119 FREE October Worksheets for Your ESL Classes

FREE October Worksheets

October worksheetsHopefully the hustle of the back to school season has settled down by now, or maybe not - if your school starts in October! Anyway, the students should be still full of energy and enthusiasm, they are not bored with studies just yet, and are eagerly taking in the challenges and hard work of the beginning of the school year.
To help you keep your students in that active and welcoming state of mind, here is our collection of 119 October worksheets. Do not hesitate to furiously browse through them in search for amazing and challenging ideas for exciting fall classes (as much as fall can be exciting, that is!), last-minute outdoor activities (weather permitting, of course!) and 'heavy load' lessons (use that productivity students are still well capable of during this time of the year!).
Our 'calendar' worksheets will help you come up with great lesson plans and theme sessions for holidays, events and celebrations - if you can find time for those after all the serious 'stuff' you have on your list already. But if you do find an opportunity to add some cheer to your classroom, the occasions can include World Vegetarian Day, World Animal Day, World Teacher Day (already looking forward to that, aren't you? :)), or Wear Something Gaudy Day. And, of course, do not forget to commemorate Dictionary Day and First Oscar Night with your students.
All the materials are at your disposal absolutely free of charge (you just need to be registered with Busyteacher.org which is also free!).

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Halloween Missing Letters Activity

Halloween Missing Letters Activity

, October
This is a very simple missing letters activity for revising Halloween related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to look at the pictures and complete the words with the missin ...
19 Views 25,050 ElemPre-Int
The Celebration of Diwali - Comprehension

The Celebration of Diwali - Comprehension

This comprehension is all about the celebration of Diwali. Did you know that Diwali is known as the 'festival of lights'? Students read through the article and answer the accompanying study questi ...
17 Views 33,365 Elem
Autumn Missing Letters Activity

Autumn Missing Letters Activity

, October,
This is a very simple and easy missing letter activity for teaching autumn realated vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the words with the missing letter ...
11 Views 17,386 Elem
Halloween vs Bonfire Night PPT

Halloween vs Bonfire Night PPT

This is a short (one slide) interactive PowerPoint 'presentation'. A student has to choose which of the given words belong to Halloween topic and which to Bonfire Night. It's essential to prepare ...
12 Views 20,085 ElemPre-Int
Halloween for Elementary Students

Halloween for Elementary Students

The worksheet contains a short article about Halloween and two exercises on reading comprehension. It is good for low elementary students, just present simple was used. Vocabulary is included on ...
54 Views 170,962 Elem
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Test "History of Halloween"

, October
The test is given to check up students' comprehension of the video devoted to the history of Halloween. The video is not so difficult for understanding and it might be shown to kids and elementary ...
8 Views 22,425 ElemPre-Int
Halloween: Reading Comprehension and Word Search

Halloween: Reading Comprehension and Word Search

, October
This is a text about Halloween describing the origin of this celebration and the typical activities done on this day. After reading the text, the students answer some questions to check their comp ...
22 Views 94,094 Elem
Halloween Song:

Halloween Song: "Knock, Knock Trick or Treat"

This worksheet provides the lyrics of the song "Knock Knock Trick or Treat". For more information and examples of lesson plans for this song you can take a look at http://supersimplelearning.com/s ...
16 Views 43,610 BegElem
Halloween Listening: When/what/what People Do

Halloween Listening: When/what/what People Do

This is a short, easy and fun listening comprehension. I only transcribed :=) I used it last year with my class (age: 12, level A2.1 CEFR) and they enjoyed reading and listening. For higher level ...
20 Views 26,742 Pre-IntInt
The Haunted House: A Halloween Activity

The Haunted House: A Halloween Activity

This is a Halloween activity, very interesting, you can practice Halloween vocabulary with your students. This a Haunted house, ask the students to draw the house, and connect the words to the ne ...
21 Views 50,736 Beg
A Ghost Story

A Ghost Story

It's Halloween season. If your students are fed up with pumpkins and costume parties, maybe they will be interested in reading a spooky story. However, they will have to complete it by choosing th ...
37 Views 58,301 Int
October: Scary Month, Scary Things

October: Scary Month, Scary Things

It is fun worksheet for teachers and students to teach and learn about Halloween and scary things. Grammar topics are there's, there're, and prepositions of place. Students are required to write t ...
15 Views 21,802 BegElem
Halloween Bookmarks

Halloween Bookmarks

, October
Here's a scary set of high-quality Halloween bookmarks to motivate your students! Print, cut, laminate and give them to your students. I'm sure they will love them.
4 Views 11,322 BegElemPre-Int
Halloween Dice

Halloween Dice

, October
Two dice for revising Halloween related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to to roll both dice and then make a sentence by using the picture clue provided.
14 Views 14,585 BegElem
Halloween Workshop

Halloween Workshop

, October
This a simple workshop about Halloween for elementary students of English. It consists of a reading comprehension about the origin of this celebration followed by some questions and an exercise wi ...
14 Views 23,218 BegElem
Halloween Boardgame: PDF Version

Halloween Boardgame: PDF Version

This is a PDF version of the interactive boardgame on Halloween related vocabulary. It´s played with dice with counters when students land on a square they are asked to name the item where ...
17 Views 31,325 ElemPre-Int
Halloween Worksheet

Halloween Worksheet

, October
This is a very simple worksheet for teaching or revising Halloween related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to label the pictues. The worksheet is available ion both ...
9 Views 17,923 Elem
The Skeleton Dance

The Skeleton Dance

Step by step instructions with pictures and lyrics to learn 'the skeleton dance'. A fun Halloween song that can also be used to practise body parts. Suitable for all grades. The youtube video lin ...
59 Views 57,765 ElemPre-IntInt
What is Halloween? Reading Gap-Fill

What is Halloween? Reading Gap-Fill

This 150-word paragraph introduces the custom/tradition of Halloween. There are 12 missing words; learners can choose from the vocabulary on the left. Intermediate-level. With Answer Key. Your ...
45 Views 76,629 IntAdv
Scrambled Halloween Story

Scrambled Halloween Story

It can be a homework or a filler during the Halloween season. Students have to put together the sentences of a Halloween story using the codes given in the table. It is ideal for elementary level ...
28 Views 24,660 Elem
Halloween Missing Letters Activity

Halloween Missing Letters Activity

, October
This is a simple missing letter activity for teaching or revising Halloween related vocabulary. Recommended for elementary students who are asked to complete the words with the missing letters. T ...
16 Views 18,048 Elem
Halloween Interactive Boardgame

Halloween Interactive Boardgame

This is an interactive board game which is aimed for teaching or revising Halloween related vocabulary at elementary level. Students are asked to spin the wheel, count the number of spaces in the ...
15 Views 26,721 ElemPre-Int
Halloween Matching

Halloween Matching

, October
Once the students have learned all about Halloween and practised using the vocabulary, hand out this worksheet to check on their knowledge. Better to do it in class and not for homework because t ...
10 Views 9,558 ElemPre-Int
Halloween Pictionary

Halloween Pictionary

, October
This could be used as a poster for the classroom, especially if you enlarge it, and/or handed out to students for them to learn the vocabulary. Work on the explanation of each item and the pronun ...
15 Views 18,110 ElemPre-Int
Halloween[26-page PPT]

Halloween[26-page PPT]

This 26-page PPT can be used either to introduce the vocabulary around Halloween or to revise it. On each page there is a picture illustrating the vocabulary and students have to answer the quest ...
25 Views 33,888 ElemPre-Int

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