What do you do? – speaksmart

Course for Kate

About Lesson

Speaking

1 Look at the photo. What is the person’s job?

2 What do you think this person does during a normal day at work?

3 What do you think is good about this job?

4 What do you think is bad about it?

5 Can you think of three questions to ask this person about their job?

1 Do you work? If yes, what do you do? Do you enjoy it? Why? / Why not?

2 If not, what did you do in the past or what do you want to do in the future?

3 What three things are the most important for you in a job?

Describe a job. Use at least three phrases from Exercise 1. Your partner tries to guess the job.

Think of a different answer to the questions. Then work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

Listen to two conversations about work. Which questions do they ask in each conversation?

1 Who do you think has the better job – Emre or Veronika? Why?

2 Are any of the sentences true for you? Why? / Why not?

3 Do you know anyone who travels a lot because of their job? What do they do? Are they happy?

4 Could you work with people in your family? Why? /Why not?

Look at the examples in the Grammar box. Which of these rules are about the present simple (PS) and which are about the present continuous (PC)?

1 It describes temporary, unfinished actions.

2 It describes something that is generally true.

3 It’s often used with time phrases like at the moment, this month and this week.

4 It’s often used with adverbs like always, usually, sometimes and never.

5 The third person singular form ends in an -s.

6 Negatives are formed with am I is I are + not + -ing.