Percy's Night Drive Word Quest
A vocabulary-themed escape room for young A2 learners based on the story of Percy Shaw and the cat's eyes, featuring nine varied word puzzles.
A free Escape Room for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Vocabulary.
Late one night, Percy Shaw was driving home along a foggy country lane. Suddenly two bright eyes flashed in the dark and gave him an idea that would change roads forever! To unlock the story of his amazing invention, you must solve nine vocabulary puzzles about that spooky night. Collect the…
Solve all nine vocabulary puzzles to collect letters and unlock the 9-letter master code.
Puzzles
- ✨ Shining Eyes: In the sentence 'A pair of eyes shone out in the darkness', what does 'shone' mean?
- 🕳️ Watch the Road: Percy swerved and avoided the ______ with centimetres to spare!
- 🌗 Light or Dark?: Three of these words describe light or shining. Find the word that does not belong.
- 🚗 Quick Turn: Unscramble this word: ODIAVED
- 🐾 Cat and Car Actions: Match each word from the story with its correct meaning.
- 📖 What Really Happened?: Read the passage and decide if each statement is true or false.
- 🧩 Beside the Road: I am long and narrow, and I sit beside a road. Rain can fill me up, and cars must not fall in me. What am I?
- 🔐 Night Code: Decode the numbers using A=1, B=2, C=3... to find the word.
- 🐈 The Cat's Escape: away. slunk and cat The blinked
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.
- ✨ Shining Eyes In the sentence 'A pair of eyes shone out in the darkness', what does 'shone' mean? a) felt very cold b) ran very fast c) gave off light d) made a loud noise
- 🕳️ Watch the Road Percy swerved and avoided the ______ with centimetres to spare!
- 🌗 Light or Dark? Three of these words describe light or shining. Find the word that does not belong. a) clear b) dark c) shone d) bright