Knock on a tomb, answer the skeleton, and race to the gate before midnight!
Pip is locked in the graveyard at night. At every stop, the class knocks on a tomb and a friendly skeleton pops up with a question: Mr. Bones, Granny Grim, Captain Rattles, Witchy Winnie and more. Every right answer moves Pip one step closer to the gate, where the Skeleton King has the key.
Pick a level from A1 to B2, a skill, and a theme, and the questions are ready to go. Or type in your own.
Knock, answer, walk on. Here is how Pip gets out of the graveyard.
Choose a level, what to practice, and a theme. Then choose who is playing: the whole class, 1 player, or 2 teams.
Two tombs glow at every stop. Sometimes one is golden: a brave knock is worth 2 steps, but a miss sends Pip back 1."Let's knock on Granny Grim!"
A skeleton pops up with a question on the scroll. For speaking questions, the teacher presses Good answer, and the whole class repeats the example together.
A right answer moves Pip along the path. A wrong one makes the skeleton laugh. In 1-player mode, the clock ticks toward midnight.
The Skeleton King throws the key, the gate creaks open, and the skeletons throw a party. Pick your favorite skeleton and save the party photo.
Playing in 2 teams? Each team has its own Pip, and the teams race to the gate. With the steal rule on, a missed question goes to the other team for one try. The first team through the gate wins.
Six skills, four levels, and seven themes: over 3,800 ready-made ESL questions. Choose Mix it up for a review of vocabulary, grammar, and expressions together. B1 and B2 sets have four answer choices, just like PET.
A small animal that flies at night and sleeps upside down.
There ___ three pumpkins on the table.
Children say "Trick or treat!" when...
A woman in stories who rides a broom and makes magic.
The scariest animal is ___ because ___.
Students answer out loud
What do people do on Halloween in your country?
Students answer out loud
No prep, nothing to print, and no student accounts. Open it and play.
Share your screen on KoalaGo, Zoom, Tencent Meeting, or ClassIn. Press 1 or 2 to knock and A to D to answer.
Students come up to knock on a tomb and tap their answer. Big buttons, easy to read from the back.
Choose 1 player and type the student's name. They race the clock to escape before midnight.
Save the party photo. For homework, students write: "My favorite skeleton is ___ because ___."
It's a Halloween ESL review game for kids. Pip is locked in a graveyard, and friendly skeletons pop out of their tombs with questions. Every right answer moves Pip closer to the gate. You can practice vocabulary, grammar, expressions, spelling, and speaking from A1 to B2.
Not at all. The skeletons are spooky-silly: they wave hello, giggle when you get it wrong, and dance at the end. There is no blood and there are no jump scares, so it works even for 5 and 6 year olds.
Mr. Bones, Granny Grim with her curlers and fuzzy slippers, Captain Rattles the pirate, Boney the puppy, Witchy Winnie, Chef Crumbs, Whiskers the cat, and Sheriff Shivers. The Skeleton King waits in his crypt with the key to the gate. Every game mixes them up, so students meet a different group each time.
The Skeleton King throws a golden key into the lock, the gate creaks open, and Pip walks out while the skeletons throw a dance party. Students pick their favorite skeleton, finish the sentence "My favorite skeleton is ___ because ___," and save a party photo with their name and the date.
It covers four levels, A1 to B2. A1 and A2 sets suit young beginners, A2 matches KET, and B1 and B2 suit older students preparing for PET and beyond.
No. Halloween is just one theme. The same game has ready-made sets on family, hobbies, food, school, travel, and animals, so you can play it all year.
Yes. Open the My own tab and type one question per line. For multiple choice, write: question | correct answer | wrong answer | wrong answer. For speaking, just type the prompt, and add | an example answer if you like.
About 5 minutes with 8 multiple-choice questions, and close to 30 minutes with 24 speaking questions. The setup screen shows a time estimate for the number of questions you pick.
Choose 1 player and type the student's name. A clock counts down to midnight, and the student needs to reach the gate before it strikes. If midnight comes first, the skeletons throw a party and let Pip out anyway.
Each team has its own Pip and the teams take turns. With the steal rule on, a missed question goes to the other team for one try. The first team through the gate wins.
Sometimes one tomb glows gold. A brave knock is worth 2 steps, but a miss sends Pip back 1 step. Now and then a friendly ghost appears and takes away one wrong answer.
Yes. Press Play again and the questions are shuffled, the tombs change, and new skeletons pop up, so no two games are the same.
Yes. Set the answer timer to 30 or 60 seconds on the setup screen. When time runs out, it counts as a miss, so in team games the other team can steal.
Students don't need accounts. Only the teacher opens the game. Music and sound effects each have their own on/off button, and the game remembers your music setting.
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Escape the Graveyard is a no-prep Halloween escape game for ESL kids. The class knocks on a tomb, a friendly skeleton pops up with a question, and every right answer moves Pip one step closer to the gate. The skeletons are spooky-silly, never scary, so even young learners love meeting Granny Grim, Captain Rattles, and Whiskers the skeleton cat. At the end, the gate creaks open, the skeletons throw a dance party, and students save a party photo with their favorite skeleton.
Students practice English vocabulary, grammar, expressions, and spelling, or speak with sentence frames and conversation questions, at four levels from A1 to B2. The A2 and B1 sets work well as fun KET and PET review, and speaking answers end with the whole class repeating the sentence together.
It runs in your browser, so you can share your screen in an online ESL class, put it on a classroom smartboard, or play one-on-one against the midnight clock. And it isn't just for October: the same game has ready-made sets on family, hobbies, food, school, travel, and animals.
