The Mystery of the Locked Lunchbox
Young A2 learners solve five lunchbox-themed puzzles that practise careful reading and thinking. Each puzzle gives one letter of the secret code.
A free Escape Room for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: lunchbox with apple and banana and drinks and cookie and sandwich.
It is lunchtime at school, but your lunchbox is locked with a magic lock! Inside are your apple, banana, sandwich, cookie and drink. The lock needs a secret five-letter word to open. Read each clue carefully, solve the puzzles, and open your lunchbox before the bell rings!
Solve all five puzzles to collect five letters. Put the letters in order to make the secret word and open the lunchbox.
Puzzles
- 🍎 What Can Mia Drink?: Mia's lunchbox has a sandwich, a banana and a cookie. She has no drink. Then her mum puts a bottle of water in the lunchbox. What does Mia have to drink now?
- 🥪 The Mixed-Up Lunch: You eat this food with bread on the top and on the bottom. You can put cheese or ham inside. Unscramble this word: dhinwsac
- 🍪 The Secret Snack Code: Decode the secret word. Use A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on. It is a sweet, round snack. Many children love it after lunch.
- 🍏 Who Packed the Apple?: lunchbox. apple My in put sister an my
- 🍌 Tom's Lunchtime Story: Read the story carefully. Are these sentences 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 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.
- 🍎 What Can Mia Drink? Mia's lunchbox has a sandwich, a banana and a cookie. She has no drink. Then her mum puts a bottle of water in the lunchbox. What does Mia have to drink now? a) water b) juice c) milk d) nothing
- 🥪 The Mixed-Up Lunch You eat this food with bread on the top and on the bottom. You can put cheese or ham inside. Unscramble this word: dhinwsac C D N I W S H A
- 🍪 The Secret Snack Code Decode the secret word. Use A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on. It is a sweet, round snack. Many children love it after lunch. 3-15-15-11-9-5 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