UNIT 17:

A DAY’S WORK
A. Look at the pictures. Write the jobs.

e c h a n i c
o o k
h o t o g r a p h e r
o u r n a l i s t
a n a g e r
o c t o r s

Which job is the most interesting /boring /difficult /the easiest?

B. Read the sentences. Write the jobs
from the crossword.
mechanic cook chef photographer
doctor
journalist manager actors
s

a journalist

a manager
a cook / chef
doctors

a mechanic
actors
C. Listen and write the job in A.
mechanic cook chef photographer
journalist manager doctors actors

cook / chef
a. ______________

actors
b. ______________

mechanic
c. ______________

journalist
d. ______________
D. Which of these jobs do you like best? Which is the worst? Write the
jobs next to the numbers (1 is the worst job! 8 is the best job!)

difficult exciting

dangerous important

engineer designer police officer shop manager

interesting boring

I’d like to be a doctor

because I think it’s a
very important and
interesting job.
film star dentist firefighter pop star
 FLYERS TIP
In Listening Part 3, there are
pauses between questions but the
conversation between the two
people continues on the same
theme. Make sure that you
understand that if you hear a
pause, you need to start listening
for the next answer.
 E. What did
Sarah take to
F G each place?
Listen and
write a letter
A E C in each box.
F. Look at the pictures and tell the story.

This is Sarah. Do you know

what is her job?

a journalist
F. Look at the pictures and tell the story.

These pictures tell a story. It's called 'Sarah talks to a pop star.'
F. Look at the pictures and tell the story.

Matt Eagle, the famous pop star,

is staying at the Sea Hotel. Sarah’s
standing outside the hotel. She
wants to ask Matt some
questions, but there are too many
journalists and photographers on
the steps there. Sarah can’t get
near him.

Just look at the pictures first.

F. Look at the pictures and tell the story.

Look at second picture, is Sarah near Matt Eagle now?

What is Matt Eagle doing?

F. Look at the pictures and tell the story.

• What’s Sarah doing now? • Who is Sarah talking to now? • What’s Sarah looking at now?
• What’s she drinking? • What do you think that they • What can you read on the
• Who is coming into the café? are saying? front page of the newspaper?
• Did Sarah talk to Matt Eagle?
See you next
time!