The Clockmaker's Secret Workshop
A clockmaker mystery in which learners read carefully, notice details and work out meanings to collect five letters and escape the workshop.
A free Escape Room for Young learners at CEFR B2 level. Topic: ftoi.
Your class has been invited to visit the workshop of Mr. Alder, a famous old clockmaker who disappeared last week without telling anyone where he was going. Before he left, he locked the workshop door with a five-letter code, and he hid clues around the room that only careful readers could…
Solve all five puzzles by reading carefully, collect one letter from each, and put the letters together to find the five-letter code that opens the workshop door.
Puzzles
- 🔑 The Note on the Table: On the table you find a note written by Mr. Alder's granddaughter: 'Mira told her brother that she had left the spare key under the blue flower pot, although she later admitted that she wasn't completely sure, because she had been in a hurry that morning.' Which statement…
- 🧩 The Workbench Message: Scratched into the old workbench is this sentence: 'Only a ______ reader will notice the tiny details that everyone else misses.' The missing word has been mixed up. Unscramble this word: lucafre
- 🔢 The Carving Above the Door: Above the workshop door, Mr. Alder carved a row of numbers. His neighbour explained that he always said this quality, which means telling the truth even when it is difficult or embarrassing, mattered far more to him than talent. Decode the numbers using A=1, B=2, C=3…
- ⏰ The Stopped Clock: someone The moved stopped had clock it. because
- 📜 The Clockmaker's Diary: Read the diary page carefully. Then decide whether each statement 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 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.
- 🔑 The Note on the Table On the table you find a note written by Mr. Alder's granddaughter: 'Mira told her brother that she had left the spare key under the blue flower pot, although she later admitted that she wasn't completely sure, because she had been in a hurry that morning.' Which statement…
- 🧩 The Workbench Message Scratched into the old workbench is this sentence: 'Only a ______ reader will notice the tiny details that everyone else misses.' The missing word has been mixed up. Unscramble this word: lucafre C U E F R L A
- 🔢 The Carving Above the Door Above the workshop door, Mr. Alder carved a row of numbers. His neighbour explained that he always said this quality, which means telling the truth even when it is difficult or embarrassing, mattered far more to him than talent. Decode the numbers using A=1, B=2, C=3…