Listening: Track 56

Listening
5 Listen to two telephone conversations with people who work in the building
in the photo. Answer the questions.
Track 56
Conversation 1
1 Where is Geoff calling from?
2 Where is Kristina sitting on the photo?
3 Where is the price list?
Conversation 2
4 Why is the man visiting the building?
5 Where is Richard’s office on the photo?
1 home
2 on the first floor, where the person is sitting on the photo
3 in the top drawer on the left, behind Kristina
4 to mend the photocopier
5 on the 3rd floor next to the photocopying room
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6 Listen again and write in the missing prepositions. Track 56
1 I’m __________
at home but I’m about to leave for a meeting.
2 Is it __________
on your desk?
3 I think it’s __________
next to my computer.
4 Maybe I left it __________
in one of the drawers __________
behind you.
5 Try the top drawer __________
on the left.
6 I’m standing __________
at the entrance.
7 You need to come __________
into the entrance to the building.
8 Go __________
up to the third floor.
9 Go __________
through the door on your right and the photocopying room is
there.
10 My office is __________
next to it.
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Script Track 56
1
A: Hello? Kristina speaking.
B: Hi Kristina. It’s Geoff.
A: Hi Geoff. Where are you calling from?
B: I’m at home but I’m about to leave for a meeting. Can you help me? I’ve left a list of
prices in the office and I need it for the meeting.
A: Sure. Is it on your desk?
B: I think it’s next to my computer.
A: I can’t see anything.
B: Oh. Well maybe I left it in one of the drawers behind you.
A: OK. Which one?
B: Try the top drawer on the left.
A: Let me look. Yes, there’s a folder called ‘price lists’?
B: That’s the one! Can you email me a copy of the list with prices for next year?
A: Sure, I’ll do that now…
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Script Track 56
2
C: Hello, Richard Roberts speaking.
D: Hi. I’m here to fix your photocopier, but I don’t know which office. I’m standing at
the entrance to the building.
C: OK. Great. So you need to come into the entrance and go up to the third floor. Go
through the door on your right and the photocopying room is there. My office is
next to it, so I’ll meet you.
D: OK. See you in a minute.
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Grammar prepositions of place and movement
7 Look at the grammar box. Then look at the sentences in Exercise 6. Which
sentences have prepositions of place? Which have prepositions of
movement?
Prepositions of place: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10
Prepositions of movement: 7, 8, 9
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8 Choose the correct option.
1 There’s coffee on / in the table. Help yourself.

2 You need to go up / down these stairs to get to the basement.
3 I need some fresh air. Let’s go inside / outside for a walk.
4 Wait there and I’ll come and meet you at / on reception.
5 When you go past / through a post box, can you post this letter for me?
6 The canteen is opposite / between the main building.
7 Go along / on the corridor and my office is at / on the left.
8 Park your car on the left and walk across / out of the road to the
building opposite.
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9 Complete the messages with these prepositions.
Let’s meet 1 _____________

in the coffee area at 11. It’s the room
2 _____________
at the top of the building. See you there.
Can you fix my printer for me? My office is 3 _____________

on the third
floor. The printer is 4 _____________
next to my desk.
The lift is out of order today so please go 5 _____________

through the reception
area to the fire exit and walk 6 _____________
up the emergency stairs.
We got 7 _____________
into the lift on the fifth floor and now it won’t go
8 _____________
down to reception. Please help!
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10 Pronunciation intrusive /w/
Sometimes when a word ends in a vowel and the next verb starts in a vowel,
we add the /w/ sound. Listen and repeat these examples with go +
preposition. Track 57
1 go /w/ in 4 go /w/ into
2 go /w/ on 5 go /w/ up
3 go /w/ out 6 go /w/ across
Speaking
11 Work in pairs. Take turns to give directions from where you are now to these
parts of the building. Listen to your partner and name the part of the building.
EXAMPLE ANSWERS
Go down the stairs to the ground floor.
Go along the corridor to the big doors.
Go through the doors and you’re there.
Go into the lift. Go up to the top floor.
Go past the manager’s office. It’s
opposite the meeting room.
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Let’s meet 1 _____________

Can you fix my printer for me? My office is 3 _____________

The lift is out of order today so please go 5 _____________

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