The Lost Lantern of Maple Street
Teen learners practise the simple present for daily routines, hobbies and favourites through seven puzzles that grow harder step by step. Each solved puzzle reveals one letter of the master code.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Daily routine.
Every night, a magic lantern lights up Maple Street School, but this morning it is gone! The school caretaker thinks it is hidden in a locked room, and only students who understand daily routines can open the door. Each puzzle you solve gives you one secret letter. Put all the letters together, and…
Solve all 7 puzzles about daily routines in the simple present, collect one letter from each, and use the 7-letter master code to unlock the door.
Puzzles
- ⏰ The Morning Alarm: Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Every morning after breakfast, Tom ___ his teeth in the bathroom.
- 🔀 The Mixed-Up Adverb: Unscramble this word: LYUSULA. Clue: this word means 'most of the time'. It completes the sentence: 'I ___ have breakfast at seven o'clock.'
- 😴 The Sleepy Sister: Complete the sentence with the negative form of the verb in brackets: My sister ___ (not / like) getting up early, so she always stays in bed until her alarm rings three times.
- 🔍 The Strange Spelling: Look at these verbs in the simple present with he, she or it. Three of them follow the same spelling rule. Which one is different?
- 🔐 The Secret Number Code: Decode the word using A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26. The word completes this sentence: 'Lisa hates the taste of coffee, so she ___ drinks it.'
- ⚽ The Broken Question: football Does school? brother after play your
- 🎨 Mia's Busy Day: Read the passage about Mia's routine. Decide if each statement is true or false. Write your answers in order, separated by commas (for example: True, False, True, 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 Morning Alarm Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Every morning after breakfast, Tom ___ his teeth in the bathroom.
- 🔀 The Mixed-Up Adverb Unscramble this word: LYUSULA. Clue: this word means 'most of the time'. It completes the sentence: 'I ___ have breakfast at seven o'clock.' L Y U U S L A
- 😴 The Sleepy Sister Complete the sentence with the negative form of the verb in brackets: My sister ___ (not / like) getting up early, so she always stays in bed until her alarm rings three times.