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What job is it?

Name: What job is it?
Uploaded: 2025-03-04T21:44:02+02:00
Duration: 3 min 26 s
Channel: English Task
Description: Jobs vocabulary through a guessing game: the clues describe the work, the class names the job. Practises “he works in…” and “she works with…”.

Jobs vocabulary through a guessing game: the clues describe the work, the class names the job. Practises "he works in", "she works with" and the article that learners drop - I am a teacher, not I am teacher.

Jobs are one of the first vocabulary sets a learner meets and one of the easiest to turn into a game: describe the work, let the class name the job. This person works at night, wears a uniform and helps people.

Two points of grammar ride along with the topic. English needs the article – I am a teacher, not I am teacher – and the natural question is What do you do? rather than What is your job?, which sounds like a form being filled in. Both are small, both are permanent once they are noticed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What jobs vocabulary do learners need first?

The jobs children see: teacher, doctor, nurse, driver, cook, farmer, firefighter, police officer, vet, engineer. Then the phrases that carry them – he works in a hospital, she works with animals, they work outside.

How do I ask what someone does?

"What do you do?" is the natural question – not "What is your job?", which sounds like a form. The answer takes a or an: I am a teacher, I am an engineer, and dropping the article is one of the most common learner mistakes.

How does a guessing game work with jobs?

One student describes without naming: this person works at night, wears a uniform, helps people. The rest guess. It forces description rather than translation, and every guess is a full sentence.