Jobs & Occupations

Learn common English names for jobs and how to use the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' for A1 learners.

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Jobs & Occupations

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Learn common English names for jobs and how to use the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' for A1 learners.

Reading Text

My name is John. I am a teacher. I work in a school. My sister is a doctor. She works in a hospital. My brother is a student. He studies every day. My friend is an artist. She paints beautiful pictures. My uncle is an engineer. We all have different jobs. What do you do?

Activities

Vocabulary

Definitions:

Text: A person who works in a school and helps students learn.
Text: A person who helps sick people in a hospital.
Text: A person who goes to school or university to study.
Text: A person who creates paintings or drawings.
Text: A person who designs or builds machines, engines, or roads.

Items:

Label: teacher
Answer: A
Label: doctor
Answer: B
Label: student
Answer: C
Label: artist
Answer: D
Label: engineer
Answer: E

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: John works in a school because he is a
After: .
Answer: teacher
Before: His sister is a
After: and works in a hospital.
Answer: doctor
Before: His brother is a
After: at a university.
Answer: student
Before: His friend paints pictures because she is an
After: .
Answer: artist
Before: His uncle is an
After: ; he builds machines.
Answer: engineer

Comprehension

Questions:

Text: John is a doctor.
Answer: false
Text: John's sister works in a hospital.
Answer: true
Text: The student studies every day.
Answer: true
Text: The artist paints pictures.
Answer: true
Text: John's uncle is a teacher.
Answer: false

Scrambled:

Text: to be generated
Answer: I am a teacher.
Text: to be generated
Answer: She is a doctor.
Text: to be generated
Answer: He is a student.
Text: to be generated
Answer: She is an artist.
Text: to be generated
Answer: What do you do?

Written Expression

Questions:

Text: What is your job? (Example: I am a student / I am a nurse)
Text: What does your father or mother do? (Example: He is a driver / She is a doctor)

Examples: