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LESSON 8

Lesson What do you do?

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Exercise 1: Complete the

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crossword puzzle.

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ACROSS DOWN

4. a person who teaches 1. a person who goes to school

6. someone who works in a hospital
2. a person who serves people in a bar or
7. someone who stays home
restaurant
8. a person who writes
3. the job of Oliver Stone
9. a person who acts in movies
10. a person we visit when our teeth hurt 5. a person who works with animals

Articles
Articles are the small words that often go before nouns.
A/an is general, singular. A is usually used but an is used before a vowel (a, e, i, o, u, depending
on the sounds).

a teacher an architect
a student an engineer
a nurse an industrial engineer
a sales person an organizer
a university professor BUT an urban developer

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The different sound of “u” helps to choose: For example, a university, an urban developer, an
uncle

These ask for the same information.

What is your job? I am a(n) ______________.

What do you do? I am a(n) _______________.

What is your job? I am a teacher.

What do you do? I am a teacher.

Exercise 2: Answer the following questions. Use the correct article.

Example: What is Bill’s job? (doctor)

Bill is a doctor.

What does Jane do? (architect)

___________________________________

What is Bob’s job? (nurse)

___________________________________

What does Jake do? (web site designer)

___________________________________

What’s Helen’s job? (teacher)

____________________________________

What is John’s job? (waiter)

_____________________________________

What is Mariah Carey’s job? (singer)

_____________________________________

What does Patrick do? (accountant)

_____________________________________

What is Lisa’s job? ( business woman)

_____________________________________

What is Tom Cruise’s job? (actor)

_____________________________________

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Exercise 3: Write the following words in the correct box. oyuncu

actor waiter accountant

student engineer nurse
salesperson politician artist
bus driver manager

A AN
actor

Exercise 4: How do we write jobs? Write 4 jobs with the correct article in each box.

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a waiter a doctor a dentist

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Review: the simple present tense
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Remember, for he, she, it, in positive sentences, there is an s.

In the negative sentences and questions, we use the helping
verb, does.
The “s” is in does. Notice that it is not on the main verb.

Look at this chart now

Positive Negative Short negative Question

I speak English. I do not speak I don’t speak Do I speak
English. English. English.
You speak English. You do not speak You don’t speak . Do you speak
English. English. English.
He speaks English. He does not speak He doesn’t speak Does he speak
English. English. English.
She speaks English. She does not speak She doesn’t speak Does she speak
English. English. English.
It speaks English. It does not speak It doesn’t speak Does it speak
English. English. English.
We speak English. We do not speak We don’t speak Do we speak
English. English. English.
You speak English. You do not speak You don’t speak Do you speak
English. English. English.

They speak English. They do not speak They don’t speak Do they speak
English. English. English.

Exercise 5: What do these people do? Match the beginning of the sentence with the end.

Example: a. An artist _____ manages an office.

b. An engineer _____ protects people.

c. A manager _____ drives a taxi.

d. A police officer _____ plays football.

e. A veterinarian _____ designs technical projects.

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f. A computer programmer _____ grows food.

g. An accountant _____ dances.

h. A football player _____ takes care of animals.

i. A farmer _____ programs computers.

j. A taxi driver _____ manages money.

k. A dancer __a__ draws.

Review
Exercise 6: Complete the paragraphs with the correct words.

___________name is Ali Aksoy. I am _________________ Turkey. I live

____________________ Istanbul. _____________ 25 _______________

old. I’m ________

dentist. ____________ like ________________ work.
_________ have t two brothers ______________ one sister.

__________ name_____________ Lisa Roberts. She’s ______ doctor.

______________ 27. She’s ______________ Germany. She lives
______________ Hamburg. She __________________the cinema. She
_________________German ______________ English.

My name _____________ Marie. My _________________ name is Pierre.

I am _______________ Paris, France. I ____________ 22 years old. I
study English _______________ I like English.

Exercise 7: Complete the conversation.

The students are asking the teacher questions.

Ali: Hello, Ms. Stone. How __________________ ?

MS:________________________, thank you. __________________________?
Ali. __________________ great. ______________ you really from Canada, Ms. Stone?
MS: Yes,___________.
Lisa: Oh, _______________ are you from in Canada?
MS: I’m _______________ Toronto.

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Ali:___________________?

MS: I’m a teacher.

Marie: Ms. Stone, ____________ you __________________French?

MS: Yes, __________________.

Marie: Do _________________ teach French?

MS: No, ________________, not now.

Marie: _________________ you teach English?

MS: Yes, I do. That _____________ my job.

Lisa: Do you like ________________ job?

MS: Yes, _________________. I like it a lot.

Reading

B
1). What is Billy’s job?
Read the story and answer the questions.

illy is a farmer. He
2). Where is Billy’s farm? has a big farm in
Iowa.
3). Is Billy married? Iowa is in the United
States. His wife, Jenna, is
4). What is his wife’s name? a teacher. She teaches at
the high school.
Billy’s grandmother,
5). What is Jenna’s job?
Rosyln, is the principal.
Jenna’s best friend,
6). Where does she teach? Janet, is a hairdresser.
Jenna and Rosyln go to Janet’s salon. She is a
7). Where does Rosyln work? good hairdresser.

8). What is Jenna’s best friend’s name?

9). What is Janet’s job?

10). Is she a good hairdresser?

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ANSWER KEY Lesson 8

Exercise 1: Complete the crossword puzzle.

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6N U R S E T
T T 7H O M E M A K E R
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Exercise 2: Answer the following questions. Use the correct article.

Example: What is Bill’s job? (doctor)

Bill is a doctor.
What does Jane do? (architect)
Jane is an architect.
What is Bob’s job? (nurse)
Bob is a nurse.
What does Jake do? (web site designer)
Jake is a web site designer.
What’s Helen’s job? (teacher)
Helen is a teacher.
What is John’s job? (waiter)
John is a waiter.
What is Mariah Carey’s job? (singer)
She is a singer.
What does Patrick do? (accountant)
He is an accountant.

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What is Lisa’s job? ( businesswoman)
She is a businesswoman.
What is Tom Cruise’s job? (actor)
He is an actor.

Exercise 3: Write the following words in the correct box.

actor waiter accountant salesperson politician
student engineer nurse bus driver manager artist

A AN
waiter actor
salesperson accountant
politician engineer
student artist
nurse
bus driver
manager

Exercise 4: How do we write jobs. Write 4 jobs with the correct article in each box.

-ER -OR -IST

a waiter a doctor a dentist
a writer a director an artist
a singer an actor a psychiatrist
a manager a professor a scientist
a police officer a tailor a psychologist

Exercise 5: What do these people do? Match the beginning of the sentence with the end.

Example: a. An artist __c__ manages an office.

b. An engineer __d__ protects people.

c. A manager _ j __ drives a taxi.

d. A police officer __h__ plays football.

e. A veterinarian __b__ designs technical projects.

f. A computer programmer __i__ grows food.

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g. An accountant __k__ dances.

h. A football player __e__ takes care of animals.

i. A farmer __f__ programs computers.

j. A taxi driver __g__ manages money.

k. A dancer __a__ draws.

Review
Exercise 6: Complete the paragraphs with the correct words.

My name is Ali Aksoy. I am from Turkey. I live in Istanbul. I’m 25 years old. I’m a dentist.
I like my work. I have two brothers and one sister.

Her name is Lisa Roberts. She’s a doctor. She’s 27. She’s from Germany. She lives in Hamburg.
She likes the cinema. She speaks German and English.

My name is Marie. My last name is Pierre. I am from Paris, France. I am 22 years old.
I study English and I like English.

Exercise 7: Complete the conversation

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The students are asking the teacher questions.

Ali: Hello, Ms. Stone. How are you?

MS: I’m fine, thank you. And you?
Ali. I’m great. Are you really from Canada, Ms. Stone?
MS: Yes, I am.
Lisa: Oh, where are you from in Canada?
MS: I’m from Toronto.
Ali:What do you do?
MS: I’m a teacher.
Marie: Ms. Stone, do you speak French?
MS: Yes, I do.

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Marie: Do you teach French?
MS: No, I don’t, not now.
Marie: Do you teach English?
MS: Yes, I do. That is my job.
Lisa: Do you like your job?
MS: Yes, I do. I like it a lot.

Reading
1). What is Billy’s job?
Billy is a farmer.

2). Where is Billy’s farm?

His farm is in Iowa.

3). Is Billy married?

Yes, he is.

4). What is his wife’s name?

Her name is Jenna.

5). What is Jenna’s job?

She is a teacher.

6). Where does she teach?

She teaches at the high school.

7). Where does Rosyln work?

She works at the high school. She is the principal at the high school.

8). What is Jenna’s best friend’s name?

Her name is Janet.

9). What is Janet’s job?

She is a hairdresser.

10). Is she a good hairdresser?

Yes, she is.

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vocabulary list
NOUNS VERBS ADJECTIVES ADVERBS PREPOSITIONS
accountant bend another before about
actor care bad differently at
animal depend dead finally for
architect design different first in
article direct general now on
artist do good often to
assistant draw helping usually with
bag drive industrial very
band end last maybe
bank go little then
businessman grow main also
businesswoman hear more
cameraman know negative OBJECT PRONOUNS
cinema like old me
computer listen other you
dancer live positive them
daughter look present
dentist make right POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
designer manage running my
developer matter sad your
difference protect same their
director put short
doctor read simple DEMONSTRATIVES
driver remember singular that
elision sell small these
engineer send some this
family serve technical those
farmer set urban
film sing CONJUNCTIONS
head sound and
homemaker spell but
hospital take if
man talk that
meaning teach
mother tell QUESTION WORDS
nurse tend how
office thank what
organiser think where
pen use who
player want
police
professor
psychologist
singer
site
song
television
veterinarian
video
waitress
woman

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