Exercise 223

Use these clues to fill in the words in this puzzle.

1. You measure or draw straight lines with this.

2. You write with this.

3. A quantity of paper.

4. You use these on a notice board.

5. You rub out mistakes with this.

6. You type or write on this.

7. You put this in number 9 to send it by post.

8. You stick paper together with this.

9. You put number 7 in this to send it by post.

10. This liquid is number 14 and number 2.

11. You keep papers and documents in this.

12. These keep papers together.

13. You buy number 8 in this form.

14. You write with this.

15. This word represents most of the other words in this puzzle.

16. You write with this.

Exercise 224  (We Mean Business ex 65, p 37)

Listen to the tape. Write down the number referred to in each sentence. Be careful. The number is not always mentioned directly. 12 - midnight

Exercise 225

Charlie Alexander is in charge of the stationery store. He is stocktaking. Here is the list of things in the stationery store.

pencils paper clips ballpoints sellotape typing paper files rulers

H large blue 2.5 cm A 4 quarto 30 cm

160 120 148 114 115 150 95

boxes rolls reams

NB pencils H = hard B = soft; sellotape 2.5 cm = wide

1.8 cm = narrow; rulers 30 cm = long 15 cm = short

Here is the list of things he needs:

pencils (B) paper clips (small) ballpoints (black) sellotape (1.8 cm) typing paper (quarto) files (A 4) rulers (15 cm)

Look at the things Charlie might say to himself:

A: I need some soft pensils and some small paper clips.

B: I do not need any hard pencils or any large paper clips.

C: I need some soft pencils, but I do not need any hard pencils.

Write 2 more sentences to each example.

Exercise 226

Here is the list of stationery Helen needs.

6 pencils (B)

2 boxes paper clips (small)

8 ballpoints (black)

2 rolls sellotape (1.8 cm)

1 ream typing paper (quarto)

5 files (A 4)

2 rulers (15 cm)

In pairs, ask and reply as Helen and Charlie do:

Helen: I need some pencils, please.

Charlie: Right. Hard or soft?

Helen: Soft, please.

Charlie: I’m sorry. I haven’t got any.

Exercise 227

Here is Mary’s list:

6 pencils (H)

3 boxes paper clips (lrg)

10 ballpoints (blue)

2 rolls sellotape (2.5 cm)

3 reams typing paper (A 4)

20 files (quarto)

1 ruler (30 cm)

In pairs, ask and reply as Mary and Charlie do:

Mary: Have you got any hard pencils?

Charlie: Yes. How many do you need?

Mary: Six, please.

Charlie: Here you are.

Mary: Have you got any large paper clips?

Charlie: Yes. How many boxes do you need?

Mary: Three, please.

Charlie: Here you are.

Exercise 228

Here is Simon’s order for stationery for the sales department:

These are the answers to some questions about the order form. Write what you think the questions are (there is more than one possibility for each). Here are some examples:

27 November 1992 - What is the date on the order form?

3 - How many boxes of large paper clips does Simon need?

A 4 - Does Simon need quarto or A 4 files?

1. 003926 ____________________________________________________

2. 1 _________________________________________________________

3. wide ______________________________________________________

4. 5 ________________________________________________________

5. a dozen ___________________________________________________

6. hard ______________________________________________________

7. 2 _________________________________________________________

8. long ______________________________________________________

9. half a dozen _______________________________________________

10. blue _____________________________________________________

11. 14 _______________________________________________________

12. 4 ________________________________________________________