When Halloween goes wrong: a radio phone-in
Three callers tell a radio presenter about their Halloween disasters (a soaked scarecrow, hungry squirrels, a ghost stuck in a hedge); students listen for detail, practise the past simple and past continuous and tell their own stories.
B1Adults45 minPhone call
About this lesson
A B1 listening lesson (phone call). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- B1
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Phone call
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Halloween
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Gap-fill
- Key words
- disaster, scarecrow, straw, soaking wet, carve, hedge, get stuck, sensible
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow funny personal stories in a radio phone-in
- Use the past continuous for background and the past simple for events
- Tell a short story about a celebration that went wrong and react to others' stories