| Some people work in an office. |
| There are special tools that people in an office need to do their work. |
| There is a computer in the office. |
| There is a telephone. |
| Most of the time, the secretary answers the telephone. |
| The secretary sits at a desk. |
| The secretary has pens and pencils on the desk. |
| The secretary writes on a note pad. |
| Some other things that you would find in an office would include the following: a stapler to staple pages together, a photocopier to copy pages, a pencil sharpener to sharpen pencils, a water cooler where the employees could get a drink of water, a hole punch to make holes in sheets of paper, and liquid paper which is used to blank out errors on a page. |
| Some offices have many employees in them. |
| All of the employees have their own desks. |
| Other offices just have one person at a desk. |
| In some offices, there is a secretary or a receptionist, and then there is the boss in another room. |
| There are often many important papers in an office. |
| Important papers can be called documents. |
| You might have to sign a document or fill out a form in an office. |
| Some offices have bookshelves filled with books. |
| The books are filled with information that the people in the office need. |
| You will have to visit an office sometime. |
| Maybe it will be a doctor’s office or a lawyer’s office. |
| There are many different types of offices. |
