Talk about your work

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Talk about your work

Talk about your work schedule and common
activities and ask others what they do for a living.

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Match the items

1. I write books. graphic designer

2. I create mobile apps. data scientist

3. He teaches French to high school author
students.

4. She builds homes and office buildings. software developer

5. I find patterns in my company’s data. teacher

6. They design web pages. builder

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Present simple

The present simple is the base form of the verb:

I work in Toronto.

But with the third person singular (she/he/it), we add an –s:

She works in Toronto.

For questions with the present simple, we use do and does (third person singular (he/she/it).

What do you do for a living?

How does she travel to the office?

The verb to be in the present simple:

I am you (sing.) are he/she/it is
He is a graphic designer.
we are you (plur.) are they are
I am responsible for…
Are you sometimes bored?

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Complete with the correct

form of the present simple

She leads (to lead) a small team of five people.

1. I _________ (to work) part-time now.

2. She _________ (to take) the bus to work.

3. _________ you ________ (to enjoy) your job?

4. We _________ (to be) both data scientists.

5. He _________ (to design) web pages for a company.

6. My boss _________ (to be) very supportive.

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Complete the dialogue

A: So, what do you do for a living, Jess?

living
B: I’m an ________.
work
A: What does that involve?
responsible
B: I ________ articles about life in Bristol for a magazine.

A: That sounds cool! write

B: And what’s your ________? editor

A: I ________ as a data scientist. I’m ________ for finding patterns in
job
my company’s data.

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Your turn!

Find out what your partner does for a living and

what that involves.

A: What do you do for a living?

B: I’m a _____________.

A: What does that involve?

B: I _____________. And, what’s your job?

A: I work as a _____________. It means I’m

responsible for _____________.

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Adverbs of frequency 100% always

usually

We can use adverbs of frequency to talk about the

often
frequency of actions and states.

adverb of frequency + main verb

I often work weekends. 50% sometimes

I usually take the metro to the office.

verb to be + adverb of frequency

I am never bored.

rarely

0% never

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Put the words in the correct order

0. often / work / I / home / from / Friday. / on / a
I often work from home on a Friday.

1. Monday / Friday. / work / I / usually / to

2. coworkers. / lunch / with / I / have / sometimes / my

3. to / office. / the / He / rarely / late / is

4. home. / She / emails / checks / often / at / her

5. boss / never / My / a / meeting / time. / on / finishes

6. work / I / by / come / bike. / always / to

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Ask and answer

How do you get to the office? What are you responsible for?

What hours / which days do you

What’s the best part of your job?
work?

Do you get on with your

What’s difficult about your job?
coworkers?

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