Writing Checks - ESL Activity / Worksheet
- How to write a cheque / check.
This is a fun and interactive activity you can do with your ESL class of any level. The students can learn and practise the vocabulary used in making and accepting offers to purchase items with these monetary instruments called checks.
You can set up role plays such as in a department store or an open air market, the options are endless. ESL students can barter or negotiate over the price in English and seal the deal with a check. **What happens if a check bounces? Will you charge them an NSF (Non-Sufficient Funds) fee? Did the check clear yet? Use your imagination and use our props to make it happen. Do you have to give post-dated checks for your rent, or other purchase?
Writing checks used to be done a lot in North America and still is a bit, but not much in Asia. There are checks in Asia, but of a different kind. Usually the checks you have there are cashiers checks and not personal checks.
In the U.S., the spellling is "check(s)" in Canada we usually use the spelling, "cheque(s)".
A personal check is form of currency or money, that you use to buy something. We say “write” a check because that is exactly what we do, write a check. Your bank will give you some checks for your account, that means that they will have your name, address and bank account information, something like this below.
In Canada when you open a bank account, the bank will usually ask you if you want a chequing account or a savings account. The chequing account is usually the more common, or the first account you will open, as it is the account you use for your daily spending, and cash flow (paying bills, withdraw money, make deposits for your paycheck, etc).
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