Colouring NestThe Office Christmas Party: Fill in the Blank Story for Adults
- Teens & adults
- Medium
- 3 pages
- Worksheet
- PDF: Letter & A4
- Updated
Tip: print page 1 (the word list) for each player and page 2 (the story) once for the reader. Or play it online below: type the words and press “Read my story”.
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A funny Christmas fill-in-the-blank story for families and parties: the office Christmas party in the car park, with a dancing printer, a Secret Santa swap and a speech from the boss. There are 14 blanks: 2 nouns, 2 plural nouns, 2 adjectives, 2 past tense verbs, 1 name, 1 verb, 1 number, 1 body part, 1 colour and 1 exclamation. Some numbers come back later in the story, so the same word turns up twice. Made for adults at a work Christmas party or staff room, clean enough to read aloud to anyone. Page 1 of the PDF is the word list, with a one-line hint for every word type, page 2 is the story with numbered blanks, and page 3 is a read-aloud example with our own silly words. You can also play it online further down this page.
Play this Christmas story online
Fill in a word for each number without peeking, then press “Read my story”. Your words stay on this device.
The Office Christmas Party
This year's office Christmas party was held in the . Our boss, , arrived wearing a hat made of . The music was so that the printer started to . Someone from accounts ate mince pies and then across the photocopier. The Secret Santa gifts included a mug shaped like your and a pair of socks. At ten o'clock, gave a long, speech about . Then the whole team round the karaoke machine until the cleaner shouted ! Nobody remembers who took the home, but it is now wearing tinsel.
Read-aloud example
This year's office Christmas party was held in the CAR PARK. Our boss, KEVIN, arrived wearing a hat made of SPOONS. The music was so LOUD that the printer started to CRY. Someone from accounts ate 32 mince pies and then MOONWALKED across the photocopier. The Secret Santa gifts included a mug shaped like your NOSE and a pair of TARTAN socks. At ten o'clock, KEVIN gave a long, EMOTIONAL speech about STAPLERS. Then the whole team DANCED round the karaoke machine until the cleaner shouted GOODNIGHT! Nobody remembers who took the OFFICE PLANT home, but it is now wearing tinsel.
Our example words are in capitals. Yours will make a different story every time.
The word types in this story
- Noun: a person, place or thing: sock, kitchen.
- Person's name: someone in the room, or anyone.
- Plural noun: more than one thing: socks, puddings.
- Adjective: a describing word: fluffy, enormous.
- Verb: an action word: jump, sing.
- Number: any number: 7, 365, a million.
- Past tense verb: something already done: jumped, ate.
- Body part: a part of you: elbow, nose.
- Colour: any colour: purple, sparkly gold.
- Exclamation: a word you shout: Wow! Yikes!.
How to play
- Print the PDF at 100% on A4 or US Letter paper. Keep page 2, the story, face down.
- Ask for each word on page 1 in order. Write it in the box with its number.
- Copy each word into the blank on page 2 with the same number (some numbers appear twice: use the same word both times).
- Read the finished story aloud. Then swap readers and play again with new words.
Fill-in-the-blank stories are a fun way to practise nouns, plural nouns, adjectives, verbs, past tense verbs and exclamations: children have to think what kind of word each one is before they choose it, and hear straight away when a word doesn't fit. For one skill at a time on paper, try the grammar worksheets (nouns, verbs, adjectives, plurals and past tense). More for a Christmas party: Christmas trivia, would you rather, Christmas bingo and every Christmas party game.
Questions about fill-in-the-blank stories
How do you play a fill-in-the-blank story?
Don’t look at the story first. Ask for each word on the word list in order (a noun, a verb, an animal), write it in its box, then copy each word into the story blank with the same number and read the story aloud. The sillier the words, the funnier it gets. With one player, cover the story and fill in the list alone.
What is a noun, a verb, an adjective and an adverb?
A noun names a person, place or thing (sock, kitchen, Grandma). A verb is an action word (jump, sing). An adjective describes a noun (fluffy, enormous). An adverb tells how something is done, and often ends in -ly (loudly, slowly). Each word list has a one-line hint and two examples beside every word type.
Are these stories free?
Yes. Every story is free to print for home, classroom and party use, with no sign-up, and free to play online.
More Christmas fill-in-the-blank stories: The Runaway Reindeer · The Snowman Who Wanted to Be Warm · Christmas at the Beach · Elf Training Day · The Class Gingerbread House · A Penguin Writes to Santa · The Night Before Christmas · Christmas Dinner Disaster · Our Family Christmas Letter
For teachers and parents
- What it practises
- Parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, plural nouns and past tense verbs, reading aloud with expression
- How to use it
- Read out the word list one blank at a time and collect a word for each, without showing the story. Copy the words into the numbered blanks, then read the story aloud. Talk about why a word does or does not fit.
- Time
- About 10–20 minutes
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Printing tips
- Print at 100% (actual size) on Letter or A4.
- Print page 1 for every player and page 2 once for the reader.
- Read the finished story aloud with lots of expression: it is the best part.
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