Halloween Talk Trail: Ghosts, Mummies and Midnight Snacks
A classic two-team board game for B1 teens. Students discuss ghosts, haunted houses, mummies, trick or treat and costumes, and reuse food vocabulary from last session through pair questions, team decisions, mimes and short timed presentations.
A free Classic Board Game Race for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Topic: Holloween.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Do you believe in ghosts? Explain why or why not, and give one reason from your own life.
- Ask your partner what a ghost will want to eat if it comes to dinner tonight, and why they think so.
- Act out a friendly ghost trying to scare someone at a party. Your team guesses what is happening.
- Describe a ghost story you have heard. Try: 'They were walking home when suddenly…'
- Your team must agree: if someone offers you 50 dollars, will you sleep in a haunted house? Give two reasons.
- Have you ever visited a haunted house attraction or a scary place? Describe what happened and how you felt.
- ⭐ You have 60 seconds to convince the class to buy your haunted house. Explain what makes it special.
- Ask your partner what food they will serve if they have a party in a haunted house, and why.
- Act out a mummy waking up and looking for a snack. Your partner guesses what food it wants.
- Describe a mummy to your partner, who pretends they have never seen one and must ask you two questions.
- Discuss with your group: is a mummy scarier than a ghost? Agree on one answer and explain why.
- ⭐ Which do you prefer: a scary mummy film or a funny Halloween film? Explain using 'because' and one example.
- Ask your partner if they have ever gone trick or treating and what the best treat they got was.
- What is the best treat to give trick or treaters? Explain your choice with two reasons.
- Your team must agree on three rules for safe trick or treating and explain why each rule is important.
- Imagine trick or treaters knock on your door and you have no sweets. Explain what you will do.
- ⭐ Is trick or treating a good tradition or just a way to eat too much sugar? Give your opinion with reasons.
- Describe the best costume you have ever worn or seen. Your team then asks you two questions about it.
- Stand up and mime putting on a costume. Your team guesses what you are dressing up as.
- Ask your partner to design a costume made only from food, then decide together if it is a good idea.
- ⭐ You have 30 seconds to present the perfect group costume for your team and explain why it will win.
- What Halloween food from another country have you tried or do you want to try? Describe it to your team.
- How do people celebrate Halloween in your country? Compare it with another festival you know well.
- Tell the class which part of Halloween you enjoy most, the food, costumes or scary stories, and explain why.
Printable worksheet
This Classic Board Game Race comes with a free printable worksheet: 3 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 Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Say why · Answer in two sentences. Use "because" in one of them.
- Write your own card · A new card about Topic: Holloween for the class game.
- The board game on paper
Part 1: Say why
Answer in two sentences. Use "because" in one of them.
- ⭐ Which do you prefer: a scary mummy film or a funny Halloween film? Explain using 'because' and one example.
- Ask your partner what a ghost will want to eat if it comes to dinner tonight, and why they think so.
- Ask your partner if they have ever gone trick or treating and what the best treat they got was.