Halloween Costume Party Logic Puzzle & ESL Speaking Game
by English with Imagination © 2025
Premier Publisher
Price: $3 USD
Subjects: games,ela,eslVocab,englishSecondLanguage,speakingListening,comprehensionAndCollaboration,halloween
Grades: 1,2,3,4,5
Description
Preposition puzzles are a cross between an ESL picture dictation and a logic puzzle. This one features a house full of Halloween characters! This digital TPR game can be played by either one or two players. Students read in the first version and speak in the second. In both versions, the students use prepositions of place and Halloween vocabulary to solve problems of deductive logic. The prepositions are: above, below, between, next to, to the left, and to the right. Moveable figures represent the following Halloween costumes: devil, ghost, mummy, pirate, skeleton, vampire, witch, wizard, and zombie. Students can review the words with a matching activity before they play. In the one-player version, students must read the clues and place the figures on the game board to satisfy the conditions. This version is self-checking, so students get instant feedback. Audio is included to support struggling and emergent readers. In the two-player version, students use their oral communication skills to produce matching versions of the game board. One student arranges the figures and the other must ask questions to guess their locations. Sentence starters are provided. Students will enjoy working as a team to match their boards. Both versions feature seven levels of play, progressing from three figures to nine. Younger children can succeed at the lower levels, while older ones can challenge themselves to beat the game by completing all seven levels.
Acknowledgements
Copyright © Lauren Hamilton Saez, English with Imagination, 2026. With clipart licensed from Canva Pro, Bunny on a Cloud, Artifex, Chirp Graphics, Clipartino, and LittleRed: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/bunny-on-a-cloud https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/artifex https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/chirp-graphics https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/clipartino https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/littlered