Pesantren Memories: A Simple Past Adventure
An A1-level ESL escape room where teen students practice Simple Past Tense through stories about daily life at an Islamic boarding school.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR A1 level. Topic: Simple Past Tense – My Experiences at Islamic Boarding School.
It is Friday afternoon at the pesantren, and Grade 8 students are locked out of the study hall. A note says the door will open only when they remember what they did yesterday. Each puzzle unlocks a letter from their memories of prayers, classes, and dormitory life. Help the students collect the…
Solve all 5 puzzles about past activities at the pesantren to reveal the 5-letter master code and open the study hall door.
Puzzles
- 🕌 Puzzle 1: Qur'an Time: Yesterday, Ali ___ the Qur'an in the mosque.
- 🧹 Puzzle 2: Cleaning the Dormitory: We ___ (clean) our dormitory yesterday morning.
- 🤲 Puzzle 3: A Secret Prayer Word: Decode the numbers to find a past tense verb about prayer. A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26.
- 📖 Puzzle 4: A Busy Study Night: Unscramble this word: TIDEUDS
- 🌙 Puzzle 5: Fatimah's Day: Read the passage. Decide if each sentence 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 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.
- 🕌 Puzzle 1: Qur'an Time Yesterday, Ali ___ the Qur'an in the mosque. a) reading b) read c) reads d) readed
- 🧹 Puzzle 2: Cleaning the Dormitory We ___ (clean) our dormitory yesterday morning.
- 🤲 Puzzle 3: A Secret Prayer Word Decode the numbers to find a past tense verb about prayer. A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26. 16-18-1-25-5-4 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