Lesson 11: Office Equipment (20-25 minutes)

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1 Main Topic 1: Business Introductions Lesson 11: Office Equipment (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to office equipment. 2. Review Subject and Verb Agreement Rules Part 1 (numbers 1-4). I. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning? (5-6 minutes) Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. Then practice using the words in your own sentences. 1. He distributed the files to the members of the board before the meeting started. a. papers b. documents c. materials d. presentations 2. Use this photocopier to reproduce the reports. a. computer b. printer c. copy machine d. fax machine 3. We need the hole-punch to bind these data together. a. stapler b. folder c. paper fastener d. paper punch 4. He sends the memo through the fax machine. a. telephone b. cellular phone c. copy machine d. facsimile machine Page 1

2 5. He takes note of his important meetings in his personal organizer. a. manager b. coordinator c. controller d. planner Page 2

3 Exercise 2: What s the word? (5-7 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. The president of Blacktronics Corporation plans a general assembly and asks the help of his executive assistant, Mr. Walker. President: Mr. Walker, have you already written the notice for our general assembly? Mr. Walker: Yes sir, I already made it. I left it at the (1) since it is ready for posting on each department s bulletin board. President: Okay, that is very good. You can get the (2) on my table to post the notice. Mr. Walker: Sure sir, thank you. President: Wait, there s one more thing. You can also see contact information placed in a (3) on top of my table. Please look for the number of Jones Equipment Leasing Shop and request for a (4). I will need this to view my presentation. Mr. Walker: I got it. I will take care of everything we need. President: Thank you very much. Do you think everything has been prepared properly? Mr. Walker: I think so. I will double check the reminders on the (5) to see if we didn t forget anything. Choices: a. out tray b. projector c. thumbtack d. post it notes e. rolodex f. stapler Page 3

4 II. GRAMMAR REVIEW: Topic: Subject and Verb Agreement Rules Part 1 (numbers 1-4) (5-6 minutes) Subject and Verb Agreement is necessary to establish a grammatically correct sentence. Here are the first four rules in Subject and Verb Agreement to avoid confusion. 1. The verb must agree with its subject in number. The singular subject takes singular verbs while plural subject takes plural verbs. The secretary writes the reports. (singular) The members of the board meet monthly. (plural) 2. The groups of words or phrases that modify the subject do not affect the form of the verb. The projector that I leased is broken. (singular) The computers for this department are already delivered. (plural) 3. The prepositional phrases do not affect the subject and verb agreement. The laptop on top of my table is new. (singular) The office workers behind his room are noisy. (plural) 4. Always place the subject after the verb when the sentence is introduced by here and there. There is a mistake on the report that you submitted. (singular) Here are the materials for your presentation. (plural) Remember: Always determine whether the subject is singular or plural to know what verb to use in a sentence. Nouns and verbs form their plurals in opposite ways. Add an s or es to the singular form of the noun to make it plural (e.g. machine machines) while remove an s or es from the singular form of the verb to make it plural (e.g. makes make). Comprehension Check: How does the subject agree with the verb in number? How does a verb form its plural? Page 4

5 Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (5-6 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. This new copier machine more expensive than the previous one. a. is b. are c. was d. were 2. The of paper is running out. a. supply b. supplies c. supplied d. supplying 3. The office equipment shop beside our office sales discount today. a. was giving b. were giving c. is giving d. are giving 4. The that I borrowed yesterday is already with you. a. scanners b. scanner c. scanning d. a scanner 5. Here the delivery men of the new office computers. a. came b. comes c. come d. coming Page 5