The document outlines a lesson plan focusing on work-related speaking, listening, reading and writing activities. It includes exercises like discussing family jobs, reading passages about different careers, matching vocabulary terms to job definitions, and role-playing job interviews. The goal is to improve English language skills through topics around employment.

1. Group G - Topic 3
Work

2. Speaking and listening
session

3. Work lesson planning – Speaking and listening
• Jobs and work tennis – (10 mins)
• Listening practice job information centre (15 mins)
• Listening practice – Practising the script – Speaking (5 mins)
• Present simple review – grammar presentation and activities (15)
• Listening practice job information centre (15 mins)
• Listening practice – Practising the script – Speaking (5 mins)
• Question words build up (5 mins)
• Discussion questions about work (10 mins)
• Making simple questions activity (10 mins)
• 20 questions guess my job activity (20 mins)

4. Job and work tennis
•What jobs or work things do you know?
•Play a game with your partner.
•Student A – say a job / work thing
•Student B – say a job / work thing
•Continue like this until you do no know any more words.

5. Listening practice- Job centre (1)
•The first time you listen, just read and listen
at the same time.
•Write down any new words in your note book.
•Then press next

6. Listening practice (2)
•Read through all the questions and check any
new words.
•This time, listen and decide which is the
correct answer.
•Make your choice and then check your
answers.

9. Listening practice Job centre (3)
•This time listen and read the script.
•Write the missing words in the spaces.
•Then press next

10. Man: Good _______ . Can I help you?
Woman: I'm looking for a holiday job. Maybe as a waitress or a _______.
Man: All I have at the moment is a job for a __________.
Woman: Is that in the new hotel in the town centre?
Man: It's in a small office next to the ______________ . How old are you?
Woman: Nineteen on _________.
Man: Fine. They're happy to take on anyone __________ or older.
Woman: That's good. In a lot of jobs you have to be twenty.
Man: And when can you start?
receptionist
cleaner
morning
Sports centre
Saturday
eighteen

11. Woman: My last day of classes is on the twenty-third. So I can begin on the _______________.
Man: Well, they want someone to work from the twenty-sixth, so that's fine.
Woman: Is the working day from nine to ____________?
Man: Usually you'll work from half past eight to half past four, but on _________ you'll start at
quarter past eight and finish earlier.
Woman: And what about clothes? Can I wear these black trousers?
Man: Yes, trousers or skirts in any colour - they don't mind, but your _______ must be white.
Woman: OK. Shall I give you my name? ...
Friday
five
Twenty-fourth
shirt

12. Speaking practice with the script
•Now looking at the audioscript.
•Take one role each and read the lines for this person.
•One person = Man
•One person = Woman
•Then change roles and do it again.

13. Man: Good morning. Can I help you?
Woman: I'm looking for a holiday job. Maybe as a waitress or a cleaner.
Man: All I have at the moment is a job for a receptionist.
Woman: Is that in the new hotel in the town centre?
Man: It's in a small office next to the Sports Centre. How old are you?
Woman: Nineteen on Saturday.
Man: Fine. They're happy to take on anyone eighteen or older.
Woman: That's good. In a lot of jobs you have to be twenty.
Man: And when can you start?
Woman: My last day of classes is on the twenty-third. So I can begin on the twenty-fourth.
Man: Well, they want someone to work from the twenty-sixth, so that's fine.
Woman: Is the working day from nine to five?
Man: Usually you'll work from half past eight to half past four, but on Fridays you'll start at quarter
past eight and finish earlier.
Woman: And what about clothes? Can I wear these black trousers?
Man: Yes, trousers or skirts in any colour - they don't mind, but your shirt must be white.
Woman: OK. Shall I give you my name? ...

14. Present simple review
•1. Some examples of the present simple:
•I come from France.
•She usually phones me at the weekend.
•We live in the centre of Beijing.
•We use this tense to talk about things we do
every day

15. 2. The positive form of the present simple only changes after he/she/it:
POSITIVE
Singular I stop Plural we stop
you stop you stop
he/she/it
stops
they stop

16. 3. The changes after he/she/it:
•For most verbs, we add-s:
•I eat → she eats they pay → he pays

17. But for verbs ending in -o, -ch, -sh, -ss and -
x, we add “e” before-s:
•I go → it goes
•I wash → she washes
•you fix → she fixes
•they miss → he misses
•we watch → he watches

18. And for verbs ending in a consonant (b, c, d,
etc.) + y, we change the y to ie, and then add -s:
•I carry → he carries
•you study → she studies
•For the verb have, we say 'he/she/it has...:

19. Things we do regularly
(i) Here is an interview with Anisha Chetty, the
managing director of the supermarket company,
Bisco's. Add the correct verb, changing the form
if necessary.

20. INTERVIEWER: When do you start your day?
ANISHA: My husband sleeps (sleep/stay) until 8 a.m., but I always...get . (start/get) up at 6.30 a.m.
I usually (1) .................. (leave/go) to the gym first. Then (2) I ................ (have/sit) breakfast at the
London office at 7.30 a.m. I (3) ............. (start/stop) work at 8 a.m.
INTERVIEWER: Wow! That's early. Are you the first person to arrive at the office?
ANISHA: No, actually. My Personal Assistant, Philip (4) ..................... (get/arrive) at 7.45 a.m., but he
(5) ...................... (finish/lose) work at 3p.m. to pick up his children from school.
INTERVIEWER: Do you have meetings all day long?
ANISHA: No, not all day. On Wednesdays I (6) ................. (fly/catch) to Glasgow to visit the
Scottish manager, Derek. He (7) ................ (give/make) me information every week on the eleven Bisco
supermarkets in Scotland.
INTERVIEWER: Do you have any time to relax?
ANISHA: Sure. You have to relax. I (8) ................ (make/do) yoga on Tuesday afternoons. And I
(9) ................... (try/come) to get home early on Friday afternoons.
have
go
start
arrives
finishes
fly
gives
do
try

21. (ii) Check your answers to (i), and then add the verb in the correct form
to these sentences about Anisha.
O She always gets .up at 6.30 a.m.
1. She usually.............to the gym first.
2. Then she ..............breakfast at the London office.
3. She .............. work at 8 a.m.
4. On Wednesdays she .......... to Glasgow.
5. She............. yoga on Tuesday afternoons.
6. And she ............. to get home early on Friday afternoons.
goes
has
starts
flies
does
tries

22. 4. Some examples of the present simple negative:
•I don't like music in shops.
•She doesn't eat meat.
•We do not know the answer.
•This train does not stop at York.

23. 5. We make the negative form by using do not/don't or does not/doesn't before the infinitive:
NEGATIVE
Full form Short form
Singular I do not stop I don't stop
you do not stop you don't stop
he/she/it does not stop he/she/it doesn't stop
Plural we do not stop we don't stop
you do not stop you don't stop
they do not stop they don't stop
1. Note that we don't add -s after he/she/it in the negative form: He doesn't stops:
2 In speech and informal writing, we usually use short forms.

25. A day in the life of Ling Wang
We use the present simple for facts and regular activities;
things we like and don't like; and things we know and don't
know. In the first part of this magazine article, tick the verb
forms if they're correct.
If they're wrong, cross them out and write the correct
forms.

26. Ling Wang read (0) reads the evening news on a Beijing TV channel. She lives
in a beautiful apartment in the centre of the city. She don’t (1) ..................get
up early. She likes (2) ................. to sleep late, until 10 or 11 a.m. She have (3)
............... three cups of green tea for breakfast. At 11.30 a.m. she go
(4)................. for a swim in a pool in her apartment block. Then she relaxes (5)
………………. until lunchtime. "Sometimes I meets (6).................. a friend for
lunch," she says. "We talk (7) ……………… about our jobs, and music and films
and things. I know (8) ……......... ... a lovely restaurant near my apartment..."
doesn’t
-
has
goes
meet

27. Asking and answering questions
• What
• When
• Why
• Where
• Who
• How
• Asking about things
• Asking about time /date
• Asking about reasons
• Asking about places
• Asking about people
• Asking about the way you do something

28. Talking about jobs and work
•Do you have a job? What is it?
•Do you work? Where do you work?
•When do you work?
•Who do you work with?
•How many hours do you work every week?

29. Talking about jobs and work
•____ she have a job? What is it?
•___ he work? Where ____ she work?
•When ____ she work?
•Who ___ she work with?
•How many hours ____she work every week?

30. Talking about jobs and work
• Do you have a job? What is it?
• Where do you work?
• When do you work?
• Who do you work with?
• How many hours do you work every week?
• If you do not have a job, invent the answers.

31. Start of question End of question
alone or in a team?
inside or outside?
Travel (v)?
difficult (adj) or easy (adj)?
uniform or special clothes?
dangerous (adj)?
work (v) in an office / a hospital, etc.?
private company / the state?
Do you work
Do you work
Do you
Is your job
Do you wear a
Is your job
Do you
Do you work for a

32. Start of question End of question
long or short hours?
with people / food / animals, etc. ?
at night / during the day?
earn (v) a high / low salary ?
special equipment?
sell (v) / make (v) something?
help (v) other people?
university degree / (no a) special training?
Do you work
Do you work
Do you work
Do you
Do you use / work with
Do you
Do you
Do you have / need a

33. Start of question End of question
have (v) a lot or a little responsibility?
a regular routine?
work (v) with your hands or your mind?
clean (adj) or dirty (adj) ?
a creative (adj) job?
Do you
Do you work
Do you
Is the job / your job
Is it / the job / your job

34. Giving short answers
•If the question is with Do you.......?
•The answer is Yes, I do / No, I don’t
•If the question is with Is your job / it
.......?
•The answer is Yes, it is/ No, it isn’t

35. Choose a job, but don’t
tell your partner.
Then answer at least 10
questions.
Then they can make a
guess about the job.
Afterwards change roles.
Do this 3-5 times to
practise asking questions.

36. Family jobs listening (1)
•The first time you listen, just
follow the audioscript.
•Write down any new words. We
can discuss them after.

37. Family jobs listening (2)
The second time you listen, select the jobs that you hear.
a) Bank clerk
b) Doctor
c) Farmer
d) Shop assistant
e) Stopped work
f) student
g) teacher
h) writer
i) Police officer
j) journalist

38. 0. Sally = H (writer)
6. Bill = F (Student)
7. David = G (teacher)
8. Paul’s mother = E (stopped
work)
9. Paul’s father = B (doctor)
10. Paul = A (bank clerk)

39. • Female: Tell me about your family, Paul.
• Paul: Well, you know Sally, my sister -- the writer - don't you?
• Female: Yes. Is she your only sister?
• Paul: She is. But I've got two brothers. David's older than me, and Bill's younger.
• Female: How old is Bill? Paul: He's nineteen. He's studying French in Paris at the
moment.
• Female: That sounds interesting ... And David? What does he do?
• Paul: Oh, he's a teacher, the same as my mother was. But she finished working
• last year.
• Female: And what about your father?
• Paul: Oh, he's a doctor at the local hospital.
• Female: Of course. I've seen him there.
• Paul: My mother says he works too hard. She wants him to stop. She wants to go and
live on a farm in the country, near David.
• Female: Um ... Are you a doctor too,
• Paul? Paul: I'm not clever enough! I work in a bank - the one in the High Street, next
to the bookshop
• Female: Do you? So does my sister!

40. Speaking practice with the script
•Now looking at the audioscript.
•Take one role each and read the lines for this person.
•One person = Paul
•One person = Female
•Then change roles and do it again.

42. Reading and writing

43. Work lesson planning – Reading and writing
• Jobs and family discussion questions (10 mins)
• One man 52 jobs – reading practice – vocabulary (10 mins)
• One man 52 jobs – reading practice – comprehension (15 mins)
• Word building – waitresses – (5 mins)
• Waitress activity – vocabulary matching activity (10 mins)
• Writing practice sentences about a waitress (10 mins)
• Job advertisement posters reading practice (15 mins)
• Reading practice – DJ needed – (15 mins)
• Writing practice about different jobs – (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – different words for jobs (15 mins)

44. •What job would you like to do?
•What jobs have you done before?
•What jobs are popular in your country?
•What jobs do your family members do?
•What job wouldn’t you like to do?

45. (A)Look at the passage on the next page.
Read only the title and the first paragraph.
Then answer the question below.
What is the passage about?
a. a person with many jobs
b. a good job for students
c. a man who started his own company

48. right away
occupation
set a goal
enjoy

49. (B)Scan the passage. Find answers to the questions below.
1 What was Sean Aiken's problem after college?
2 What was Aiken's goal?
3 How long did Aiken work at each job?
4 What was Aiken's favourite job?
5 What does Aiken do today?

50. 1 What was Sean Aiken's problem after college?
he wasn't sure what kind of work he wanted to do.
2 What was Aiken's goal?
he promised himself that he would find something that he was passionate about.
3 How long did Aiken work at each job?
One week
4 What was Aiken's favourite job?
Aiken's favourite job, though, was teaching.
5 What does Aiken do today?
today he tells his story to college and university students.

51. (A)Choose the correct answers.
1. What did Sean Aiken want to do
after graduating from college?
a. He wanted to be a teacher.
b. He didn't know what to do.
c. He wanted to travel to Europe.
3. Which of these jobs is NOT talked about
in the passage?
a. astronomer
b. dairy farmer
c. pilot
2. What did Aiken's father
encourage him to do?
a. get a job he enjoyed doing
b. work one job his whole life
c. work for his father for one year
4. What did Aiken learn by working so many
different jobs?
a. that working is very difficult and not fun
b. that it is okay to take your time finding a
job
c. that people should get a job right after
college

56. Writing practice – A waitress
• Write some sentences about a waitress.
• Remember to use the present simple we looked.
• Use some of the 20 questions activities we learned before.
• Where does a waitress work?
• What tasks does she do?
• Does she have a difficult job?

58. Information Question Your answer
Work at: 1
Job: 2
Day: 3
Number of hours: 4
Manager's phone no: 5
Money per hour 6
Complete Joan's Notes using the information from the two sources

59. Information Question Your answer
Work at: 1
Job: 2
Day: 3
Number of hours: 4
Manager's phone no: 5
Money per hour 6
Complete Joan's Notes using the information from the two sources
Saturday
waitress
Forest Café
6 / six
357550
£4 / four pounds

60. Reading practice – DJ needed
• Read through the job advertisement
about a DJ
• Check any new vocabulary in your
dictionary.
• Then answer the questions about the
DJ.
• I will give you feedback as you write
your answers

62. DJ
DJ2Day
Now
10-15 hours per week
Company parties, weddings, nightclubs
$30 per hour
Outgoing, lively, knows music
Email them

63. Choose a job and write some sentences
•A teacher works in a school. (place)
•They work with students. (people)
•They use a computer, a desk and pens.
(things)

66. assignment
career
trade
profession
job