The Lost Key to Rivertown
A 9-puzzle ESL escape room for teens at B1 level, themed around towns and cities, where players collect letters to spell a 9-letter master code.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Towns & Cities.
You and your classmates are on a school trip to Rivertown when the tour guide disappears with the bus key. A note says the key is hidden somewhere in the old town hall, but the door is locked with a code. Local shopkeepers left clues around the town square to help travelers who get stuck. Solve the…
Solve all 9 puzzles about towns and cities to collect letters and unlock the town hall door with the master code.
Puzzles
- 📚 Where Do You Go?: Which place do people visit to borrow books for free?
- 🏙️ What Am I?: I have shops, streets, and traffic lights everywhere. Thousands of people live and work inside me every day. I am usually bigger and busier than a small village. Tourists often visit me to see tall buildings and museums. What am I?
- 🔐 Where Trains Stop: Decode this word using A=1, B=2, C=3 and so on. It names a place where trains arrive and leave.
- 🏬 Match the Shop: Match each place in town with what it is used for.
- 🚸 Cross Safely: Complete the sentence: You can cross the busy street safely if you use the pedestrian ______.
- 🏘️ Unscramble the Place: Unscramble this word: BRUBSU
- 🛍️ Find the Odd One Out: Three of these words are small local shops. One is not a shop at all.
- 🚌 Put It in Order: bus next The stop to bank. the is
- 📖 Read About Rivertown: Read the passage and decide if 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.
- 📚 Where Do You Go? Which place do people visit to borrow books for free?
- 🏙️ What Am I? I have shops, streets, and traffic lights everywhere. Thousands of people live and work inside me every day. I am usually bigger and busier than a small village. Tourists often visit me to see tall buildings and museums. What am I?
- 🔐 Where Trains Stop Decode this word using A=1, B=2, C=3 and so on. It names a place where trains arrive and leave. 19-20-1-20-9-15-14 A1 B2 C3 D4 E5 F6 G7 H8 I9 J10 K11 L12 M13 N14 O15 P16 Q17 R18 S19 T20 U21 V22 W23 X24 Y25 Z26