The Locked School Museum
Teen learners escape a locked school museum by solving five puzzles about the simple present tense. Each puzzle asks them to read closely and use grammar clues to find the answer.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Simple present tense.
It is Friday evening, and your class visits the old school museum. Suddenly the lights go out and the big door locks behind you! A note on the wall says that the museum guard always checks the doors at nine o'clock, but tonight he is on holiday. Read every clue carefully, solve the five puzzles,…
Solve five simple present tense puzzles, collect one letter from each, and put the letters in order to find the five-letter code that opens the museum door.
Puzzles
- 🖼️ The Painting Label: A label under an old painting is missing a word. Choose the correct verb: 'My brother ___ football every Saturday.'
- 📖 The Student Diary: Read the page from an old student diary. Decide if each statement is true or false.
- 🔤 The Mixed-Up Sign: This word tells us how often something happens. It means 'most of the time, but not always'. Example: 'I ___ walk to school, but sometimes I take the bus.' Unscramble this word: LYSAULU
- 🔐 The Number Lock: A box has a secret number message. Use A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26 to find the missing word. Then complete the sentence: 'Tom ___ his teeth every morning before school.'
- 🚪 The Final Door: often your night? Does films sister at watch
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.
- 🖼️ The Painting Label A label under an old painting is missing a word. Choose the correct verb: 'My brother ___ football every Saturday.' a) is play b) playing c) plays d) play
- 📖 The Student Diary Read the page from an old student diary. Decide if each statement is true or false. Maya is fourteen. She gets up at seven o'clock every day. She doesn't eat breakfast at home, so she buys a sandwich at the school café. After school, she plays the guitar with her friends. Maya…
- 🔤 The Mixed-Up Sign This word tells us how often something happens. It means 'most of the time, but not always'. Example: 'I ___ walk to school, but sometimes I take the bus.' Unscramble this word: LYSAULU U L Y U A S L