French irregular verbs escape room game to practise être, avoir, aller, and faire in the present tense with a fun, no-prep print and digital activity for Year 7–8 students. This engaging French grammar escape room builds confidence in conjugating key irregular verbs while encouraging collaboration, problem-solving, and real language use among beginner learners.
Turn French irregular verb practice into an adventure! This French Escape Room makes mastering the four key irregular verbs (être, avoir, aller, faire) in the present tense exciting and interactive. Designed for Year 7–8 French, this ready-to-use resource saves planning time, boosts student engagement, and supports differentiated learning.
Students work as secret agents at the Académie des Verbes, completing four action-packed missions that strengthen conjugation skills, critical thinking, and collaboration. Perfect for revision, relief lessons, or even French Week or end of term activities, this Escape Room lets students learn while having fun and applying French in authentic, problem-solving contexts.
What's Included
- Escape Room rules and teacher setup guide
- Printable task cards, student sheets, and answer keys
- 4 engaging tasks:
1️⃣ Verb Maze – find the correct present tense irregular verb conjugations of être, avoir, aller, faire to uncover a secret code
2️⃣ Verb Sorting Challenge – sort conjugated forms into the correct verb columns
3️⃣ Cipher Puzzle – decode a hidden French message using the Pigpen Cipher
4️⃣ Conjugation Puzzle – match pronouns and verbs to reveal the final code
- Google Forms version (self-checking digital option)
- Teacher-led printable version
- Full teacher answer key
- Curriculum links to the Australian Curriculum v9.0
Perfect For
- Reviewing irregular present-tense verbs
- Group or pair work
- Grammar revision days or end-of-term fun
- Relief lessons or French Week activities
Engaging, no-prep, and full of energy — this French Escape Room will have your students racing to master être, avoir, aller, and faire while having fun!
Australian Curriculum: French v9.0 – Years 7–8 (Year 7 entry)
Understanding language and culture
- AC9LF8EU02 – Develop knowledge of, and use structures and features of, the French grammatical and writing systems to understand and create spoken, written and multimodal texts
