The Mystery of the Missing Pumpkin
Teen A2 learners become detectives in a locked museum on Halloween night. They use Halloween words, places and adjectives to solve 9 puzzles and escape.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Halloween mystery.
It is Halloween night, and the famous Golden Pumpkin is missing from the town museum. You are young detectives, and the museum doors closed behind you at midnight. Strange noises come from the dark rooms, and a note on the wall says: 'Solve my puzzles, find the secret word, and you can leave.' Work…
Solve all 9 puzzles to collect 9 letters. Put the letters in order to find the secret word and open the museum door.
Puzzles
- 🎃 Costume Clue: On Halloween night, many children go from house to house. What do they usually wear?
- 👻 Halloween Friends: Match each Halloween word with its correct meaning.
- 🗺️ A Walk Through Town: Read the story. Are the statements true or false?
- 🏰 Which One Is Different?: Three of these words are places. Which word is NOT a place?
- 🦴 Where Did the Detective Go?: The Golden Pumpkin was not at the shop. So the detective went to the ______ to look at old paintings and dinosaur bones.
- 🌙 Mixed-Up Place: Unscramble this word: LTSACE
- 🔢 The Secret Number Note: Use the code A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26 to find an adjective. It describes a monster that makes you afraid.
- 🏚️ The Silent House: quiet The tonight. was dark very house
- 🕯️ The Final Riddle: I am an adjective. A house is me when nobody lives there and there is no furniture. A glass is me when you drink all the water. A street is me at midnight when everyone is asleep. What am I?
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.
- 🎃 Costume Clue On Halloween night, many children go from house to house. What do they usually wear? a) glasses b) pillows c) umbrellas d) costumes
- 👻 Halloween Friends Match each Halloween word with its correct meaning. pumpkin witch ghost bat a white spirit you can see through a small animal that flies at night an orange vegetable with a carved face a woman who flies on a broom
- 🗺️ A Walk Through Town Read the story. Are the statements true or false? Last Halloween, Mia and her brother Tom walked through their town. First, they went to the library because there was a spooky story event. Then they visited the old church near the park. At the end of the night, they ate…