Escape the Phrasal Verb Lab
A five-puzzle escape room focused on B2-level phrasal verbs with varied puzzle types. Students must solve riddles, ciphers, matching, and word games to collect letters spelling the exit code.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Phrasal Verbs.
You are trapped in a linguistics laboratory where a mischievous AI has locked away the secrets of English phrasal verbs. The AI has hidden five puzzle challenges throughout the lab, each guarding one letter of the master code that will unlock the door. Solve each puzzle correctly to collect the…
Solve all five puzzles to collect the five letters of the master code and escape the lab.
Puzzles
- 🔗 Match the Meanings: Match each phrasal verb with its correct definition. Select the four correct pairs to proceed.
- 📝 Fill the Gaps: Complete the sentences with the correct phrasal verbs from the word bank: put aside, look into, run out of, make up for, get over. 1. The manager will _____ the complaint and report back to us. 2. We _____ coffee this morning, so I had to buy some. 3. She needs time to _____ her…
- 🔐 Decode the Secret: The lab has encoded a phrasal verb using a number cipher where A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on. Decode this message: 7-5-20-19-15-13-5-15-14-5-4-15-23-14. What is the phrasal verb?
- 🎲 Unscramble the Verb: Unscramble this word to reveal a phrasal verb meaning 'to tolerate or endure a difficult situation': TUPDWHI
- ✓ Verify the Statements: Read the passage above and determine 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.
- 🔗 Match the Meanings Match each phrasal verb with its correct definition. Select the four correct pairs to proceed. put off look up to get away with call off escape punishment or consequences admire or respect cancel an event or plan delay or postpone
- 📝 Fill the Gaps Complete the sentences with the correct phrasal verbs from the word bank: put aside, look into, run out of, make up for, get over. 1. The manager will _____ the complaint and report back to us. 2. We _____ coffee this morning, so I had to buy some. 3. She needs time to _____ her…
- 🔐 Decode the Secret The lab has encoded a phrasal verb using a number cipher where A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on. Decode this message: 7-5-20-19-15-13-5-15-14-5-4-15-23-14. What is the phrasal verb? 7-5-20-19-15-13-5-15-14-5-4-15-23-14 A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 J10 K11 L12 M13 N14 O15 P16 Q17 R18 S19…