ESL WORKSHEET - Office equipment

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

LinguaHouse

Nov. 18, 2022

Level: Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of language: Business English
Tags: Workplace and Equipment; Office Equipment; Desk Work; Describing a Product/Service; Vocabulary Lesson; Grammar Practice; Relative Clauses; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old
Publication date: 11/18/2022

This updated lesson plan looks at items typically found in an office, both electrical and non-electrical and phrasal verbs and collocations which can be used when talking about them. The lesson also takes a look at defining relative clauses with a view to helping students explain what something does when they don’t know the word for it. (by Joe Wilson)

• CLICK HERE to download the student’s worksheet in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download the student’s worksheet in British English.
• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in British English.
• CLICK HERE to download/listen to the audio (MP3).

AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Speaker 1: You use them to hold two or more sheets of paper together without making a hole in the paper.
Speaker 2: It’s a type of pen which you use to focus attention on some writing in a report or a book.
Speaker 3: It’s a tool which you use to put holes in paper.
Speaker 4: You can put them around a lot of pens or anything that you want to keep together.
Speaker 5: You need these to stick in a notice board to keep pieces of paper or notices on it.
Speaker 6: You can use it when you’ve written something in pen or typed on paper that you want to change. When you have finished, you can write on it.
Speaker 7: It’s a kind of book that you can put sheets of paper in when you have put holes in the paper.
Speaker 8: You can use it to put up pictures or calendars or anything you need to see easily at your desk.

Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/business-english/office-equipment-and-supplies. Accessed on June 22, 2026. LinguaHouse.com © 2008–2026. All rights reserved.