhyming riddles.

How to play

Click a pumpkin to open the task behind it. Complete it and the pumpkin goes to the wheelbarrow; six pumpkins finish the page. The order is shuffled, and Reset empties the barrow.

The six pumpkins at A2

Reading – a text on Halloween and the Mexican Day of the Dead, with multiple-choice questions.
Listening – a Peppa Pig clip with one word missing from each sentence, to be typed rather than chosen.
Facts – four statements about Halloween, one of them false.
Listening again – short recordings about ghosts and monsters, one question each.
Grammar – seventeen sentences: verb forms, comparatives, much and many, prepositions of time.
Riddle – rhyming riddles answered by clicking a picture.

Level: A2 · About thirty minutes for all six · Theme: Halloween

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the six tasks in Halloween Pumpkin Patch A2?

A reading text about Halloween and the Day of the Dead with multiple-choice questions; a Peppa Pig clip with words to type; four Halloween facts with one false claim to spot; short recordings with a question each; a grammar round-up of seventeen sentences; and rhyming riddles answered by clicking a picture.

What grammar does Halloween Pumpkin Patch A2 practise?

The grammar pumpkin is a round-up rather than a drill: ten sentences on verb forms – will stay, have already bought, were walking – then comparatives and superlatives, much against many, and prepositions of time. All of it inside sentences about costumes, parties and trick-or-treating.

How long does Halloween Pumpkin Patch A2 take?

Twenty to forty-five minutes for all six pumpkins. Each task also stands on its own – one pumpkin is a five-to-eight-minute warm-up – and the answers are checked the moment they are given, so the page works for homework as well as for class.

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