Download this free B1–B2 English worksheet PDF for English learners and teachers. This lesson is based on Oamaru’s steampunk festival in New Zealand, where people dress up in creative costumes inspired by Victorian style, science fiction and imagination.
Students practise reading comprehension, useful vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world topic about festivals, costumes, small towns, creativity and identity. The worksheet is suitable for private English lessons, online classes, classroom teaching, homework and discussion practice.
The article explains that Oamaru holds a steampunk festival every year. Students read about how visitors wear costumes like inventors, airship captains and strange travellers from another world. The text also describes how people use recycled materials, leather, metal, hats and unusual objects to create handmade costumes.
This worksheet gives B1–B2 learners useful language for talking about festivals, creativity, costumes, local culture and unusual events. Students discuss whether they would enjoy visiting a steampunk festival, why adults like dressing as different characters, whether strange events can help small towns become famous and how festivals can be funny and meaningful at the same time.
The PDF includes a B1–B2 reading text, True / False questions, Phrase Match, Synonym Match, a task where students use new language, discussion questions and a full answer key. It helps learners discuss how festivals can bring people together and make a town feel lively, creative and memorable.
Level: B1–B2
Date: 03 June 2026
Focus: reading, vocabulary, festivals, creativity, culture and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a B1–B2 reading text about Oamaru’s steampunk festival
- True / False comprehension questions
- Phrase Match practice with useful expressions
- Synonym Match vocabulary practice
- a sentence-writing task using new language
- discussion questions for Student A and Student B
- full answer key
The worksheet includes useful phrases such as every year, small town, science fiction, wear costumes, make their costumes, recycled materials, funny competitions, feel lively, brings people together and a little bit strange. It also practises vocabulary such as festival, mixes, old, strange, visitors, unusual, lively, perfect, creative and friendly.
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