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Escape from the Old House: Grammar Challenge

Students follow audio clues through a mysterious old house and use accurate English verb forms and grammar to unlock the final exit.

The Old House at Dusk An exterior view of a large historic house in fading evening light. Use it as the visual setting for the fictional escape-room story. --- Image Analysis --- 1. **Data & Statistics**: - None present. 2. **Text Content**: - "ASITION VILLA" (written on a small sign near the front entrance on the right side). 3. **Visual Structure**: - An exterior photograph/illustration of a large, multi-story historic brick mansion (villa) at dusk or twilight. - The sky behind the house features dramatic, dark storm-like clouds with a warm, orange-red sunset glow along the horizon. - The building has classic architectural features: a wraparound porch with intricate railings on the ground and second floors, arched windows with shutters, multiple chimneys, and a small cupola or tower on the roof. - Several windows and the front double doors emit a warm, glowing yellow-orange light from the interior. - The scene is framed by dark silhouettes of trees on the left and right, and a fence runs along the front property line. 4. **Key Takeaways**: - The image depicts a grand historic villa named "Asition Villa" during twilight. - The warm lighting from the windows contrasts sharply with the dark, moody exterior and ominous sunset sky, creating an atmospheric or suspenseful mood.

The Old House at Dusk

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Present Simple or Present Continuous?

Present simple: routines, habits and facts.
Form: I/you/we/they walk; he/she/it walks.
Negative: do not/don’t or does not/doesn’t + verb.
Question: Do/Does + subject + verb?
The caretaker checks the doors every evening.
Does the old clock work?

Present continuous: actions happening now or around now.
Form: am/is/are + verb-ing.
Negative: am not/isn’t/aren’t + verb-ing.
Question: Am/Is/Are + subject + verb-ing?
The candles are flickering at the moment.
Is someone moving upstairs?

Signal words:
Present simple: usually, every day, often, never.
Present continuous: now, at the moment, currently, look!

The dining-room clock

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Put the eight event cards in the order in which they happened. Then write the past infinitive pair for these four verbs: heard, went, found and wrote.

Write the past infinitive pair for these four verbs: heard, went, found and wrote.

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Repair the exit message

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