Caesar cipher template

A sheet to prepare your own messages in the Caesar cipher and to check your students' answers. Write down the shift, complete the key's row and encipher the messages letter by letter.

If you would rather use a ready-made activity, with exercises and answers, use the Caesar cipher worksheet.

In the options you can choose the alphabet: the 26 letters of English, or 27 with the Spanish Ñ.

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Alphabet

26 letters (A–Z)27 letters (with Ñ)

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Template

Caesar cipher: your messages

How to use it

1Choose a shift and write it in the box.
2Fill in the bottom row: each letter becomes the one that many places further along the alphabet.
3Use your key to encipher the messages and to check the answers.

Your key

Shift

Letter	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
Becomes

Messages

No.	Original message	Enciphered message
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