Vocabulary AUTUMN WORDS
Instruction: Guess the word.
Question: I’m orange, big and round. People carve me at Halloween. What am I?
Answer: A pumpkin.
Explanation: Pumpkins are the symbol of Halloween and of the autumn harvest.
Instruction: Complete the sentence
Question: The leaves turn red ______ autumn.
Answer: in
Explanation: We use “in” with seasons, months and years (in autumn, in October).
Complete the sentence with the past simple of the verb.
Question: Yesterday, we ______ (eat) roasted corn at the festival.
Answer: ate
Explanation: Irregular verbs don’t end in -ed. Eat – ate – eaten.
Instruction: Classify each word as countable or uncountable.
Question: apples, cider, corn, pumpkins
Answer: Countable: apples, pumpkins. Uncountable: cider, corn.
Explanation: Countable nouns can be counted (two apples). Uncountable nouns are liquids, grains or masses and have no plural here
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb.
Question: My grandmother ______ (bake) pumpkin pie every autumn.
Answer: bakes
Explanation: With he, she or it (third person singular), we add -s to the verb.
Instruction: Unscramble the letters to make an autumn word.
Question: E-L-V-A-E-S
Answer: Leaves.
Explanation: The plural of “leaf” is “leaves” (f → ves). Leaves change color and fall in autumn.
Instruction: Complete the sentence with a preposition of time.
Question: The harvest festival starts ______ 6:00 p.m.
Answer: at
Explanation: We use “at” with exact clock times (at 6:00 p.m.).
Instruction: Complete the sentence with the past participle of the verb.
Question: The farmers have ______ (grow) the biggest pumpkins in town.
Answer: grown
Explanation: Grow – grew – grown. After “have”, we use the past participle.
Instruction: Write the plural form of the word in parentheses.
Question: There are many ______ (child) playing videogames.
Answer: children
Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.
Question: fall / always / Leaves / from the trees / in autumn
Answer: Leaves always fall from the trees in autumn.
Explanation: Frequency adverbs (always, usually, never) go before the main verb.
Guess the word.
Question: It’s a figure made of straw that stands in a field to scare birds away. What is it?
Answer: A scarecrow.
Explanation: “Scare” (to frighten) + “crow” (a black bird that eats crops).
Complete each blank with prepositions of place
Question: The pumpkins are ______ the table, and the apples are ______ the basket.
Answer: on / in
Explanation: “On” is for a surface (the table). “In” is for something inside a container (the basket).
Instruction: Say the three forms of the verb (base, past simple, past participle).
Verb: fall
Answer: fall – fell – fallen
Explanation: All three forms are different, so you need to memorize them.
Choose “much” or “many” for each blank.
Question: How ______ flour do we need for the pie? How ______ apples do we need?
Answer: much / many
Explanation: “Much” goes with uncountable nouns (flour). “Many” goes with countable nouns (apples).
Instruction: Make a question with the words and answer it with a short answer (yes).
Question: the farmer / harvest / corn / in September
Answer: Does the farmer harvest corn in September? Yes, he does.
Explanation: In simple present questions with he, she or it we use “does” + the base verb.
Speed round! Say 4 clothes people wear in autumn in 20 seconds.
Question: Name 4 clothes you wear when it’s cool in autumn.
Answer: Any 4 of: sweater, scarf, boots, jacket, gloves, hat, coat, jeans.
Explanation: These are clothing words from the Fashion lesson. We wear warmer clothes when the weather gets colder.
* Complete each blank with “by”, “until” or “during”.
Question: We must finish picking ______ Friday, but we can keep working ______ Saturday, and we’ll rest ______ the festival.
Answer: by / until / during
Explanation: “By” means no later than a deadline. “Until” means continuing up to that time. “During” means at some point within an event or period.
Instruction: Complete the sentences with the past perfect (had + past participle) of the irregular verbs.
Question: By sunrise, the farmers ______ (rise), ______ (take) their tools, and ______ (go) to the fields.
Answer: risen / taken / gone
Explanation: The past perfect needs the past participle:
rise – rose – risen,
take – took – taken,
go – went – gone.
Choose the correct quantifier for each blank.
Question: There is (little / a little) pumpkin soup left, so we can give (few / a few) people a small bowl.
Answer: a little / a few
Explanation: “A little” and “a few” have a positive meaning (some, enough). “Little” and “few” have a negative meaning (almost none).
Instruction: Find and correct the 2 mistakes.
Question: My uncle usually harvest the corn, and he don’t sells it.
Answer: My uncle usually harvests the corn, and he doesn’t sell it.
Explanation: “Harvests” needs -s for third person. After “doesn’t” the verb stays in base form (sell), and “don’t” is wrong with “he”.
Instruction: Guess the word.
Question:
I’m black from my beak to my feet.
I sit in the tallest tree and say “caw, caw” all day.
In autumn, I visit the farmer’s field to eat his corn and seeds.
The farmer puts a man made of straw there to scare me away, but I’m not afraid of him.
What am I?
Answer: A crow.
Explanation: A crow is a big black bird that eats crops in the fields, and its name is part of the word “scarecrow” (a figure that scares crows away).
Instruction: Find and correct the 4 mistakes.
Question: The party starts in Saturday at the afternoon, we will stay until by midnight, and we will sit in the table next to the bonfire.
Answer: The party starts on Saturday in the afternoon, we will stay until midnight, and we will sit at the table next to the bonfire.
Explanation: We use “on” with days and “in the afternoon” for parts of the day. “Until” and “by” can’t be used together. We sit “at” the table.
Find and correct the 4 mistakes.
Question: The wind blowed the scarecrow down last night, the farmer finded it broke, and he had never saw such a strong storm.
Answer: The wind blew the scarecrow down last night, the farmer found it broken, and he had never seen such a strong storm.
Explanation: These verbs are irregular: blow – blew, find – found. “Broken” is the adjective form from break – broke – broken. After “had”, we need the past participle (seen).
Instruction: Find and correct the 4 mistakes.
Question: There is too much people at the festival, there aren’t enough chair, and we have few time to taste the cider.
Answer: There are too many people at the festival, there aren’t enough chairs, and we have little time to taste the cider.
Explanation: “People” is plural and countable, so it needs “are” and “many”. “Chair” needs a plural -s after “enough”. “Time” is uncountable, so it takes “little”, not “few”.
Choose simple present or present progressive for each verb.
Question: Right now the farmers (harvest / are harvesting) the wheat, and they (usually finish / are usually finishing) before dark.
Answer: are harvesting / usually finish
Explanation: Present progressive describes an action happening now. Simple present with a frequency adverb (usually) describes a routine.