Midnight at Ravenwood Mansion
A slightly scary Halloween escape room where teen A2 learners explore a haunted mansion and practise Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple and Past Continuous with when and while.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: halloween present simple present continious past simple.
On Halloween night, you and your friends visit the old Ravenwood Mansion for a dare. The heavy front door slams shut behind you, and a cold voice whispers: 'You stay here forever... unless you solve my mysteries before midnight.' Candles are flickering, the floor is creaking, and somewhere upstairs…
Solve all 9 puzzles to collect 9 secret letters. Put them in order to find the master code that opens the front door before midnight.
Puzzles
- 🕰️ The Clock in the Hall: A note on the old clock says: 'Every Halloween night, this clock ___ at midnight.' Which word completes the note? (Present Simple)
- 👣 Footsteps Upstairs: Shh! Listen! Someone ___ (walk) upstairs right now. Write the correct form of the verb in the Present Continuous.
- 📜 The Butler's Old Diary: In the haunted house you find the butler's old diary. Some pages are torn. Match each verb with its Past Simple form to put the pages back together.
- 🕯️ The Candle Goes Out: went reading the I when out. was lights
- 🗺️ The Torn Map: While you were exploring the dark hallway, you found an old map of the mansion. Three words on the map are parts of a house. Which word does NOT belong?
- 🔢 Numbers on the Attic Wall: Someone wrote numbers on the attic wall in red paint. Use the code A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26 to find the piece of furniture where the next clue is hiding.
- 👻 Kasia's Diary Page: Inside the wardrobe you find a page from a girl's diary. Read it. Are the sentences true or false?
- 🦇 The Voice in the Basement: You go down to the cold basement. A deep voice speaks: 'I sleep in a coffin all day. Every night I wake up and fly out as a bat. Right now I am watching you from the dark... I never see myself in a mirror, and I hate garlic. What am I?'
- 🧙 The Witch's Last Spell: At the front door, an old witch is waiting. She smiles and says: 'I was cooking a spooky soup when you came in. One last word, and you are free. Unscramble it: SUOIRTEMYS'
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 Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Escape on paper · Open every lock. Write each answer.
Part 1: Escape on paper
Open every lock. Write each answer.
- 🕰️ The Clock in the Hall A note on the old clock says: 'Every Halloween night, this clock ___ at midnight.' Which word completes the note? (Present Simple) a) is ringing b) ring c) rings d) rang
- 👣 Footsteps Upstairs Shh! Listen! Someone ___ (walk) upstairs right now. Write the correct form of the verb in the Present Continuous.
- 📜 The Butler's Old Diary In the haunted house you find the butler's old diary. Some pages are torn. Match each verb with its Past Simple form to put the pages back together. run see hear hide hid heard saw ran