ENGLISH INNOVATIONS

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VOCABULARY
1/ How do you answer the question: What do you do?

2/ Listen and underline the correct words.

a. I work for / to a big company.
b. I’m in charge for / of other people.
c. I work in / to a restaurant.
d. I work in / at home.
e. I work with / to the public.
f. I often work on / in a computer.

3/ Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.

o What do you do?
o Do you like your job?
o Which job would you like to do?

PRONUNCIATION: /w/ /v/ /b/

1/ Listen and say the words.
/w/ /v/ /b/
waiter vet builder
Will Victoria Bob
Washington Vincent Barbara
Wendy vegetables Brighton
working vocabulary bread
weekends Vienna beer

2/ Listen and read the text.

Will is a waiter. He lives in Washington. He likes working and weekends.

3/ Make similar texts with other words from the box in exercise 1.
_______________ is a/a _________________. He/She lives in _________________. He/She likes
_____________ and ________________.
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LISTENING
1/ Read the description of the TV documentary programme Behind the Scenes.

Every week, Behind the

Scenes visits a big organization and talks to the people who do the
invisible jobs, the work behind the scenes. This week, we visit a
______________________ in England and talk to a
______________________.and to an ______________________ .

2/ Listen to the programme and complete the description in exercise 1.

3/ Listen again and decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false
sentences.
a. Jane works with two men.
b. Janet got the job two years ago.
c. Janet’s father likes her job.
d. Michael works with two people in the accounts department.
e. Michael got his job last year.
f. Michael thinks his job is boring.

4/ Work in pairs. Think of two or three people you know who “work behind the scenes”.
What do they do? Do they like their job?

GRAMMAR: Question review

1/ Look at the interviewer’s questions from Behind the Scenes. Decide which questions are
correct and which questions are incorrect. Correct the incorrect questions.

1. What do you do? 4. You like your job?

2. When did start you here? 5. Where do you work in the hospital?
3. What do other people thinks of your 6. Why do you do like your job?
job?

2/ Make questions using:

what who when where why how many