Jobs and Occupations

A1 · Beginner1 hr 4 minBasic BasicsLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: say what you do and ask other people about their jobs — the first question at every party.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: What do you do?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: What Do They Do?

    Read a 110-word text about What Do They Do?

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Job Words

    5 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: What Is Their Job?

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Jobs and Places

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Make Sentences About Jobs

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: What Do You Do? At a Party

    Role-play: You meet a new person at a friend's party. You talk about jobs. (8 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your Mission: The Party Question

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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