Conversational English

with
IELTS Skills

Module 4
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Module 4 Objectives
(Jobs: Career/Planning/Volunteering)
LISTENING SPEAKING
Respond to the trainer’s Use collocations on job
questions on Jobs. Use frequency expressions
Describing a job or career
with future expressions

READING WRITING
Using a dictionary Apply alternatives to usually
Paraphrasing
Scanning a CV focusing on
Apply alternatives to usually
True- False- Not Given
State Opposite ideas
Questions
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Talking about Company
Logo
wps.cn/m
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Work
What is he doing?
What is she doing?
What are they doing?
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What does he do?
What does she do?

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What do you do?

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 I’m a _____________.
What do you do?
I work on _________.

Asking about work:

What kind of work do you do?
What do you do for a living?
What line of work are you in? What’s your job?
What’s your work?

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 Who works in these places?
Pair work: Complete the chart with job from the box below.

Cashier Judge Nurse Singer Salesperson

Cook/ chef Lawyer Police officer Waiter Pilot
Doctor Musician Receptionist Security guard Waitress

In a hospital In an office In a store In a hotel

Doctor _______ _______ _______
Nurse _______ _______ _______
_______ _______
 I’m a _____________.
What do you do?
I work on _________.

Asking about work:

What kind of work do you do?
What do you do for a living?
What line of work are you in? What’s your job?
What’s your work?

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Describing your work
Satisfying, stimulating, fascinating, exciting – the
work is interesting and gives you positive feelings.

Dull, boring, uninteresting, unstimulating – the work

is not interesting.

Repetitive, routine – the work involves doing the same

things again and again.

Tiring, tough, hard, demanding – the work is difficult

and makes you tired.
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My work involves
+ noun
human contact
long hours
My work involves teamwork
I like/ dislike/ prefer/ + -ing
enjoy working with figures
dealing with
customers
solving problems
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Describe the job or career you have or hope to
have in the future.

You should say:

What the job is

What the job involves
Why you chose this job

and explain what you like and/or dislike about

this job.
 Prepositions
Complete the phrases below using the prepositions in
the box.
for from in of to with

1. Graduate ______ university

2. Graduate ______ the summer
3. Apply ______ a job
4. Apply ______ a company
5. Experiences ______ computers
6. Have experience ______ working for a large organization.
Writing: Complete the phrases
Complete these sentences with your own ideas on the
topic of work-life balance. Note that each begins with a
useful fixed expression for talking about your personal
experience.

1. In my experience, …
2. I don’t have much experience of …
3. I’ve found that …
4. From what I’ve seen, …
5. My experience is that …
 Placement of adjectives
be + adjective
A firefighter’s job is
dangerous.
A doctor’s job is stressful.
Adjective + noun
A firefighter has a dangerous
job.
A doctor has a stressful job.

Write each sentence in a different way.

1. A musician has an interesting job.
2. An athlete's job is exciting.
3. A lawyer’s job is stressful.
4. A security guard has a boring job.
5. A photographer has a difficult job.
6. A police officer has a dangerous job.
 Alternatives to ‘usually’
Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

1. Companies general / generally interview a number of candidates

for each job.
2. Workers tend to/ tend know more about what’s really happening
in the company than the bosses.
3. Generally speaking/ Generally saying, salaries are higher in the
private sector than in the public sector.
4. On the whole/ in the hole, salaries haven’t risen much over the
last couple of years.
5. In my country, company directors are mostly / most middle-aged
men.
Grammar: Conditional Futures
Compare these sentences:
It will be nice to use my English in my daily work.
It would be nice to use my English in my daily work.

The first sentence discusses a job which the speaker is certain he/she will
have in the future. The second discusses a job which the speaker is not
certain he/she will have.

Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of will in each gap.
1. I ______ really like to teach in a university, but I ______ need at least a
Master’s degree for that.
2. I ______ want to work with children. That ______ suit me at all.
3. It ______ be easy to get ideal job, but I’m going to try.
4. Of course, there ______ be hundreds of other people applying for the job. I
probably ______ even be called for an interview.
5. I think I ______ make a good teacher, but I ______ want to spend the next 30
years going into a school everyday.
6. I’m sure I ______ find a nice job soon.
The Best Job

Read the articles. Choose

one job that looks best
for you and describe the
job.

You should say:

What the job is

What the job involves
Why you chose this job
and explain what you like
about this job.
 Meetings and Greetings
Complete these conversation with expressions from the box.

Some everyday expressions are

more formal.
Formal Less formal
Yes. Yeah.
Thank you. Thanks.
Hello. Hi.
How are you? How are you doing?
I’m fine. Ok./ Good.
Good-bye Bye./ See you.
I remember my first day at work
Why was Rosa nervous?

Can you complete the answer to

these questions about Rosa ?
Then ask and answer the
questions with a partner.

1. A: Was Rosa’s boss happy

about her mistakes?
B: No, he ______ too pleased.
2. A: where Rosa’s customer
nice?
B: Yes, they ______ nice
because Rosa was new.