Teachers often notice that students struggle to correctly use être and avoir in the present tense, even after explicit instruction and repeated practice.
This usually happens because students learn verb conjugations in isolation but struggle to recognise which verb to use in authentic sentences. As a result, students make frequent errors when constructing basic French sentences, which impacts accuracy, fluency, and confidence in speaking and writing tasks.
Teachers are often looking for ways to reinforce irregular verb conjugations in context, reduce reliance on memorised verb tables, and increase engagement during grammar revision lessons.
Escape Room Storyline
Your students are tourists in Paris, but their passports have mysteriously disappeared! To escape the embassy and continue their journey, they must solve four interactive puzzles using their knowledge of être and avoir in the present tense.
What's Included?
- Step-by-step teacher setup guide
- 4 puzzle-based tasks:
1️⃣ Verb Maze – identify correct conjugations of être and avoir to unlock a code
2️⃣ Question Strips – match sentences to images
3️⃣ Cipher Puzzle – decode a hidden French message (Pigpen Cipher)
4️⃣ Word Find – locate correct forms to reveal final code
- Printable + digital-friendly version (Google Forms included)
- Answer key + full solutions
Teacher Benefits
✔ No prep – print and play
✔ Engaging grammar revision without worksheets
✔ Ideal for Year 7–8 French beginners
✔ Works for group work, stations, relief lessons, or revision
Why Students Will Love It
✨ Gamified learning increases engagement and motivation
✨ Encourages collaboration and problem-solving
✨ Builds confidence using French in context
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
