The Effort Vault
A five-puzzle B2 escape room that practices phrasal verbs and expressions about effort and success, ending in a five-letter master code.
A free Escape Room for Adults at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Vocabulary: Trying and succeding (Remix) (Remix).
You and your classmates are locked inside an old research library where scientists once studied what makes people succeed. Legend says the vault only opens for those who truly understand the language of trying and achieving. Five sealed puzzle boxes stand around the room, each guarding a letter of…
Solve all five puzzles about trying and succeeding to collect five letters and unlock the vault with the master code.
Puzzles
- 🔑 Encouraging Words: Tom's manager noticed he was improving quickly and said, 'You're doing really well — just __________ !'
- 🔑 A New Approach: Before committing to the full gym membership, Maria decided to __________ the free trial class first, just to see if she liked it.
- 🔑 Hidden Word of Success: Unscramble this word: FROTFE
- 🔑 Which One Doesn't Belong?: Three of these phrases are about effort, success, or giving up on a goal. One means something quite different — it means to follow a rule or stay within a limit. Which one is the odd one out?
- 🔑 Puzzle of Persistence: out difficult He puzzle managed alone. work to the
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.
- 🔑 Encouraging Words Tom's manager noticed he was improving quickly and said, 'You're doing really well — just __________ !'
- 🔑 A New Approach Before committing to the full gym membership, Maria decided to __________ the free trial class first, just to see if she liked it.
- 🔑 Hidden Word of Success Unscramble this word: FROTFE T O E F F R