LESSON 5

Basic 1
 Contents of this CLASS
VOCABULARY
● Jobs and occupations
● Clothes
● Colors

GRAMMAR
● Demonstratives: as determiners and pronouns
● Definite and indefinite articles: a, an, the
 JOBS AND
OCCUPATIONS What do
you do for a living?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOaugsz3l0k&t=8s
VOCABULARY
 What jobs do you know?

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 JOBS AND OCCUPATIONS

Vet Teacher Judge Lawyer

Cashier Chef Artist Secretary

 cook Police officer artist farmer

hairdresser scientist carpenter firefighter

singer pilot teacher engineer

SPEAKING
 Employment status
If you have a job, what kind is it? If you don’t have a job right now:

I’m:
● Unemployed
I have a part I have a full time ● Out of work
time job job ● Looking for a job
● Not working at
the moment
How to ask about someone’s job?
What do you do?

What do you do for a living?

What sort of work do you do?

What line of work are you in?

 How to reply?
I’m a…. I work as a...
● Teacher ● Journalist
● Student ● Programmer
● Doctor

I work with... I work in...

● Computers ● Television
● Children ● Publishing
● Sales
So guys… what do
you do for a living?
-What was your first job? Did you like it?
-What do you do now? Do you like your job?
GRAMMAR
DEMONSTRATIVES:
as determiners and
pronouns
DEMONSTRATIVE
as DETERMINERS

Are words placed in

front of a noun to
make it clear what
the noun refers to.
 Exercises
Those
This
These

That
DEMONSTRATIVE
as PRONOUNS
VOCABULARY
1 Clothes
SKIRT

DRESS
SHIRT T- SHIRT

JACKET
JEANS BLOUSE
SHORTS
 SOCKS BOOTS
HOODIE

SNEAKERS

UNDERWEAR

SUIT
2 Colors
 YELLOW PINK
RED

GREEN
BLACK

PURPLE
BROWN
BLUE GREY BEIGE

ORANGE
WHITE
 Describe your
outfit!
Example: She is wearing a red suit, a blue top
and brown shoes.
GRAMMAR
 ARTICLES:
DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE
For example:
Which article do we use?
It depends on:

● A/AN → singular ● A/AN → general

● THE → singular or ● THE → specific
plural
Indefinite articles:
A /AN
 AN A
+ VOWEL SOUND + CONSONANT SOUND
AN APPLE
A DOG AN ORANGE A BANANA

A SHOE
A SHIRT A DRESS
A JACKET
 an
a

a
a

an

Complete a

a
the an

exercises a
an
a
an

a
a
Pay attention!
 WHEN TO USE IT?
1. To talk about something in general.

2. Instead of “1”.

3. To refer to something for the first time. The next time we refer to this thing, we will use
the definite article.

4. To talk about someone's job.

Definite article:
THE
 WHEN TO USE IT?

a) When we know who or

what we are talking about.

b) With the names of geological regions,

mountains, seas, oceans, island groups,
rivers and countries that are in plural.
Let's compare!
Let's compare!
Let's compare!
 Exercises
● https://agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/articles/a-an-the-1
● https://agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/articles/a-an-the-2