The Truth or Lies Escape Room
An escape room themed around truth and lies where adult B2 learners solve five varied puzzles to master idioms and vocabulary related to honesty and deception. Each puzzle reveals one letter of the master code.
A free Escape Room for Adults at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Truth and Lies.
You have entered a mysterious detective's office where a famous art heist has just occurred. The detective has locked you in and left five clues scattered around the room. Each puzzle will reveal whether you can distinguish truth from deception and uncover the real story behind the crime. Only by…
Solve all five puzzles about truth, lies, and deception to reveal the master code and escape the room.
Puzzles
- 🔍 Match the Idiom to Its Meaning: Match each idiom or phrase related to truth and lies with its correct definition.
- 📝 Fill in the Missing Words: Complete the sentence using the correct word from the context of truth and deception: 'After being caught in the hoax, the suspect decided to __________ and tell the police everything he knew about the crime.'
- 🔤 Unscramble the Word: Unscramble this word related to a false story or deception: OAHXO
- ✓ True or False: Understanding Deception: Read the passage below and determine whether each statement is true or false.
- 🔐 Decode the Secret Message: The detective has left a coded message. Decode it using a simple substitution cipher where A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on, up to Z=26. Decoded message: 20-5-5-20-15-20-1-12-12-5-18
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
- 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.
- 🔍 Match the Idiom to Its Meaning Match each idiom or phrase related to truth and lies with its correct definition. come clean call your bluff cover up two-faced to admit the truth or confess to something to hide or conceal the truth about something to challenge someone to prove what they claim…
- 📝 Fill in the Missing Words Complete the sentence using the correct word from the context of truth and deception: 'After being caught in the hoax, the suspect decided to __________ and tell the police everything he knew about the crime.'
- 🔤 Unscramble the Word Unscramble this word related to a false story or deception: OAHXO H A O X