What s your job!
Student s Worksheet
A. Complete the sentences with names of jobs:
1. My uncle is a p_ _ _ _ _ _ . He delivers letters
and parcels.
2. Bob is a f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . He puts out fires.
3. When I have a toothache I visit a d _ _ _ _ _ _ .
4. Molly is a h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . She cut my hair
last week.
5. My brother is a c _ _ _ . He prepares delicious
meals in a restaurant.
6. When I have flu I visit a d _ _ _ _ _ .
7. I love planes and I want to be a p _ _ _ _ .
8. My sister works as a b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . She looks after children while their parents are away.
9. An a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ designs buildings.
10. My brother is a m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so he can fix your car.
11. I d like to be an a _ _ _ _ when I get older. I just love theatre.
12. A n _ _ _ _ looks after patients.
13. He is a p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Ha takes pictures of famous models.
14. My dad is a p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . He arrests criminals.
15. Being a m _ _ _ _ is very dangerous, but we have coal thanks to them.
B. Match the adjectives in the left column with their opposites from the right column:
1. badly paid a) safe
2. part-time b) hard
3. dangerous c) interesting
4. boring d) well-paid
5. easy e) permanent
6. temporary f) full-time
C. Circle the correct word:
1. Mark was caught stealing money and he got fired / got a pay rise.
2. John hasn t got a job at the moment so he s on holiday / unemployed.
3. I used to have a well-paid job when I lived in Warsaw. I earned / found 4000 zlotych a month.
4. My granfather is 70 and he doesn t work any more  he s tired / retired.
5. I asked for a pay rise because I wanted a higer shift / salary.
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What s your job!
Teacher s Notes
by B. Skulski
Type of activity: individual work, pair work B.
(follow-up) Give your students 10 minutes to complete
the activity. Check the answers:
Focus: to revise vocabulary from the fifth of the
Gimnazjum Exam topics -  Praca
Answers:
Level/age group: gimnazjum, grade 3 1 d, 2 f, 3 a, 4 c, 5 b, 6 e
Time: 45 minutes
C.
Preparation: Copy the worksheet (one per
Give your students 5 minutes to complete the
student)
activity. Check the answers:
Lead-in:
Answers:
Ask the students the following questions:
1. got fired
1. Which of your family members has the most
2. unemployed
interesting job?
3. earned
2. Who would you like to be when you get 4. retired
older? 5. salary
Answers:
1. students answers
Suggested follow-up:
2. students answers
Students make a list of five safest jobs and five
jobs which they think are the most dangerous.
Procedure:
Later, put the students into pairs and ask them
Hand out the copies of the worksheet.
to compare their lists, giving descriptions of the
jobs they have chosen and explaining their
choices.
A.
Give your students 15 minutes to complete
the activity. Check the answers:
Answers:
1. postman
9. architect
2. firefighter
10. mechanic
3. dentist
11. actor
4. hairdresser
12. nurse
5. cook
13. photographer
6. doctor
14. policeman
7. pilot
15. miner
8. babysitter
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