jobs vocabulary/ yes no questions
Choose a job below and answer yes/ no questions until your partner guesses which you chose. Then take turns doing the same with different jobs from below.
- accountant
- actor/ actress
- baker/ pastry chef
- bank clerk
- banker
- barber/ hairdresser/ stylist
- beachcomber
- bell boy/ porter
- bin man/ garbage disposal man
- builder/ bricklayer
- bus driver
- businessman
- busker/ street performer
- butcher
- care worker/ carer
- carpenter
- cashier
- CEO/ managing director
- chambermaid
- cleaner
- clown/ circus performer
- computer programmer
- cook/ chef/ kitchen hand
- cycle courier/ motorcycle courier
- dentist
- director/ executive
- director/ producer
- door to door salesman
- electrician
- estate agent/ real estate agent
- extra
- factory worker
- farmer
- firefighter
- flight attendant/ cabin crew
- gardener/ landscape gardener
- geography teacher
- GP/ doctor/ surgeon
- homemaker/ housewife/ househusband
- hotelier/ hotel manager
- journalist
- judge/ magistrate
- lab assistant/ laboratory technician
- lecturer/ professor
- librarian
- local politician/ local councillor/ mayor
- lorry driver/ truck driver
- manager/ middle manager
- market trader
- masseur
- mechanic
- model
- nanny/ au pair/ babysitter
- national politician/ PM/ MP/ senator/ congressman
- newsreader cameraman
- novelist/ writer/ columnist/ poet
- nurse/ midwife
- office worker
- paparazzi
- photographer
- pilot
- playwright/ screenwriter
- plumber
- police officer
- postman/ letter carrier/ postal worker
- private detective
- private tutor
- psychiatrist/ psychologist
- receptionist
- researcher
- secretary/ PA
- security guard/ bouncer
- shop assistant
- social worker
- solicitor/ barrister/ attorney/ lawyer
- spy/ secret agent
- stand-up comedian
- tailor
- television presenter
- thatcher
- travel agent
- vet/ veterinarian
- waiter/ waitress/ busboy
- zookeeper
When your teacher stops you, ask about any jobs above you aren’t sure about, asking and answering related yes/ no questions each time.
Brainstorm yes/ no questions about jobs like those you used in the game, then compare with the list on the next page.
Suggested questions
Share questions that you brainstormed which are not below, then ask about anything below you aren’t sure about, answering those questions as a class each time.
Do you need special tools/ need special equipment/ need qualifications/ need special training/ need good people skills/ need a driving licence/ need…?
Do you need to study at university?
Do you need to be (physically) fit/ be intelligent/ be well organised/ be creative/ be adaptable/ be good with numbers/ be diplomatic/ be…?
Do you need to travel?
Do you work inside/ outside?
Do you work in an office/ in a school/ in a shop/ in a factory/ in a warehouse/ in a…?
Is this job well-paid/ badly-paid/ high status/ secure/ stressful/ challenging/ dangerous/ repetitive/ boring/ interesting/ varied/ dirty/ tiring?
Do you work in the morning/ work at night/ work shifts/ work long hours/ work…?
Do you spend a lot of time on a computer/ time on the phone/ time travelling/ time…?
Do you supervise other people?
Do you have to wear protective clothing/ wear a uniform/ wear a hat/ wear a security badge/ wear a suit/ wear a shirt and tie/ wear goggles/ wear a helmet/ wear an apron/ wear gloves/ wear…?
Do you work with people/ with children/ with animals/ with…?
Do you need to speak foreign languages?
Do you work for a company/ for the government/ for yourself/ for…?
Ask and answer questions from above about your (past, present and/ or future) jobs.
Personalisation
Write jobs matching nine of these categories in the boxes below:
- The highest status job in your country
- The most difficult to get the qualifications for
- The job with the longest hours in your country
- The most secure job in your country
- A job you think that you’d hate
- A job you hope to do in the future
- The job of someone who you are meeting this week
- A job you thought about doing but decided against
- A job that you wanted to do when you were a child
- A job that you would like your children to do
- A job that you would hate your children to do
- A job that you think should be better paid
- A job that you would want a boyfriend or girlfriend to have
- A job that you would want a wife or husband to have
- A job that you particularly respect people for doing
- A job that usually makes you distrust people
- An unusual job that you think you would like if you did it
- A job that you would like that is completely different to the one you have or that you will probably actually have
- The strangest job that someone you know has
- The strangest job that you have ever heard about
- A job you wouldn’t consider even if you were unemployed and couldn’t find a job
- A job involved in the most unusual career change you have ever heard about
Squares to fill with things from the list above
In pairs, look at your partner’s squares and try to match the squares to the topics above.
When your teacher stops you, ask about any topics above you aren’t sure about, thinking of matching jobs as a class each time.
Discuss topics 17 to 22 in pairs.
Listen to three people discuss their unusual career changes (New Cutting Edge Intermediate pg 51/ 52). The first time that you listen, write down their previous and new jobs. Are they generally positive or negative about the changes?
Do the textbook tasks on those pages.
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