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Recurso 21: People and their jobs

1. Present simple or continuous? Put the verbs in brackets into the


correct form:

a) Her name is Mary. She ________ (teach) Maths to teenagers. She


________ (to be) a teacher at a High School in the United Kingdom.
Everyday, she _____________ (get up) very early in the morning
and ___________ (get) ready to __________ (go) to school. Her
lessons ________ (start) at 8:00 from Monday to Friday. Right now,
she_________________ (teach) new content to the students. The
students ____________(listen) to her. They _______________
(solve) problems and ____________ (learn) about statistics. Mary
_________ (love) her job!

b) They ________ (to be) Peter and Bob. They ________ (work) in an
office. They __________ (to be) computer engineers. They
_________ (go) to the office at 9:00 everyday. They ________ (not
have) cars, so they both ________ (go) to work by bus. Right now,
they _______(to be) at their desks ____________ (work) on their
computers. Peter _____________ (write) a report and Bob ________
(work) in an Excel document. They ________ (to be) both
____________ (type) on the keyboard. Bob _______ (think) that his
job _______ (to be) boring and Peter __________ (think) that his job
__________ (pay) well.

c) Their names _________ (to be) John and Charles. They ________
(to be) DJ in a night club and they _________ (play) songs. They
both ___________ (get up) very late because they __________
(work) until late night. Right now, John ___________ (sleep)
because it ________ (to be) his day off, and Charles
_______________ (work) in the night club. He ___________ (play)
songs at the moment. Everyone ______________ (dance) and
___________ (sing) along. John and Charles __________ (love)
their job.

d) She ___________ (be) Paula. She ___________ (work) as a writer.


She __________ (work) from home so she ___________(get up)
late. Right now, she _______________ (work) at her desk. She
___________ (sit) in front of the computer but she __________ (not
know) what to write. She _________ (need) new ideas. She
________ (like) her job but she ____________ (not make) a lot of
money.
2. Look at the pictures. Match the pictures to the correct
texts from the previous exercise.

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