SECTION I: DAILY ROUTINES

GettingReadyfor Work

Key Vocabulary
closet
ironing board
VERBS
brush put [put] iron
buy [bought] put on
check read
drive [drove] shut
drop off take [took] a
eat [atel shower
get [got] dressed wake [woke] Tina picked out While she ironed her ...she watched the
get ready up some clothes to wear. blouse... morning news.
grab watch
iron wear [wore] clock
leave [left] milk
make [made] cereal
pack coffee maker
pick out

NOUNS
alarm clock jacket
bag khaki pants Then she got dressed. As she made breakfast, Then she ate breakfast
blouse she checked the time. and read the newspaper.
laundry
breakfast loafers
briefcase lunch
brown bag milk
bus schedule brown
morning bag
bus stop muf n
cereal news
clock newspaper
closet pants
clothes panty hose
coffee paper After breakfast, Tina Then she packed a ...and put some papers in
coffee maker polo shirt brushed her teeth. lunch... her briefcase.
door skirt
dress Sweater
dress shirt teeth
dress shoes tie
dry cleaner
house
time
Work
For SpecialAttention
iron
ironing board • When you check the time, you, look • When Matt checked his busschedule
at the clock quickly to see what time it he looked quickly at it to seewhen
OTHERS is. the bus would come.
casual (adj.) • If you pack a lunch, you put it in a bag On the way to the bus stop means
on the way (adverbial) or lunch box and take it to work to “while going to the bus stop."
ready (adj.) eat. Dress clothes are more formal than
• A dry cleaner cleans clothing that casual clothes.
can't be washed in a washing machine. Khaki pants are casual pants,
• When you grab something, you take usually made of cotton. They are
hold of it quickly. worn by both men and women.

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 Hi. I have two blouses They'll be ready
and a skirt. Friday.

laundry

She shut the door as she left She dropped off some laundry at Then she drove to work.
the house. the dry cleaners.

alarm clock

Matt woke up... ...and took a shower. He put his clothes on... ...and he grabbed his bag.

It will come in ten

minutes. A muf n and
coffee, please.

MENU
Muf T MENU
Coff cOFFEE MUFFI
Teg TEA

He checked his bus schedule. On the way to the bus stop... ...he bought a muf n and coffee.

Clothing People Wear to Work in an Of ce

Dress clothes Casual clothes

polo
dress shirt
shirt
Ldress - tie
sweater
blouse

panty hose jacket khaki

-pants
skirt pants
pants

dress shoes dress shoes

loafers.
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Key Vocabulary
QENSTAR
DENSTE
VERBS
arrive set [set]
enter sit [sat] down
go [went] into take [took]
go through (an elevator)
(security) take out
hang [hung] unlock
make [made] walk Tina parked in the company lot. She entered the building..
small talk work on
open
park
say [said] good guard
Good morning, Gladys.
morning Good morning.
Ms. Perez.
NOUNS
briefcase
building
Coat
coat rack
company lot
coworker
cubicle
department ...and said good morning to the After going through
desk receptionist. security (see p. 10)...
door
elevator
oor
guard ( See you later.
hall
of ce
paper
receptionist
security
Small talk
Work area
..she took an elevator... ...up to her oor.

For SpecialAttention)
• Tina drives to work, so she
parks her car.
• company lot = parking lot that
belongs to the company
• a oor= one level of a building • Tina hangs her coat on a coat
coworkers = people you work rack.
with. Another word for them is Other places to hang coats:
colleagues. in a closet

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• receptionist = a person who • Small talk is very light on a hook
makes appointments and receives conversation-about the weather,
clients and guests sports, etc.
• to take an elevator = to ride in it to • down the hall = along a hallway
on a hanger
your oor

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( Morning, Tina.) (Hi,Jack.

MARKE
PIVIS Yeah, but a little cold.

She went into her department's She said good morning to some ...and made some small talk.
Work area. of her coworkers..

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She walked down the hall to her She unlocked the door. She hung her coat on the coat
of ce. rack.

She set her briefcase on her desk. She sat down at her desk. She opened her briefcase and took
out some papers to work on.

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