ͽ THE HAUNTED HOUSE ~ ESCAPE ROOM ~ CORRECTION ͼ
=> Can you escape from the Haunted House?
Welcome to the Haunted House Escape Room, where darkness and mystery await. On a stormy Halloween
night, you and your friends enter an eerie mansion rumored to be haunted. As the creaking door slams shut
behind you, you realize you're trapped. The only way out is to solve a series of spine-chilling puzzles, find
hidden clues, and unravel the dark secrets that lie within. With each passing minute, the presence of
supernatural forces grows stronger. Can you work together to escape before the clock strikes midnight and
the spirits of the past claim your souls forever?
1. Entering the Haunted House
=> Discover the vocabulary associated with Halloween!
CHALLENGE #1 Complete the crossword puzzle!
How many times is the letter O used? Solution => 8 times!
You may use ONE phone per group to check the translation of words using WordReference (free app!)
2. This is Halloween
=> Find out about a very popular Halloween song
Upon entering the living room, you are met with a chilling sight. Dust-covered
furniture is arranged in a strange fashion, as if frozen in time. The once vibrant
wallpaper peels away, revealing faded floral patterns. An old TV set sits in the
corner, and you stumble upon an even older VHS tape. The label on the tape reads
“Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.” The room feels heavy, as if the
spirits of the past are watching your every move.
CHALLENGE #2: Watch the video, listen to the lyrics and try to fill in
the blanks.
Boys and girls of every age Ride with the moon in the dead of night
Wouldn't you like to see something strange Everybody scream, everybody scream,
Come with us and you will see, In our town or Halloween
This our town of Halloween I am the clown with the tear-away face,
This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Here in a flash and gone without a trace
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night I am the “who” when you call "Who's there?"
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene, I am the wind blowing through your hair
Trick or treat till the neighbours come and die of I am the shadow on the moon at night,
fright Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
It's our town, everybody scream, This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween,
In this town of Halloween Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
I am the one hiding under your bed, Tender lumplings everywhere,
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red Life's no fun without a good scare,
I am the one hiding under your stairs, That's our job but we're not mean
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair In our town of Halloween
This is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween, In this town, don't we love it now,
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween Everyone's waiting for the next surprise
In this town we call home, Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song And scream like a banshee,
In this town, don't we love it now, Make you jump out of your skin!
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise This is Halloween, everybody scream,
Round that corner, then, Won't you please make way for a very special guy
Hiding in the trash cans, Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch,
Something's waiting now to pounce and how you'll… Everyone hail to the pumpkin king
Scream, this is Halloween, Now, this is Halloween, this is Halloween, Halloween,
Red and black and slimy green, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
Aren't you scared? In this town we call home everyone hail to the
Well, that's just fine, pumpkin song.
Say it once, say it twice,
Take a chance and roll the dice,
The air is heavy with a musty scent, and the flickering candlelight casts eerie shadows on the faded
wallpaper. A large, ornate staircase leads to the upper floors, its banister worn and warped. The silence is
broken only by the occasional gust of wind, which seems to whisper secrets from the past. You find an old
journal, with the beginning of what seems to be the opening chapter from a horror story:
‘October 31st 1986. I stepped into Marion Mansion, not knowing what would happen to me next…’
Complete the story by re-using all 20 words and expressions you found in the lyrics! Show your
story to your teacher before moving on to the next room.
Exemple de production possible :
October 31st, 1986. I stepped into Marion Mansion, not knowing what would happen to me next. The strange
aura enveloped me, as pumpkins grinned ominously. Trick or treat whispers echoed in the air. Spiders scuttled
across the walls as I cautiously explored. Suddenly, a bed rose, revealing a red-eyed king. A clown emerged from
hiding, a surprise that made me scream. Scared twice, the moon cast eerie shadows. In the wind, I heard whispers
of forgotten dreams. A skeleton rattled, its bony fingers grazing my skin. The mansion was alive, determined to
scare me into submission.
3. The Raven
=> Read the beginning of a very famous poem
You step into a vast chamber filled with towering bookshelves that reach towards the ceiling. Cobwebs hang
from the shelves, and the scent of aged paper fills the air. Books seem to whisper as you pass by, their pages
turning on their own. Ghostly apparitions of scholars and readers drift through the aisles, lost in eternal
contemplation. One book in particular draws your attention…
CHALLENGE #3: Using the definitions and the poem below, search the words in the grid and
pick out the longest word in the answers.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.
Edgar Allan Poe, extract from The Raven, 1845
1. The spookiest hour of the night (midnight)
2. A synonym for colourless, lifeless (dreary)
3. Something that is not remembered (forgotten)
4. Traditional stories or folk tales (lore)
5. Quickly and unexpectedly (suddenly)
6. A synonym for bedroom (chamber)
7. Another word for empty, desolate (bleak)
8. The month of Christmas (December)
9. A synonym for spirit or spectre (ghost)
10. A feeling of great sadness (sorrow)
11. Very happy or beautiful (radiant)
12. Having no name (nameless)
N T H G I N D I M
E Y B R T
T D L O R E S S
T R E N A O S
O A C E R R H E
G K D E D Y R G L
R I M D O E
O A B U W M
F N E S A
T R R E B M A H C N
=> Did you find the longest word in the puzzle? FORGOTTEN
4. The Origins of Halloween
=> Learn more about how this holiday started
Ascending a narrow staircase, you enter the attic, a place filled with mystery
and dread. The room is filled with dusty trunks and forgotten relics. A single beam
of moonlight cuts through a broken window, illuminating an old, sinister-
looking dollhouse as well as a Ouija board... The air is heavy with a sense of
malevolence, and a cold breeze whispers through the rafters.
CHALLENGE #4: Watch this video about the origins of Halloween and
try to complete the following sentences:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHQZErtwA3E
a. ANCIENT
a. Bet you didn’t know the true story behind the ancient
origins of Halloween. b. CELTIC
b. It all goes back some 2,000 years to the ancient c. SPIRITS
Celtic festival known as Samhain.
c. They would leave food and wine on their doorsteps to d. CHURCH
keep roaming spirits at bay e. PASTRIES
d. The Christian Church turned Samhain into All Saints
Day or All Hallows in the 8th century. f. COSTUMES
e. The needy would beg for pastries known as soul g. IRISH
cakes.
f. Young people would dress up in costumes and accept h. COMMERCIAL
food, wine, money… => N – E – T – R – S – O – S - M
g. In 19th-century America, Irish and Scottish
immigrants revived these old traditions. PASSWORD: MONSTERS
h. Americans spend up to 6 billion on Halloween each Astuce : le chiffre représente l’emplacement de
year, making it the second most commercial holiday la lettre dans le mot. Ainsi, il faut garder la 6ème
after Christmas. lettre de ANCIENT, la 2ème de CELTIC, etc, et
remettre les lettre dans le bon ordre pour former
Using the Ouija board, a spirit from the great beyond le mot MONSTERS.
has sent you a riddle and a code.
The code is 6-2-6-4-8-2-4-3. Write each word from
your answers from questions a. to i. on the
corresponding lines. It will give you the letters of the
password, if you can crack the code! Put them back in
order to find the next room.
Interlude: Rule the Grammar!
=> Prétérit simple, Prétérit BE + V-ING ou Past Perfect?
Le Prétérit simple s’utilise pour raconter une succession de faits passés. C’est le temps du récit.
Ex: I entered the haunted house and felt a sense of horror.
Le Prétérit en BE + V-ING s’utilise pour parler d’une action qui dure dans le passé, ou mettre
l’accent sur le déroulé de l’action plutôt que sur l’action elle-même.
Ex: I was reading about a curse in an old grimoire and I was getting more and more frightened by the
minute.
Le Past Perfect s’utilise pour parler d’un fait antérieur à un autre fait passé. C’est un passé
dans le passé.
Ex: I had never dared enter the haunted house before I did today.
2. Choose the correct form: 3. Conjugate the verbs:
a. I was investigating while my friends were buying f. Children had visited the house before journalists
equipment. wrote about the murder.
b. I went to the haunted house after I had heard about g. The story made the house famous, even though it had
the murder. not been very popular before.
c. I had gathered information before I decided to h. I had already written about haunted houses before it
explore the mansion. became a worldwide phenomenon.
d. A reporter wrote about the murder and then it quickly i. This haunted house was the first spooky story in the
became very popular. USA.
e. The rumour spread and became the spookiest tale in j. The movie adaptation came out in 1997 and made the
town. house a Halloween landmark.
