3.1 Jobs Presentation and practice

A bus driver is a person who drives buses.

What do the others do ?

What are these people's jobs ?

Example: Fred drives buses.

He's a bus driver.

1. Janet mends watches. 2. Mac manages a supermarket. 3. Ann sells books. 4. Mandy takes photographs.

5. Jimmy sweeps roads. 6. Richard and Liz act in films. 7. Angela reads the news on television. 8. Chris plays classical music on the guitar.

Now explain what these people do:

a secretary a nightwatchman a cashier a gardener

a mechanic a receptionist a plumber an air hostess

3.2 What's your job? Practice

A: Where do you work ?

В: I work at the local hospital.

A: Oh, so you're a doctor, are you ?

В: No, I'm a gardener – I look after the gardens around the hospital.

Have similar conversations, using the ideas below. Each time, say exactly what you do in your job.

1. police station / policeman ? / secretary

   2. railway station / ticket collector? / porter

      3. supermarket / cashier? / store detective

      4. library / librarian ? / cleaner

      5. ski resort / ski instructor ? /

      6. language school / ? /

      7. restaurant/ ?/

      8. nightclub/ ?/

      9. airport / ? /

3.3 Places and people Practice

A lot of different people work in these places. How many can you think of for each?

airport office

nightclub hotel

theatre hospital

Choose one of the six workplaces, and one of the jobs that can be done there (e.g. airport - barman). The other people in your group try to guess what your job is. They can only ask about what you do.

Example: A: I work at an airport. C: Do you carry the passengers'suitcases?

B: Do you fly planes? A: No, I'm not a porter.

A: No, I'm not a pilot. D: Do you ?

3.4 Your own job Free practice

Work in groups. Find out from the others:

1. what jobs they have

2. what they do exactly

3. what jobs other people in their family have

3.5 Daily routine

Presentation

You are asking someone about his/her daily routine. How do you ask about:

1. getting up? (When/What time?) 2. breakfast? (What?) 3. going to work/college ? (When ? How ? How long?)

4. lunch? (When? Where? What?) 5. evenings? (What?) 6. going out ? (How often ? Where ? Who with ?)

always	usually	sometimes
never	generally	occasionally
	as a rule	from time to time
	normally	now and again

Put each of these expressions into the sentence below, in the right place:

‘I have lunch in the office canteen.’

Practice

Work in pairs. Use the language you have practised to:

1. ask about your partner's daily routine

2. talk about your own daily routine

Writing

Now write a short paragraph describing your partner's daily routine.