Halloween Battleships: Present Simple
Students build Present Simple sentences about Halloween traditions by combining a subject, a verb phrase and a time or place expression. They practise third-person -s (she/he/it) against the base form (I/we/they).
A free Battleships Game for Teens at CEFR A1 level. Topic: Present Simple.
Grammar focus: Present Simple
Grid rows
- I
- My sister
- We
- Tom
- My friends
- Our teacher
Grid columns
- on Halloween
- in October
- at night
- at school
- at home
- at parties
Vocabulary
- Halloween
- pumpkin
- costume
- scary
- ghost
- bat
- witch
- mask
- sweets
- trick-or-treating
- haunted house
- decorate
- lantern
- spooky
- carve
- vampire
- monster
- zombie
- horror
- spider
- dress up
Printable worksheet
This Battleships Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Play Battleships on paper · Draw 3 ships on your grid: one of 3 squares and two of 2 squares. Don't show your partner. To fire, say a full sentence. Your partner says hit or miss.
- Practise: present simple · Write the verb in the right form.
Part 1: Play Battleships on paper
Draw 3 ships on your grid: one of 3 squares and two of 2 squares. Don't show your partner. To fire, say a full sentence. Your partner says hit or miss.