Escape from the Pesantren Study Hall
A 5-puzzle ESL escape room for teen B1 learners practicing Simple Past Tense through stories about daily life at an Islamic boarding school.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Simple Past Tense – My Experiences at Islamic Boarding School.
It is late at night, and Grade 8 students are locked in the pesantren study hall after a long day of activities. To open the door, they must remember everything they did that day, from praying at dawn to cleaning the dormitory before sunset. Each puzzle unlocks one letter of a secret code hidden in…
Solve all 5 puzzles about daily life at the Islamic boarding school to collect five letters and unlock the master code.
Puzzles
- 🕌 Puzzle 1: A Busy Evening: Last night, Ali ___ his homework before he went to sleep in the dormitory.
- 🧹 Puzzle 2: Cleaning Day: Complete the sentence with the correct past form of the verb in brackets: 'The students ___ (clean) their dormitory every Saturday morning last month.'
- 🤲 Puzzle 3: Morning Prayers: Unscramble this word: DRAPYE
- 🚶 Puzzle 4: Where Did They Go?: Decode the number cipher to find an irregular past tense verb. Use A=1, B=2, C=3... Z=26.
- 📖 Puzzle 5: A Day at the Pesantren: Read the passage above. Decide if each statement is true or false.
Printable worksheet
This Escape Room comes with a free printable worksheet: 1 part for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Escape on paper · Open every lock. Fewer options to choose from this time.
Part 1: Escape on paper
Open every lock. Fewer options to choose from this time.
- 🕌 Puzzle 1: A Busy Evening Last night, Ali ___ his homework before he went to sleep in the dormitory.
- 🧹 Puzzle 2: Cleaning Day Complete the sentence with the correct past form of the verb in brackets: 'The students ___ (clean) their dormitory every Saturday morning last month.'
- 🤲 Puzzle 3: Morning Prayers Unscramble this word: DRAPYE E D A Y P R