Escape the Interchange Learning Lab
A six-puzzle ESL escape room for C1 teen learners reviewing Interchange 1 themes like introductions, routines, hobbies, family, and occupations.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR C1 level. Topic: interchange 1.
Your class has been locked inside the Interchange Learning Lab overnight after a mysterious power failure trapped the automatic doors. The lab's AI tutor, ECHO, explains that the exit code was scattered across six language modules from your Interchange coursework. To reset the system and unlock the…
Solve all six puzzles to collect six letters and assemble the master code that unlocks the lab door.
Puzzles
- 🗣️ Puzzle 1: The Right Register: Which expression would be most socially appropriate when introducing a close friend to your grandmother at a formal family gathering?
- 🔐 Puzzle 2: The Daily Grind: Decode the numbers below (A=1, B=2, C=3...) to find a word describing a fixed plan of daily activities.
- 🎯 Puzzle 3: Idioms of Leisure: Match each idiom to its correct meaning.
- 👪 Puzzle 4: Family Ties: ________ my brother and I rarely see eye to eye, we still call each other every single week.
- 💼 Puzzle 5: One Doesn't Belong: Three of these words name professions. One does not belong. Which is it?
- 📅 Puzzle 6: A Polite Invitation: us Friday to for dinner on Would join evening? like you
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: The Right Register Which expression would be most socially appropriate when introducing a close friend to your grandmother at a formal family gathering?
- 🔐 Puzzle 2: The Daily Grind Decode the numbers below (A=1, B=2, C=3...) to find a word describing a fixed plan of daily activities. 19-3-8-5-4-21-12-5 A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 J10 K11 L12 M13 N14 O15 P16 Q17 R18 S19 T20 U21 V22 W23 X24 Y25 Z26
- 🎯 Puzzle 3: Idioms of Leisure Match each idiom to its correct meaning. hit the books couch potato burn the midnight oil kill two birds with one stone to work or study late into the night a person who watches a lot of TV and rarely exercises to study hard to accomplish two goals with one action