Objectives and Sequence: This activity is intended to be used as a review of Grammar 3-1.
Students work with a partner. Students are to imagine they have the jobs listed below and make sentences about their jobs in the Present Simple.
- Student Two first asks Student One, "What do you do?"
- Student One replies, "I am a (name of job listed)."
- Student One then chooses the right phrase from the table that describes the job and makes a sentence in the Present Simple. If the student is unsure which phrase to use, answers are provided in the form of an audio recording for each job listed.
- Student Two listens and repeats what Student One said but in the third person singular.
Example
Juan and Kyoko are partners. It is Kyoko's turn. The job listed is "mechanic". Kyoko chooses the phrase from the table, "work at a repair shop". If Kyoko is unsure of the answer, she can look at the phrases and job names.
What do you do?
I'm a mechanic. I work at a repair shop.
Kyoko is a mechanic. She works at a repair shop.
Phrases
- drive a police car
- work at a hospital
- make delicious bread
- work at a store
- help people with their money
- visit different countries
- check people's teeth
- go to school every day
- make websites
- make buildings
Jobs
dentist
nurse
baker
police officer
clerk
construction worker
web developer
student
bank teller
flight attendant