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Jobs and workplaces

Practise talking about jobs, places of work and simple routines.

Warm-up questions

What jobs do you know in English?
Where does a teacher work?
What job would you like in the future?
Do you know someone who works in a hospital?

Key language

I work in an office.

She works in a hospital.

He doesn’t work at night.

Do you work on Saturdays?

Vocabulary

Common jobs

Match each job with the correct description.

chef teacher shop assistant doctor driver office worker

1. This person helps students learn.

2. This person helps sick people.

3. This person cooks food in a restaurant.

4. This person drives a car, taxi, bus or truck.

5. This person helps customers in a shop.

6. This person often uses a computer at work.

Workplaces

school · hospital · restaurant · shop · office · airport

Reading

Three people at work

Read the profiles and answer the questions.

Emma is a teacher. She works in a primary school. She starts work at 8:00 and finishes at 4:00. She teaches English and art.

Daniel is a chef. He works in a small restaurant. He starts work at 3:00 in the afternoon. He cooks dinner for customers.

Nina is an office worker. She works from home three days a week. She writes emails and speaks to clients.

1. What is Emma’s job?

chef teacher doctor

2. Where does Daniel work?

school office restaurant

3. What does Nina write?

emails books menus

4. What time does Emma start work?

7:00 8:00 9:00

Dialogue

What do you do?

Read the conversation and complete the missing words.

Alex: What do you do?

Maya: I’m a nurse.

Alex: Where do you work?

Maya: I work in a hospital.

Alex: Do you work at night?

Maya: Yes, I do, but I don’t work every night.

1. “What ______ you do?”

2. “Where do you ______?”

3. “______ you work at night?”

4. “I ______ work every night.”

Grammar 1

Present simple affirmative

Use the base verb with I, you, we and they. Add -s with he, she and it.

Subject	Example
I / You / We / They	They work in a shop.
He / She / It	She works in a shop.

Spelling

work → works

teach → teaches

study → studies

go → goes

1. Lisa ______ in a bank.

work works working

2. They ______ buses.

drives drive driving

3. Mr Green ______ maths.

teach teaching teaches

4. We ______ English at work.

study studies studying

5. He ______ to work by train.

go goes going

Grammar 2

Present simple negative

Use don’t or doesn’t plus the base verb.

Subject	Negative form
I / You / We / They	We don’t work on Sundays.
He / She / It	She doesn’t work on Sundays.

Important

Correct: She doesn’t work here.

Not: She doesn’t works here.

1. I ______ work at night.

doesn’t don’t not

2. He ______ drive to work.

don’t doesn’t isn’t

3. They ______ wear uniforms.

don’t doesn’t aren’t

4. Maria ______ work in an office.

isn’t doesn’t don’t

5. She doesn’t ______ on Saturdays.

works work working

Grammar 3

Present simple questions

Use Do or Does before the subject.

Question	Short answer
Do you work here?	Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Does she work here?	Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.
Where do they work?	They work in a hospital.

1. ______ you work in an office?

Does Do Are

2. ______ Tom work on Saturdays?

Do Is Does

3. Where does she ______?

works work working

4. What time ______ they start?

does are do

5. Yes, she ______.

do does is

Speaking

Job interview

Ask and answer simple questions about work.

Student A

What do you do?
Where do you work?
What time do you start?
Do you work at weekends?
Do you like your job?

Student B

I’m a...
I work in / at...
I start work at...
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
Yes, I do because... / No, I don’t because...

Write a job profile

Review

Final check

Drag the jumbled answers into the correct gaps.

does starts Does works doesn't

1. Laura ______ in a hotel.

2. She ______ work at 7:00.

3. She ______ work on Sundays.

4. ______ she like her job?