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Lead-in
Have you ever worked in an office?
What do you think is daily life in an offce like?
Name three things you find in every office.
Now name three things that are not connected with work that you will find in almost every office, eg dirty coffee cups.
What are some typical everyday tasks in an office?
Imagine you are in an office now. What can you hear?
Language & cultural note
- A trainee is someone who is learning to do a job. This word collocates with job titles, eg a trainee manager, a trainee receptionist.
- A flirt is someone who pretends to be romantically interested in someone else, although it is (usually) only playful rather than serious. A flirt may get physically closer to the other person than normal, use romantic entonation patterns, make comments that show interest in the other person, etc. Flirt is also a verb, ie you can flirt with someone. The adjective of flirt is flirtatious.
- A workaholic is addicted to work, in the same way that an alcoholic is addicted to alcohol. A workaholic probably works long hours, takes work home with him/her, mainly talks about work and cancels holidays to continue work, etc. He/She behaves as if work is more important than family or social life. The ending -holic can be humoursly added to many words to suggest obsession or addiction, eg cheeseaholic.
More office stereotypes
A yes-man/yes-woman is a person who always tries to agree with the boss, offers false compliments, etc.
A slacker is someone who doesn't work as hard as they should, and, because of this, other people have to do more work.
A moaner is someone who is always complaining.
Language corner: comparing nouns
Some nouns are countable (C) and others uncountable (UC). Depending on whether the noun is countable or uncountable it can be preceeded by many, much, more, less, fewer, least, or most.
If you want a brief explanation on fewer and less click on this link:
Confusing words: fewer, less
Following are some links with exercises to practice these structures:
- Countable or uncountable?
Lead-in
Have you ever worked in an office?
What do you think is daily life in an offce like?
Name three things you find in every office.
Now name three things that are not connected with work that you will find in almost every office, eg dirty coffee cups.
What are some typical everyday tasks in an office?
Imagine you are in an office now. What can you hear?
Language & cultural note
- A trainee is someone who is learning to do a job. This word collocates with job titles, eg a trainee manager, a trainee receptionist.
- A flirt is someone who pretends to be romantically interested in someone else, although it is (usually) only playful rather than serious. A flirt may get physically closer to the other person than normal, use romantic entonation patterns, make comments that show interest in the other person, etc. Flirt is also a verb, ie you can flirt with someone. The adjective of flirt is flirtatious.
- A workaholic is addicted to work, in the same way that an alcoholic is addicted to alcohol. A workaholic probably works long hours, takes work home with him/her, mainly talks about work and cancels holidays to continue work, etc. He/She behaves as if work is more important than family or social life. The ending -holic can be humoursly added to many words to suggest obsession or addiction, eg cheeseaholic.
More office stereotypes
A yes-man/yes-woman is a person who always tries to agree with the boss, offers false compliments, etc.
A slacker is someone who doesn't work as hard as they should, and, because of this, other people have to do more work.
A moaner is someone who is always complaining.
Language corner: comparing nouns
Some nouns are countable (C) and others uncountable (UC). Depending on whether the noun is countable or uncountable it can be preceeded by many, much, more, less, fewer, least, or most.
If you want a brief explanation on fewer and less click on this link:
Confusing words: fewer, less
Following are some links with exercises to practice these structures:
- Countable or uncountable?
- Which determiner are you going to choose? few, a few, fewer, little, a little, less
- All together now: many, much, more, less, fewer, least, most
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