English Form 8: May 6

Explore future jobs! Practice choosing your career with fun ELA activities.

Activity 1. Complete the text with the words from the Word bank. To open the Word bank, click on a gap. I had to share a room with my brother when we stayed at my aunt's, and he started snoring loudly during the night. I tried whispering quietly, 'Andrew, be quiet!' but it didn't work, so I put the light on. 'What's wrong?' he said, blinking at first in the brightness, and then staring at me angrily as his eyes got used to it. 'Why have you woken me up?' 'It's nothing, go back to sleep,' I said.Later, I felt something on my shoulder. 'Leave me alone!' I said, peering into the darkness, trying to see my brother. Then I heard a snuffling noise in my ear - it was my aunt's dog! Tomorrow, you are going to discover how people can choose their future job and what it can be like. Let's do some warm-up today! Activity 2. What factors are important when choosing one's future job? Think and classify the ideas in order of importance. Not important at all do the same thing every day Fairly important have the same job for a long time work outside Very important make a lot of money help other people make your own decisions Extremely important do many different things every day work with a variety of people Activity 3. Complete the sentences with the job titles from the Word bank (type the words in the gaps). 1) Police officers are investigating crimes.2) Actors can sometimes forget their lines during a play.3) Flight attendants tell you what time the plane will arrive.4) If a student misbehaves, s is sent to the head teacher.5) A spokesperson makes a statement on behalf of the company.6) A shop assistant can tell you the price of a product.