The City Workers' Lockdown
A 9-puzzle ESL escape room for B1 teen learners practicing vocabulary about city jobs and workers.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: People in the City.
You are locked inside the community center after hours, and the only way out is through a digital door with a nine-letter code. Around the room, you find notes, riddles, and puzzles left by different city workers who each hold one piece of the secret. To escape, you must complete every challenge…
Solve all 9 puzzles about people who work in the city to collect letters and unlock the master code.
Puzzles
- 🏥 Who Helps Us?: A person who takes care of sick people in a hospital, but is not a doctor, is called a...?
- 🍞 Which One Doesn't Belong?: Look at these four jobs. Which one does not belong with the others?
- 🔧 Fill the Gap: The ___ fixes broken pipes and water leaks in houses.
- 🔨 Unscramble the Job: Unscramble this word: RCEPRANTE
- 📎 Match the Worker to the Job: Match each city worker to what they do every day.
- 📋 A Day at the Front Desk: Read the passage and decide if each statement is true or false.
- 🚗 Crack the Code: Decode this word using A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on. This person fixes cars and trucks in a garage.
- 🚓 Put It in Order: streets our keeps officer police safe The
- 📚 Who Am I?: I work in a quiet building full of books. I help people find stories and information, and I ask them to keep their voices low. Who am I?
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.
- 🏥 Who Helps Us? A person who takes care of sick people in a hospital, but is not a doctor, is called a...?
- 🍞 Which One Doesn't Belong? Look at these four jobs. Which one does not belong with the others? a) Waiter b) Baker c) Electrician d) Chef
- 🔧 Fill the Gap The ___ fixes broken pipes and water leaks in houses.