The Secret of Hollow Hill
A Halloween escape room where teen A2 learners practise Halloween words, adjectives and places. Five puzzles become harder as players move through the haunted house.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Halloween Mystery.
It is Halloween night, and your class is visiting the old house on Hollow Hill. Suddenly, the front door closes behind you and the lights go out! A friendly ghost whispers that the door opens only with a secret five-letter word. Solve the puzzles, collect the letters, and escape before midnight!
Solve all five puzzles to collect five letters. Put the letters in order to make the secret word that opens the door.
Puzzles
- 🎃 Knock, Knock!: On Halloween night, children wear costumes. They knock on doors and say: "Trick or ___!" Which word is correct?
- 👻 Who Lives Here?: Match each Halloween word with its meaning.
- 🕸️ A Strange Feeling: The hall is dark and cold. You hear strange noises upstairs. This house is very... Unscramble this word: kopyos
- 🔢 The Note in the Pumpkin: You find a secret note inside a pumpkin. It tells you where to go next. Decode the numbers (A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26). The place is quiet and dark, and it has many old stones.
- 🏰 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.
- 🎃 Knock, Knock! On Halloween night, children wear costumes. They knock on doors and say: "Trick or ___!" Which word is correct? a) sweet b) treat c) gift d) candy
- 👻 Who Lives Here? Match each Halloween word with its meaning. pumpkin witch ghost costume an orange vegetable with a face cut into it special clothes to look like someone else a white spirit you can see through a woman with a tall black hat and a broom
- 🕸️ A Strange Feeling The hall is dark and cold. You hear strange noises upstairs. This house is very... Unscramble this word: kopyos K O P S O Y