Get Ready!

1) Talk About These Questions

1. The supplies that a secretary uses at work are folders, paper, office stationery,
envelopes, staples, paperclips, correction fluid, and notebook.
2. A secretary gets supplies from an office supply store or stationery store.

Reading

2) Choose The Correct Answer

1. C. A good method for ordering supplies.
2. B. One person is responsible for placing supply orders.
3. A. It is costly for the employer.

Vocabulary

3) Match The Words with The Definition

1. D. an object to store and organize papers in (Folder)
2. F. responsible for something (In charge of)
3. B. an object that slides over papers to keep them together (Paperclip)
4. E. a place that sells business supplies (Office suply store)
5. C. a sticky material that keeps object together (Tape)
6. G. a metal object pressed through papers to hold them together (Staple)
7. A. a request for products (Order)

4) Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.

1. Joan needs a new bottle of white liquid used for covering mistakes
Correction Fluid
2. Are the new things needed to work here? I'm out of staples.
Supplies
3. My writing object is out of ink, so I need a new one.
Pen

5) It is a bad idea to let employees order their own supplies because the business will lose
money this way. If we have one person responsible for ordering supplies, this will save us
both shipping costs and supply costs due to discounted rates.

6) Listen to a phone conversation between a store clerk and an office worker. Mark the
following statements as true (T) or false (F).
1. (T) The office worker wants to purchase office supplies.
2. (F) The store is having a sale on staples.
3. (F) The clerk offers to deliver the supplies.
 7) Complete The Conversation
Clerk : Thank you for calling Speedy’s
(1) office supply store. How can I help you?
Office Worker : I want to place an order for some
(2) supplies please.
Clerk : Great! What do you need today?
Office Worker : I need twenty boxes of pens with black ink.
Then, I want ten boxes of (3) staples.
Clerk : Is there anything else?
Office Worker : Yes I also need five bottles of (4) correction fluid.
Oh, and fifty folders. They need to be red.
Clerk : OK, got it. The total comes to $70. We're having a sale on (5) paperclips.
Ten boxes for three dollars. Are you interested?
Office Worker : No thanks. Let me give you the delivery address for the (6) order.

Speaking

Adys : Thank you for calling Speedy’s

office supply store. How can I help you?
Office Worker : I want to place an order for some
supplies please.
Adys : Great! What do you need today?
Office Worker : I need 5 boxes of paper. Then, I want 15 boxes of pens with black ink and 15
boxes of pens with blue ink.
Clerk : Is there anything else?
Office Worker : Yes I also need 50 boxes of paperclips.
Oh, and one hundred folders. They need to be blue.
Clerk : OK, I see. That's a total of Rp 4,500,000. We’re having a notebook sale. One
box is only Rp 700,000 for 50 books. Are you interested?
Office Worker : No thank you.
Adys : Okay, can I have your details and address for shipping the order?
Office Worker : Sure, my name is Hiro Hamada and my address is Ki Hajar Dewantara Street
Number 22. Then my phone number is 081563362244.
Adys : Thank you for your order, it will be shipped soon please wait.
Officer Worker : Yes, thank you.
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Speedy’s Office Supplies Store

Client Name : Hiro Hamada

Delivery Address : Ki Hajar Dewantara Street Number 22

Phone Number : 081563362244

Quantity Item Description Price

5 box paper Rp 1,000,000

15 box pen with black ink Rp 1,000,000

15 box Pen with blue ink Rp 1,000,000

50 box Paperclips Rp 750.000

100 Blue folders Rp 750,000