The Clock Tower Escape
A 9-puzzle ESL escape room for young learners practicing telling time (o'clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to) at A2 level.
A free Escape Room for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Time and duration.
A magic clock tower has trapped a friendly dragon inside! To free him, you must solve nine time puzzles hidden in the gears of the tower. Each puzzle gives you a secret letter. Collect all nine letters to open the big door and set the dragon free!
Solve all 9 puzzles about time and duration to collect letters and unlock the master code.
Puzzles
- 🕐 What Time Is It?: The clock shows 3:00. What time is it?
- ⏰ Clock Facts: Read the passage and decide if the statements are true or false.
- 🔗 Match the Time: Match each clock time to the correct words.
- ✏️ Fill in the Time Word: It is 4:30. We say it is ____ past four.
- 🚫 Odd One Out: Which word does not belong with the others?
- 🔤 Unscramble the Word: Unscramble this word: NIUTEM
- 🧩 Time Riddle: I have two hands but no fingers. I have a face but cannot smile. I show you the time all day and night. What am I?
- 🔀 Put the Sentence in Order: starts eight. quarter School at past
- 🔐 Crack the Code: Use A=1, B=2, C=3... to decode the word and reveal the final letter.
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.
- 🕐 What Time Is It? The clock shows 3:00. What time is it? a) It's quarter to three. b) It's three o'clock. c) It's quarter past three. d) It's half past three.
- ⏰ Clock Facts Read the passage and decide if the statements are true or false. A clock has two hands. The short hand shows the hour. The long hand shows the minutes. There are 60 minutes in one hour. Half past means the minute hand points to the 6. The long hand shows the hour. T / F There are 60…
- 🔗 Match the Time Match each clock time to the correct words. 3:00 3:30 3:15 2:45 quarter to three three o'clock half past three quarter past three