1. Places in a commercial building.

Choose the correct option.

2. Places in a company.

Can you remember? Type in the missing words.

3. Talking about commercial buildings.

Match the buildings and parts of buildings to the definitions.

4. A tour of a record company.

A photo of a modern office building.

Veronica is telling Steve about the White Noise record company. Listen and put the places on the correct floor of the White Noise building.

5. A tour of a record company.

Listen again and choose the number which corresponds to each person’s place of work.

Work Place

6. The layout of the building.

Use the phrases to complete the first part of the dialogue. Then listen to check your answers.

7. The layout of the building.

Use the words and phrases to complete the second part of the dialogue. Then listen to check your answers.

 

Listen to both parts again while you read the complete transcript.

8. The layout of the building.

Look at the floor plan. Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

An illustration of the floor plans of the three floors of a company building. On the ground floor is reception and in front of that, the lift. On the left of the lift is the stock room. The loading bay is next to the stock room. On the first floor is the accounts department, which is above the loading bay. Above the accounts department, on the second floor, is the licensing department. The meeting space is on the second floor on the right of the main reception desk. In front of the reception desk is the promotions department. Next to the promotions department are the toilets, in front of the stairs.

9. Speaking Tutorial 2.

During the speaking tutorial your tutor will ask you to describe your workplace. (If you are not working, you can describe a workplace that you know, or the one in this section.)

1. Draw a quick plan of the workplace. For example:
A image of a sketch of an office floor plan.

2. Use your plan to give your tutor a guided tour of your company or organisation's office. Explain where everything is. Your tutor will ask you questions about it. Try to use phrases like these:

The name of the company/organisation is ...
We deal with ...
Also, we ...
I'll just explain where ...
As you can see, ...
On the ground/first floor ...
Where was I? Oh yes, ...
Next to ...
On the left ... on the right ...
Then, ...
Finally, on the third floor we have ...

3. Ask your tutor to describe his or her workplace. Make a list of questions to ask.

Useful phrases for the speaking tutorial:
Hello, this is ....
Can I speak to ..., please?
Hello ..., this is .... I'm calling to do Speaking Tutorial 2 of the Presenting Your Work module.