American English File 1 Student eBook

1. GRAMMAR: simple present (?)

a. Look at the photo of Jess and her husband Carl. What's his job? Find the answer in the interview with Jess.

 

b. Read the interview. Complete 1-5 with questions from the list.

Do you have time together?
Does he have free weekends?
What do you do, Jess?
What does your husband do?
Do you work long hours?

c. 3.8 Listen and check.

¹ What do you do, Jess?
I work in an office.I'm an administrator.

2. ___________________
No. I don't. I work no, mal hours, from 9:00 to 5:00 , Monday to Friday.

3. ___________________
He's a police officer. He works at night. from 8:00 pm to 6:00 in the morning.

4. ___________________
No, he doesn't Well, he has two free days, but they 're Wednesday and Thursday He works Saturday and Sunday - they're busy nights for police officers.

5. ___________________
Not really, except when we're on vacation. I'm in bed when he comes home; he's in bed when I leave home in the morning. We don't eat together. That's awful. Sometimes I don't cook, I just have cookies for dinner.

Can you think of any good things about your different hours?
Yes, we earn more money because Carl does a lot of overtime.

Do you have any suggestions for couples like you?
Have a whiteboard in your hall or your kitchen and write down all the housework. Then check off things when you do them. That way, the dogs don't eat twice!

d. Cover the interview and look at the questions in b. How does Jess answer them?

 

e. Do you work or study at night? What problems do you have?

f. Look at the questions in b again.
Which are...?

 

1. about Jess
2. aboutherhusband
3. about Jess and her husband

 

g. Gp. 128 Grammar Bank 3B

simple present (?)

3.9

"Do you live in New York?"   "No, we don't."

"Does he work at night?"      "Yes, he does."

(?)	($\checkmark$)		(X)
Do l work?		I do		l don't
Do you work?		you do.		you don't.
Does he/ she /it work?	Yes,	He/she / it does.	No,	He/she/it doesn't.
Do we work?		we do.		we don't.
Do you work?		you do.		you don't.
Do they work?		they do.		they don't

► We use do (or does with he, she, it) + base form to make questions. 

► The word order for simple present questions is auxiliary (do, does), subject (/, you, he, she, etc.), base form (work, live, etc.). 

 do and does 

do = /du/, does = dʌz/
do and does can be:
1. the auxiliary verb to make simple present questions. Do you speak English? Does she live here?
2. a normal verb.
I do my homework in the evening.
He does yoga every day.

Exercise a: Complete the questions with do or does.

Do you work with a computer?

you have a dog?

you speak a foreign language? 

she play the guitar? 

4. _____ he work or study?

5. _____ school children in your country wear uniforms?

6. _____ Jamie study Japanese?

7. _____ your husband cook?

8. _____ it rain a lot in your country?

9. _____ the students in this class speak good English?

10. _____ Angela like her job?

Exercise b: Make questions using a pronoun and the bold verb.

A She works at night. B Does she work on the weekend?

A I don't play the guitar. B Do you play the piano? 

1.  A He likes sports. B _____ tennis?

2. A She speaks foreign languages. B _____ chinese?

3. A I don't eat fast food. B _____ sushi?

4. A  They cook Italian food. B _____ lasagna?

5. A  Ali doesn't live in an apartment. B _____  in a house?

6. A I want a new phone.  B _____ an iPhone?

7. A My dad drives a Ferrari.  B _____ fast? 

8. A Sarah drinks a lot of tea.  B _____ it with milk?

9. A We have two children.  B _____ boys or girls?

10. A I don't listen to the radio.  B _____ to music on your phone?

2. VOCABULARY: jobs

a. Complete the sentences with a job from the list.

 

actor  administrator  police  officer
receptionist  teacher

1.  A _____ works on the street, or in a police station.
2. An _____ works in a theater.
3. A _____ works in a school.
4. A _____ works in a hotel.
5. An _____ works in an office. 

b. p.154 Vocabulary Bank: Jobs

exersice a:  Match the words and photos.

an accountant /ə'kaʊntnt/

an actor /'æktər /

an administrator /əd'mɪnəstreɪtər/

an architect /'ɑrkətɛkt/

a chef /ʃɛf/  (or cook) 

a cleaner /'klinər/

a construction worker /kən'strʌkʃn 'wərkər/

a dentist /'dɛntɪst/

a doctor /'dɑktər/

an engineer /ɛndʒə'nɪr/

a factory worker /fæktəri 'wərkər/

a flight attendant /'flaɪt ə'tɛndənt/

a guide /gaɪd/

a hair stylist /hɛr 'staɪlɪst/

a journalist /'dʒərnəlɪst/

a lawyer /lɔyər/

a (bank) manager /'mænɪdʒər/

a model /mɑdl/

a musician /myu'zɪʃn/

a nurse /nərs/

a pilot /paɪlət/

a police officer /pə'lis 'ɑfəsər/  (or policeman, policewoman) 

a receptionist /rɪ'sɛpʃənɪst/

a salesperson /'seɪlzpərsn/

a soccer player /'sɑkər 'pleɪər/

a soldier /soʊldʒər/

a taxi driver /'tæksi 'draɪvər/

a teacher /titʃər/

a vet /vɛt/

a waiter /'weɪtər/   a waitress /'weɪtrəs/ 

a / an + jobs  

We use a / an + job words. 

She's a model. NOT She's model

exersice b: 3.10 Listen and check.

exersice c: 3.11 Listen and repeat the sentences. What do you do?

ACTIVATION Cover the jobs and look at the photos. In pairs, say what the people do.

 

c. What do you do? What do your parents do? Ask three other students in the class.

 

3. PRONUNCIATION:  /ər/

a. 3.12 Listen to the words and sounds. Then listen and repeat.

bird	nurse  thirty  her  work  journalist

/ər/ ur, ir, and er usually = /ər/ when they are stressed.

b. 3.13 Listen to the sentences. Then practice saying them.

Doctors and lawyers earn a lot.

Journalists work all over the world.

She's a teacher. Her name's Ursula.

He's a taxi driver. He works thirty hours a week.

I'm a waiter in a burger restaurant. I study German at the university.

4. LISTENING

a. 3.14 Listen to Part 1 of a game show called His Job, Her Job. Three people ask Alex and Sue about their jobs. Underline the questions they ask Alex.

b. Listen again. What are Alex's answers? Write ✓ (yes), X (no), or D (it depends).

Where?	Alex	Sue
/ work outside?
/ work inside?
/ work in an office?	X
/ work at home?

When?	Alex	Sue
/work in the evening?
/ work at night?
/ work on the weekend?

How	Alex	Sue
/ work with the public?
/ work on a team?
/ work long hours?

Sue	Alex	Other
		/ have special qualifications?
		I get vacation time?
		/ speak foreign languages?
		/ travel?
		/ drive?
		/ make things?
		I wear a uniform or special clothes?
		I earn a lot of money?
		/ like your job?

 

c. 3.15 Now listen to Part 2 and do the same for Sue.

d. Look at their answers and make sentences about them. What do you think their jobs are?

e. 3.16 Listen. What do Alex and Sue do?

5. SPEAKING

a. In groups of four, play His Job, Her Job. Choose jobs from Vocabulary Bank Jobs p.154. Ask questions to guess them.

b. Now think of a person you know who has one of the jobs. Is it a man or a woman? Play the game again.