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Elevator: Activities

Here are some fun activities to help you learn new words. They are not tests!
Crossword

How much did you understand?

True or false

1. Nick was on the 34th floor at 11 o'clock at night
2. He was alone in the office at this time.

3. He went out for a cigarette.

3. He came back up in the slow elevator.

4.Nick's colleague went home before he returned from his cigarette.

5. Nick pushed the wrong button in the elevator.

6. The maintenance staff had left for the weekend.

7. The security camera in the elevator was turned off.

8. Nick had food but no cigarettes.
9. On Sunday afternoon someone noticed Nick on a security camera.
10. He was trapped in the elevator for 44 hours.

Answers

Vocabulary



Writing
1. Imagine you are Nick White. Write a postcard to a friend describing what has happened to you.

2. You are the security guard who saw Nick on the camera. Write a report about how this happened.


Classroom activities 1. Role play the following scenes:

a) Nick White is suing the owner of the building for compensation. The owner of the building claims that Nick should not have used the elevator after 10 o'clock. Role play the court scene.

Possible roles: Nick White, his lawyer, the owner of the building, his lawyer, the security guard who finally saw Nick on camera, the judge.

b) In pairs role play a television interview with Nick White. The interviewer should try and suggest that Nick caused some his own problems.