The NovaTech Lab Lockdown

A sci-fi themed escape room for teen B2 learners that reviews infinitives and -ing forms through puzzles about inventions, robots, and superpowers.

A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Science, technology and superpowers.

A power surge has trapped you inside NovaTech's experimental superpower research lab. The lab's AI will only release the exit door if visitors prove they understand the grammar behind humanity's greatest inventions. Seven damaged consoles each hold a puzzle about verbs, infinitives, and -ing forms…

Solve all seven puzzles to collect letters and form the 7-letter master code that unlocks the lab's exit door.

Puzzles

  1. 🔬 Puzzle 1: The Lab Decision: Scientists at NovaTech decided ___ a robot that could fly like a bird.
  2. ⚡ Puzzle 2: Before the Test: Before ___ (test) the new invisibility suit, the engineer checked all the wires twice.
  3. 🧪 Puzzle 3: Unscramble the Ambition: Unscramble this word: TNEVNI
  4. 🤖 Puzzle 4: Match the Pattern: Match each verb with the pattern it usually takes: infinitive (to + verb) or gerund (-ing).
  5. 🚀 Puzzle 5: Reorder the Sentence: carefully agreed device new scientist to The test the
  6. 🦸 Puzzle 6: Odd One Out: Which verb does NOT follow the same pattern as the others?
  7. 🛰️ Puzzle 7: Maya's Mission: Read the passage and decide if each statement is 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 Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.

What's on the worksheet

  1. 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.

  1. 🔬 Puzzle 1: The Lab Decision Scientists at NovaTech decided ___ a robot that could fly like a bird.
  2. ⚡ Puzzle 2: Before the Test Before ___ (test) the new invisibility suit, the engineer checked all the wires twice.
  3. 🧪 Puzzle 3: Unscramble the Ambition Unscramble this word: TNEVNI E N V I N T

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