Foundation Speaking Practice
Level: Foundation
Skill: Speaking
Topic: At The Office
Time: 30–35 minutes
exercise 1 – what do you wear?
Say the statements.
… I wear a shirt.
… you wear a tie.
… he wears a jacket
… she wears a blouse.
… it wears nothing.
… we wear trousers.
… you wear shoes.
… they wear skirts.
Repeat seven times.
exercise 2 – rooms & spaces
Say the rooms and spaces.
This is the entrance
Here is reception.
This is an office.
Here is a cubicle.
This is the conference room.
Here is the break room.
This is the lift.
Here are the stairs.
This is the exit.
Repeat seven times.
exercise 3 – what do we do?
Say the statements.
Repeat each statement five times.
This is the entrance. You enter the entrance.
This is reception. You sign-in visitors in reception.
This is the lift. You go up and down in the lift.
This is the office. You talk to the manger in the office.
This is a cubicle. You use the computer in the cubicle.
This is the conference room. You have meetings in the conference room.
This is the break room. You eat lunch in the break room.
This is the stairs. You can walk up and down the stairs.
This is the exit. You leave out the exit.
exercise 3a – a tour of the office
Write the rooms and spaces on pieces of paper (not the use).
You take a tour of the office.
Take a piece of paper and say, “This is the …! You …!”
This is the entrance. ______.
This is reception. ______.
This is the lift. ______.
This is an office. ______.
This is a cubicle. ______.
This is the conference room. ______.
This is the break room. ______.
This is the stairs. ______.
This is the exit. ______.
Repeat five times.
exercise 4 – what do you do? (echo)
Say the conversation below.
Repeat for every room and space.
A: What do you do in the [room]?
B: What do I do in the [room]?
A: That’s right. What do you do in the [room]?
B: In the [room], I [action]!
A: Did you say you [action] in the [room]?
B: That’s right. I [action] in the [room]!
Repeat for every room and space.
