Get me out of here!

Level:

B1 (for the reading) / B2 (for the speaking and writing)

Age:

13 young adult

Timing: 1 hours

Language
Tenses: present simple and continuous, present perfect (for the reading); past simple,
past continuous, past perfect (for the speaking and writing).
Functional expressions: making suggestions; agreeing and disagreeing.
Travel vocabulary: collect somebody, boats cant sail, emergency exit, sound the fire
alarm, bad connection, adopt the emergency brace position, steering wheel, terrorist,
ask for a lift, attract someones attention.

Preparation
Make a copy of the maze cards for each pair or group of four. Cut them up into sets of
cards.

Steps
1. Make sure that the students know the vocabulary in the language box.
2. Ask students if they have ever been to England and if they have ever been on a
summer school. If so, ask them if anything went wrong. Then ask them to look at
card one.
3. Read the situation on the card with the students and check for comprehension. Ask
them to choose one of the options and to discuss their decision in pairs or groups of
four.
4. Tell the students to write down the numbers in the order that they choose them.
5. If some groups finish before others, put two together to describe their route home to
each other, imagining that the members of the other group are their parents.
6. Ask students to write a letter to an English friend about their journey home.

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This resource has been adapted from Tombola (Nelson, 1992) by kind permission of the authors, John Palim, Paul
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Get me out of here!

Youre on a language course in London. You

went to a party last night and when you wake
up you find that you have missed the plane
home. You have to be in Paris to meet your
parents. How will you get there? You decide
to go by

Youre now driving on the wrong side of the

road. Quick!
Go to 17

a) boat
Go to 6
b) train
Go to 9
c) plane.
Go to 18

Youre now waiting for a bus to Paris. The

bus arrives but you havent got any money.
You give the driver

The driver makes you get off the bus at the

next stop, 250km from Paris.
Go back to 2

a) your name and address

Go to 8
b) your MP3 player.
Go to 24

Sorry you had an accident. The nearest

hospital is in the Netherlands. As you lie in
bed, waiting for an operation, your mother
phones to tell you that there is a plane ticket
to Paris for you at the airport. You

Youre sitting on a train going through the

Channel Tunnel. Suddenly someone shouts
Fire! You

a) go immediately to the airport

to 15
b) have the operation first
Go to 13
c) ask her to come and collect you.
to 11

a) run for the emergency exit

Go to 16
b) sound the fire alarm
Go to 12
c) do nothing.
Go to 23

Go

Go

10

He wasnt quick enough.

The man is deaf and thinks you want to know

the time.

Go to 17

Give up and go back to 21

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Get me out of here!

11

Unfortunately he does karate and breaks both

your legs. Try again.

The telephone connection is very bad and

your mother cant hear you. The last thing
she says is Dont be late at the airport.

Go to 21

Go to 3

12

Youre at Dover to catch the boat.

Unfortunately the weather is very bad and
the boats cant sail.

A helicopter rescues you and youre now

flying across the channel. You land in
Belgium. You havent got any money. You

Go back to 1

a) ask the pilot for some money

to 20
b) decide to hitchhike
Go to 17
c) find a policeman.
Go to 22

Go

13

19

Youve had the operation and you feel fine.

Its too late for the plane though. You steal
an ambulance.

Youre jumping up and down and shouting.

The passenger next to you thinks that youre
a terrorist.

Go to 21

Go to 8

14

20

Congratulations! Youre finally in Paris and

meet your parents. Tell them all about your
journey.

The helicopter pilot says hes done enough

for you already.

15

21

Youre waiting at the airport, but you cant

get on the plane because youre too ill.

Youd forgotten that you cant drive. You

see a man on a bicycle. You

Return to 12

Go to 13

a) ask for a lift

Go to 2
b) ask if you can borrow it
Go to 10

c) push him off and take the bicycle

Go

to 5

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Get me out of here!

16

22

Oh no! 120 other people had the same idea.

Youre crushed on the floor. Try again.

The policeman cant understand you and

arrests you for having no passport or money.

Go to 9

Go back to 12

17

23

Youre sitting in a car driving along a road in

Germany. You see a big lorry coming towards
you. Youre going to crash! You

Aaaaargh! Youre burning to death.

Go to 3

a) adopt the emergency brace position

Go to 3
b) grab the steering wheel
Go to 7
c) shout at the driver.
Go to 4

18

24

You arrive at Heathrow Airport, but

unfortunately your ticket was for yesterday.
You arent allowed on the plane.

Youre sitting on the bus. Suddenly you see

your parents drive past in their car. You

Go back to 1

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a) tell the driver to stop

Go to 8
b) wait until you get to Paris
Go to 14
c) try to attract their attention.
Go to 19

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This resource has been adapted from Tombola (Nelson, 1992) by kind permission of the authors, John Palim, Paul
Power and Phyllis Vannuffel