UNIT 3

2. TOPIC: Jobs and Works.
TEXTS
Reading and listening: short texts about teenagers’ career plans.
Listening: a conversations about a dream job.
Listening: a job interview.
Reading: a story about happiness at work..
Writing: a job application letter
SPEAKING AND FUNTIONS
Discussing a future job.
Discussing someone's’ ambitions.
Giving advice.
Role-playing a job interview.
LANGUAGE
Grammar: Present perfect simple and continuous:
should/ought to / had better
Vocabulary: jobs and work
Pronunciation: short

3. Road sweep
Finance
Gardener
Entertainment
Comedian
IT and media
Nurse
Public service
Technician
Education
Lawyer
Management
Clerk
Health care
Police officer
Legal
Footballer
Teacher

4. Teenagers and part time jobs: Between the ages of 12 and 16, children's in the UK and
US are allowed to do paid work for maximum of two hours per school day. They are
not allowed to star work before 1am or finish after 7pm. Popular jobs are: paper
rounds, wok in a small shop or café, Babysitting or after school program.
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I’ve read the Harry Potter books.
I’ve been reading the Harry Potter books.
Which sentence has definitely finished reading the books?
Which sentence has not necessarily finished reading the books.

5. Read my four true facts about myself:
-----?-----
I live in Orlando Florida
I want to be a flight attended.
I am studying Spanish.
----- ? -----
I have lived in Orlando Florida since 2002.
I have been teaching English for 20 years.
----Present perfect simple --- Present perfect continuous.
LOOK!!:
Remember some verbs are not normally used in continuous form: see, hear,
want, prefer, like, love, hate, think, feel, forget, remember.

6. Activity 1
Write four true facts about your selves in the present simple or
continuous, then explain how long these facts have been true.
Work alone, then past the paper around and guess how wrote the
facts and write the possible person name and a note if is true the fact
or an opinion.

8. *
1. Should and ought to are modal verbs.
There is not infinitive: to should.
There is not third person: shoulds, oughts to.
Question forms are constructed by inversion: Should…? Not: Do I should…?
2. Had better is used with you to give strong advice.
When we use had better with I or we, we commonly indicate an intention:
 I’d better go to bed.
( implies that I am going to bed).
 I have better go to bed.
( imply a threat and therefore is not appropriate for giving polite advice)

9. Activity 2
Identify the contractions and which tense are being use.
1. I’d never been to England before last year.
2. He’s thinking about the question.
3. I think we’d better go home now.
4. It’s been raining all day.
5. I’d like a drink.
6. She’s not here. – She’s gone shopping.

10. Since you have a problem on you hand now you have to get advice from other student and note down their
answers. After a period of time each one of you have to tell to the group which was the best piece of advice
they were given.
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Match the expressions with the definition, answer as many you can with out dictionary. (CD)
Listen quietly the lesson and take a note when ever you find a tense (past simple, present perfect and
present perfect continuous) you will have a extra point if you can.
3 pair of student will role play the interview in front of the class. The class will vote the winner.

11. Singapore:
(population c. 4.9million) is an island city7 state in south-East Asia.
As part of the British Empire, Singapore great from a small island in the early 19th century
to become an important and military centre.
It is now the fifth wealthiest country in terms of GDP per person and the tenth most
expensive city in the world. It is a major stop on many sea and air routes, and a popular
tourist destination.
Portfolio:
Make up a own advertisements relater to your character, he or she need help staff. (add it
on the bog) Write an appropriate letter of application from you (‘cause you are the one
how applicant the job).
Activity 3
Answer the grammar practice resources unit 3.