1NEW OFFICES
This activity provides practice with the language needed for Asking for
information,the prepositions in Quick Check (page 6) and the names of
departments in a company. Make one copy of the page for each student.
Students have to design the office layout for a company.The departments are
listed and the students decide where to place each one on the floor plan.
Next, the students work in pairs and ask for information about each other’s
designs in order to complete the second plan. For example:
A: Where’s Marketing?
B: Behind reception.
Afterwards, students compare floor plans and decide which would be the best
office layout.
2QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS
This activity is useful as a review of the questions presented in unit 1. Make one
copy of the page per student.
In part 1, students read the incomplete questions listed and decide what words
might be missing. Discourage students from writing the missing words down as
the aim of the activity is to focus on speaking. When they have prepared
complete questions, students work in pairs asking and answering the questions
as if meeting a business colleague.
Here are the most likely complete questions (note that in some cases there is
more than one possible question):
What’s your job?
Where are you from?
Who do you work for?
Where are you based?
Where do you come from?
What does your company do?
Would you like something to eat?
Would you like to use the phone?
Where is the reception area?
Where are the toilets?
Is there a bank near here?
What time does the bank close?
Are there any taxis?
Do you know any good restaurants near the hotel?
Can I use your pen, please?
Could I have your telephone number?
Sorry, can you repeat that?
In part 2, students create their own questions using the question words given.
Then students ask each other their questions. You could do this as a pair work
activity, or have students circulating round the class asking their questions to
different students.
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Quick Work
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