The Mystery of the Old House on Halloween
Teen A2 learners are trapped in an old house on Halloween night and must solve five vocabulary puzzles to escape. Each puzzle introduces key Halloween words.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Halloween mystery.
It is Halloween night, and you are at a party in an old house on Maple Street. Suddenly, the lights go out and the front door locks. A strange note on the wall says: 'Learn the words of the night, and the door will open.' Solve five puzzles to find the secret code and escape before midnight!
Solve all five puzzles, collect one letter from each, and use the 5-letter secret code to unlock the front door.
Puzzles
- 🎃 The Orange Face: It is a big, round, orange vegetable. On Halloween, people cut a face in it and put a light inside. What is it?
- 💀 Words of the Night: Match each Halloween word with its meaning.
- 🕷️ Eight Legs in the Corner: This small animal has eight legs. It makes webs in dark corners of old houses. Unscramble this word: DPSERI
- 🏮 The Light in the Dark: The lights are out! Decode the numbers (A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26) to find something you can carry to see in the dark. It often has a candle inside.
- 🐈⬛ Mia's Halloween Story: Read the story. Are the 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.
- 🎃 The Orange Face It is a big, round, orange vegetable. On Halloween, people cut a face in it and put a light inside. What is it? a) potato b) carrot c) pumpkin d) apple
- 💀 Words of the Night Match each Halloween word with its meaning. costume skeleton bat haunted special clothes you wear to look like someone else all the bones of a body a small black animal that flies at night a place where people think ghosts live
- 🕷️ Eight Legs in the Corner This small animal has eight legs. It makes webs in dark corners of old houses. Unscramble this word: DPSERI P I E D S R