Welcome to the world of jobs and professions Look at the pictures and try to name the jobs

Group Work

KEY

• A secretary types letters.
• A teacher teaches maths to students.
• A postman delivers letters.
• An optician tests your eyes.
• A mechanic repairs your car.
• A porter carries your suitcases.
• A cook cooks meals.
• A hairdresser cuts your hair.
• A waiter serves you at a restaurant.
• 10. A surgeon performs operation at a hospital.
• 11. A nurse helps ill people.
• 12. An architect designs buildings.

• 13. A receptionist answers phone calls.
• 14. A journalist interviews people.
• 15. A director makes films.
• 16. A dressmaker sews clothes.
• 17. A farmer grows crops.
• 18. A novelist writes novels.
• 19. A photographer takes photographs.
• 20. An electrician installs electrical equipment.
• 21. A butcher sells meat.
• 22. An actor plays a part in a film.
• 23. A conductor directs the performance of an orchestra.
• 24. A chauffeur drives a private car.
• 25. A dustman clears household refuse.

Grammar Point

Let’s Practise

• 1. Put the verbs in the correct past simple form:
• 1. ………………… (you/ meet) Sue yesterday?
• 2. The teacher …………… (give) us a lot of homework for Wednesday.
• 3. ………………… (Tony/ sell) his car to his neighbour?
• 4. The weather ……………… (not/ be) as good as we ……………… (expect).
• 5. Who ………………… (come) around at 6:30?

2. Put the verbs in brackets in the past continuous tense:
1. I …………………… (revise) for the maths exam all night long.
2. My father ………………… (mend) the car after lunch.
3. Vince …………………… (listen) to music with me.
4. Who …………………… (make) so much noise at break?
5. Paul …………………… (not/do) the task, he …………………… (talk) to Sue.
3. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the past: simple or continuous:
1. While I ………………… (study), Sam …………… (play) computer games.
2. Tina ……………… (lay) the table when the guests …………………… (arrive).
3. Sarah ………………… (wear) a nice fancy dress costume.
4. The sun ……………… (shine) when we ………………… (get up) this morning.
5. What ……………………… (the children/ do) when the teacher ………………… (arrive).

Hometask

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