Lesson goal: Students can describe what people do at work and talk about their dream job using a/an, want to and would like to.
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Lesson plan
- 1
Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- What do your parents do?
- What did you want to be when you were a child?
- Which job is the most difficult, in your opinion?
- 2
New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
Find the matchRoll the dicedoctor · nurse · engineer · lawyer · accountant · waiter · cashier · farmer · pilot · firefighter · police officer · chef · builder · salary · colleague
All words in the set - 3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
- Multiple choice
My aunt is ___ engineer.
aanthe - Multiple choice
I would like ___ a pilot one day.
beto bebeing - Multiple choice
Who cooks in a restaurant kitchen?
a chefa lawyera farmer - Multiple choice
A ___ comes to help when there is a fire.
firefightercashieraccountant - Fill the gap
He wants to ___ a doctor because he likes helping people.
Answer: be / become - Fill the gap
My colleagues are friendly and the ___ is good, so I like my job.
Answer: salary - Fill the gap
Our ___ checks all the numbers and money of the company.
Answer: accountant - True / false
Read: "My dad is a farmer. He gets up at five every day and works outside in all weather. The salary isn't very high, but he loves his job. My mum is a nurse at the local hospital. I don't want to be a farmer or a nurse. I'd like to be a pilot." The writer wants to be a nurse.
Answer: False - True / false
Read: "My dad is a farmer. He gets up at five every day and works outside in all weather. The salary isn't very high, but he loves his job. My mum is a nurse at the local hospital. I don't want to be a farmer or a nurse. I'd like to be a pilot." The writer's dad works outside.
Answer: True - Discussion question
What is your dream job? Why?
Sample answer: I'd like to be an engineer because I love building things. The salary is good, and the work is interesting.
- Multiple choice
- 4
Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- What is more important in a job: a good salary or interesting work?
- Which job would you never want to do? Why?
- Is it better to work alone or with colleagues?
- Which jobs will be popular in the future?
- 5
Review
A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.
Quiz