This document provides descriptions of 33 different professions and occupations. It defines key terms and outlines activities for developing English language skills around speaking, writing, reading and listening related to different jobs. It also suggests ways the occupations can be used for evaluations according to part 2 of the Saber 11 test.

1. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

2. Estas diapositivas pueden ayudar a desarrollar las cuatro habilidades de la
comunicación en inglés: speaking, writing, reading y listening. Además, permite
usar las descripciones de las profesiones para desarrollar evaluaciones según la
parte 2 de la prueba saber 11.
SPEAKING: Preguntas como: ¿Who is he? What does he/she do? What does
butcher mean? O What is a butcher?
WRITING: Se les puede animar a escribir definiciones de las profesiones con base
en dos estructuras básicas: 1) Butcher is a person who sells…
2) Butcher is a person whose job is to sell… Para ello deben conocer
verbos claves. 3) Puede ser evaluado según la prueba Saber 11 parte 2.
READING : Solicitar la lectura de los significados después de habérseles
pronunciado correctamente para que se guíen.
LISTENING: Se puede dictar los significado de las palabras después que se hayan
familiarizado con ellas. O se pueden graban con un traductor para que
ellos la escriban.

3. 1. MR. BACON IS A BUTCHER
* BUTCHER is a person who sells meat in a shop.
* BACON is thin slices of meat from the back or sides of a pig
which is often eaten fried.

4. 2. MR. NEEDLE IS A DOCTOR
NEEDLE is a thin metal pin, used in sewing, which is
pointed at one end and has a hole called an eye at the
other end for thread.

5. 3. MR. CAVE IS A MINER
CAVE is a large hole in the side of a hill,
cliff or mountain, or one that is underground.

6. 4. MR. WHITE IS A PAINTER
PAINTER is someone whose job is to paint surfaces, such as
walls and doors.

7. 5. MRS. CHILD IS A PEDIATRIC NURSE
NURSE is a person whose job is to care for people who are
ill or injured, especially in a hospital.

8. 6. MR. POISON IS A SCIENTIST
POISON is a substance that can make people or
animals ill or kill them if they eat or drink it.

9. SUMMARY 1
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10. 7. FARMER
SOMEONE WHO OWNS OR TAKES CARE OF A FARM.

11. 8. FIREMAN
A MAN WHOSE JOB IS TO STOP FIRES FROM
BURNING .
FIRE EXTINGUISHER

12. 9. TRAIN DRIVER
SOMEONE WHO DRIVES A VEHICLE

13. 10. DRESS MAKER
SOMEONE WHO MAKES WOMEN'S CLOTHES,
ESPECIALLY AS A JOB.

14. 11. POSTMAN
SOMEONE WHOSE JOB IS TO DELIVER AND COLLECT
LETTERS THAT ARE SENT BY POST.

15. 12. VET
PERSON WITH A MEDICAL DEGREE TRAINED TO TAKE
CARE OF THE HEALTH OF ANIMALS.

16. SUMMARY 2
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18. 13. DIVER
A PERSON WHO DIVES AS A SPORT, OR WHO WORKS OR
SEARCHES FOR THINGS UNDER WATER USING SPECIAL
BREATHING EQUIPMENT.

19. 14. ROOF BUILDER
Mend= arreglar
SOMEONE WHO BUILDS ROOFS OR THE
COVERING THAT FORMS THE TOP OF A BUILDING.

20. 15. GARDENER
SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN A GARDEN, GROWING
AND TAKING CARE OF PLANTS.

21. 16. PAVER
A PERSON WHO COVERS AN AREA OF GROUND
WITH A HARD FLAT SURFACE OF PIECES OF
STONE, CONCRETE OR BRICKS.

22. 17. SECRETARY
SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN AN OFFICE, WRITING LETTERS,
MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS AND ARRANGING
MEETINGS FOR A PERSON

23. 18. SAILOR
A PERSON WHO WORKS ON A SHIP, ESPECIALLY
ONE WHO IS NOT AN OFFICER.

24. 19. FISHERMAN
SOMEONE WHO CATCHES FISH, ESPECIALLY
AS THEIR JOB.

25. 20. MECHANIC
SOMEONE WHOSE JOB IS REPAIRINGTHE ENGINES
OF VEHICLES AND OTHER MACHINES

26. SUMMARY 4
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27. 21. TAXI DRIVER
A PERSON WHO DRIVES A CAR

28. 22. PHOTOGRAPHER
A PERSON WHO TAKES PHOTOGRAPHS, EITHER AS
A JOB OR HOBBY

29. 23. ASTRONAUT
A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED FOR TRAVELLING
IN SPACECRAFT .

30. 24. TEACHER
SOMEONE WHOSE JOB IS TO TEACH IN A SCHOOL
OR COLLEGE

31. 25. PILOT
A PERSON WHO FLIES AN AIRCRAFT.

32. 26. WAITRESS
A WOMAN WHOSE JOB IS TO BRING THE FOOD
TO CUSTOMERS AT THEIR TABLES IN A RESTAURANT .

33. SUMMARY 5
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34. 27. DENTIST
A PERSON WHOSE JOB IS TREATING PEOPLE'S TEETH.

35. 28. POLICE OFFICER
A MALE OR FEMALE MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE

36. 29. SOLDIER
A PERSON WHO IS IN AN ARMY AND WEARS ITS
UNIFORM, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO FIGHTS WHEN
THERE IS A WAR

37. 30. COOK
A PERSON WHO PREPARES FOOD TO BE EATING

38. 31. JOURNALIST
A PERSON WHO WRITES NEWS STORIES OR ARTICLES FOR
A NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE OR BROADCASTS THEM
ON RADIO OR TELEVISION

39. 32. MUSICIAN
SOMEONE WHO IS SKILLED IN PLAYING MUSIC, USUALLY
AS THEIR JOB

40. 33. CAMERAMAN
A PERSON WHO OPERATES A CAMERA WHEN
FILMS OR TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ARE BEING
MADE.

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