First Day of Work

Pre-Reading
A. Warm-Up Questions
1. What do you say when you meet a new person?
(Remember to provide answers as complete as possible) 3. What kind of tours have you taken?

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2. How did you feel on your first day of school?
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4. What similarities do the first day of
school and the first day of work have?
What differences do they have?
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B. Vocabulary Preview

Match the words on the left with the correct meanings on the right.
1. a) to walk behind someone
show around follow
2. b) to leave something or someone in a
open-door policy
3. certain spot
drop off handle treat reasonable
4. c) not expensive
last but not least
d) to complete a document
5. fill out e) when a person pays for someone else
6. cubicle f) a small space in an office with a desk
7. and a computer
8. g) to give a tour
9. h) the final thing but not the least
important thing
10. i) to manage, to be responsible for
j) the idea that you can ask your boss
questions at any time
 Reading
Complete the conversation (80 blanks, Lesson 4) then,
practice reading out loud. Pay attention to new
vocabulary. Lee Jim

Lee, ______ / ______ /______ Jim Benson.

I’d like ____. Is the food ____ there?
Mr. Michaels ______ me to show you ______.

It is ____ good and reasonable, ____. Next,

It’s ______ / ______ /______ / ______. ____ hallway is ____ you can ____ the
____ and the meeting ____.
Follow me. ___ start the ____at the
front desk. ____ is where we ____
What ____ are held ____?
/____ when they ____to the ____.

It’s a ____ area. Customers ____like it. We have our ____ sales ____ there.

They do. Mr. ____ office is by the

This is a ____ office.
____. You can ask him ____ anytime.

____ nice to ____ a boss
with an ____ / ____ / ____.
Yes, it’s ____. To the ____ is the
____ /____ / ____ .
You ____ drop ____ your ____ and
other ____ papers there ____.
It’s big, ____ we’re almost done. Last but not
least, here is the ____ division. ____ are ____ of
us that share ____ space, but we each ____ our
own cubicle.
____ great.

Well, ____, it was ____ meeting ____. I’ll leave

Who ____ I ask for ____ HR?
you at ____ desk. The papers you ____ to fill out
for ____ Resources are ____ your ____.
Ask ____ Nadine. She handles all of the ____
____. Just past ____ is the ____. If you have ____
this week, ____ treat you ____ lunch and ____ for the ____, ____.
introduce ____ to the ____ representatives.
 Comprehension
1. Where did Jim start the tour of the office? 3. How is the food at the cafeteria?

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2. Which department does Lee need to go see in
order to drop off his employment papers?
4.
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What is Lee’s overall
impression of the office space?
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Vocabulary Review
Complete the sentences using vocabulary from page 1. You
may need to change the word forms.

1. Katarina was excited about her new office.

She had a ________________________ in the corner with a desk and chair.

2. Jeff promised to have an ________________________

so that his employees could ask him questions anytime.

3. He has to ________________________ his contract with the Human

Resources department because it handles all the employment paperwork.

4. Melissa ________________________ all the incoming phone calls from customers.

5. Jim always ________________________ his best customers to lunch.

6. Patricia’s salary isn’t high, so she is happy that ________________________

the cafeteria prices are .

7. A lot of jobs require you to ________________________ a job application.

8. Christopher ________________________ the teacher to the office.

9. And ________________________, I would like to show you

our coffee room, where we meet for lunch every day.

10. I’m glad I could ________________________ .

I remember how hard it was to be the newest employee!

Speaking: Write your own dialogue. Work with a partner if you can to write your own conversation using as many words
or phrases from today’s lesson as possible, then practice the dialogue.

Writing: Think about your ideal office and job. What does your ideal office look like? Write a paragraph of 5 lines to
describe your office.