THE OFFICE

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SEASON 2 EPISODE 4
 Have you ever experienced a fire drill at
work or school? What happened?

How do you think people should react

LET’S during a fire drill?
DISCUSS…
Is there a fire drill at your office? Is it
necessary?

Which 3 books would you take to a

desert island?
 1. Why did the fire alarm go off in the office?
2. What was Dwight's role during the fire drill?
ABOUT THE
3. How did Michael react to the fire drill and why?
EPISODE
LET’S REVIEW… NARRATIVE TENSES

Narrative tenses are

Past Simple: for Past Continuous: for Past Perfect: for
used to describe past
actions that happened actions that were in actions that happened
events in stories. The
at a specific time in progress at a specific before another past
main narrative tenses
the past. time in the past. action.
are:

Past Continuous:
Past Perfect:
"Dwight was
Examples from the Past Simple: "The "Michael had been
conducting the fire
episode: fire alarm went off." planning the drill for
drill when the alarm
weeks."
sounded."
FILL IN THE
BLANKS WITH
•While Jim and Pam _______ (talk) in the
THE CORRECT
break room, the fire alarm _______ (go) off.
NARRATIVE •Dwight _______ (organize) the fire drill before
TENSE (PAST the actual alarm _______ (sound).
SIMPLE, PAST •The staff _______ (evacuate) the building
CONTINUOUS, OR when they _______ (hear) the alarm.
PAST PERFECT).
USING "SO" AND "SUCH"
"So" and "such" are used to emphasize, but they are used in different ways:
• So + adjective/adverb: "The drill was so chaotic."
• Such + noun/noun phrase: "It was such a surprise when the fire alarm rang.“

Examples from the episode:

• "Michael was so impressed with Ryan's handling of the situation."
• "It was such a hectic day for everyone in the office."
 • Write a short summary of the episode using at least
SO… WHAT
three sentences with narrative tenses and two sentences
HAPPENED? with "so" or "such."