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2.2 What's your job?

GOALS ■ Talk about jobs ■ use the verb be (he/she/it/they)
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PRONUNCIATION w ord stress: jobs

Vocabulary & Speaking jobs
2a 2.14))) Listen to the names of jobs and mark the stress.
1 a Look at the webpage. Match the jobs to the people.

doctor engineer nurse shop assistant student doctor engineer nurse shop assistant student
ta x i d river teacher w a iter taxi driver teacher waiter

b 2.14 ))) Listen again and repeat.

I'm a doctor. Harry's an engineer.

International Language School, Malta
What’s your job now? 3 Work with a partner. Look at the photos again. Talk about
Post a photo and tell your friends! the people’s jobs.
Class of 2012 Thierry’s a waiter.

4 Work with a partner. Talk about three school friends

with jobs.
Hannah's a teacher.

E rik Haas Germany Hassan Kam al Saudi Arabia G ram m ar & Listening verb be (he/she/it/
1 2
they)
5a 2.15 ))) Look at the photos and listen to the conversation.
(^Yrdelthe correct job for each photo.
Photo 1: student / teacher Photo 2: nurses / doctors

T h ie rry Leloup France Asya Kaya Turkey

3 W aiter________________ *________________

Sonja Yazov Russia K um iko Ito Japan

5 6

b 2.15 $ Listen again. Complete the conversation with jobs.

A This is my friend Fernando.
B Is he a 1_________ ?
A No, he isn’t. He's a 2_________in a school in Mexico.
Daisy Tan China Yanni Loukas Greece B Is it a language school?
7 8 taxi driver_______ A Yes, it is. And these are my friends, Jack and Katie.
B Are they 3_________ ?
A No, they aren’t. They're 4_________ in a hospital in
b 2.13 ))) Listen and check your answers.
London.

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6 Complete the Grammar focus box. Use exercise 5b to 9 Work with a partner. Take turns to guess the jobs and
help you. countries. Student A, turn to page 106. Student B, turn to
page 111.
GRAMMAR FOCUS verb be (he/she/it/they)
READING SKILLS understanding pronouns (1)
Positive (+)
Pronouns, e.g. he, they, are used in place of nouns, e.g. Tony,
He/she/it 1 (is) from Russia.
my friends. Understanding pronouns can help you understand
They 2 (are) nurses. the text.
Negative (-) Wira is my friend. He (= Wira) is a teacher a t a language school.
He/She/lt 3 (is not) from Sydney.
1 Read the text. Match words 1-4 to names/places a-d.
They aren't (are not) doctors.
Questions (?) Julie and Frank are from Australia. She's an
4 engineer and he's a ch ef in a restaurant in
she/he/it from Indonesia?
M elbourne. It's an Italian restaurant. Now they
5 they engineers? are in Italy fo r ten days. She's there on business
Short answers and he's on holiday.
he/she/it 6
(+) Yes,
they are. 1 it a Julie
he/she/it 7 2 they b a restaurant in Melbourne
(-) NO, 3 she c Frank
they 8
4 he d Julie and Frank
-> Grammar Reference page 118
2a Underline the correct answers.
7a Look at the conversations.(Circlmhe correct options. 1 Frank is an engineer/ a chef.
1 A T his1is I are a photo of my house in Romania. 2 Julie is an engineer / a chef.
B Where 2if is / is it? 3It's / Is it in Bra§ov? 3 Julie is from Italy / Australia.
A No, Ait is / it isn't. 5It’s / Is it in Zalau. 4 The restaurant is Italian / Australian.
2 A These are my friends, Jana and Milos. They 6is / are 5 Julie and Frank are in Melbourne / Italy for
from Slovakia. ten days.
B 7They are / At e they doctors? 6 Frank is there on business / holiday.
A No, they8are/ aren't. Jana 9is / are a nurse and
Milos 10is / are a teacher. b Compare your answers with a partner.

b Work with a partner. Practise the conversations in exercise 7a. 3 Read the text and answer the questions.

8 Work with a partner. Imagine the people in the photos are These are m y friends, A rturo
your friends. Take turns to talk about them. and Romina. He’s from Mexico
A This is my friend Pieter. and she’s from Argentina. I Arturo Romina
B Is he a ... (job)? They're in Thailand for
A Yes, he is./No, he isn't. He's a ... a week. He's there on
business and she’s there
B Is he from ... (country)?
on holiday. He's a d o c to r
A Yes, he is./No, he isn't. He's from...
at a hospital in Cancun
and she's a teacher at
P ieter Reggie and Sara
a language school. The
school is in Buenos Aires
and it's very good!

1 Who's in Thailand?
2 Who's from Argentina?
3 Who's there on business?
4 Who's a language school teacher?
Selma
5 What’s in Buenos Aires?

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