The Lost Library of Voices
A library-themed escape room where teens identify and compare the main speech styles: conversational, scientific, official, journalistic and artistic. Each puzzle requires careful reading of short texts and clues.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Стили речи.
Your class has been locked inside an old library where every book speaks in a different style. The librarian left a note saying the exit door opens only for readers who notice how people speak and write in different situations. Five shelves hold five challenges, and each one hides a letter. Read…
Solve five puzzles about speech styles, collect one letter from each, and enter the five-letter master code to escape the library.
Puzzles
- 💬 Shelf One: The Chat Room: Mia texts her best friend: "Hey! Can't come today, sorry. Talk later?" Short sentences, friendly words and missing parts of sentences are typical of everyday talk between people who know each other well. Which speech style is Mia using?
- 🔬 Shelf Two: The Lab Notebook: Three of these words are often used in the scientific style, which tries to be exact and neutral. One word belongs to relaxed, emotional everyday talk. Which word is the odd one out?
- 🔐 Shelf Three: The Locked Letter: You find a sealed envelope addressed to the head teacher. Inside is a coded word. It names the style you should use when you write to a school director, a bank or a government office, because these situations need polite, careful and serious language. Decode it…
- 📚 Shelf Four: Mixed-Up Pages: Four pages fell out of different books. Read each sentence carefully and match it to the speech style it belongs to.
- 📰 Shelf Five: The Librarian's Final Page: Read the passage carefully. Decide if each statement is true or false. Your answer should be four words in order, for example: True, False, True, True.
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.
- 💬 Shelf One: The Chat Room Mia texts her best friend: "Hey! Can't come today, sorry. Talk later?" Short sentences, friendly words and missing parts of sentences are typical of everyday talk between people who know each other well. Which speech style is Mia using?
- 🔬 Shelf Two: The Lab Notebook Three of these words are often used in the scientific style, which tries to be exact and neutral. One word belongs to relaxed, emotional everyday talk. Which word is the odd one out? a) analysis b) experiment c) awesome d) theory
- 🔐 Shelf Three: The Locked Letter You find a sealed envelope addressed to the head teacher. Inside is a coded word. It names the style you should use when you write to a school director, a bank or a government office, because these situations need polite, careful and serious language. Decode it…