TESOL/Talking about your job

Do you like your job?

Key sentences

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
What do you do?	I'm (job).

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
Where do you work?	I work in (place).

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
What's your job like?	It's (adjective).

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
Do you like your job?	Yeah, it's not bad. Not really.

Drills

Say these sentences without looking.

I'm (job).

job	sentence
a teacher	I'm a teacher.
a nurse	I'm a nurse.
a baseball player	I'm a baseball player.
a sales clerk	I'm a sales clerk.

I work in (place).

place	sentence
an office	I work in an office.
a store	I work in a store.
a hospital	I work in a hospital.
a baseball stadium	I work in a baseball stadium.

It's (adjective).

adjective	sentence
interesting	It's interesting.
busy	It's busy.
boring	It's boring.
difficult	It's difficult.

Example

Practice this conversation.

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
What do you do?	I'm (a teacher).

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
Where do you work?	I work in (an office).

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
What's your job like?	It's (interesting).

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
Do you like your job?	Yeah, it's not bad.

Change partners. Use your imagination and change the sentences.

Exercise

Use your imagination. Make your own conversation.

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
What do you do?	I'm ... .

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
Where do you work?	I work in ....

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
What's your job like?	It's ....

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
Do you like your job?	Yeah, it's not bad.

Change partners. Use your imagination and make another conversation.

Practice

Asking about a job	Talking about a job
Ask your partner about their job.	Think of a job. Imagine it is your job. Tell your partner about it.

Further study

• English lesson topics

Resource type: this resource is a lesson in English as a second language.

Jobs

• 
  Police officer
• 
  Scientist
• 
  Chef
• 
  Waiter
• 
  Receptionist
• 
  Sailor
• 
  Firefighter
• 
  Doctor

Practice

1 Do you - your job?

	enjoy
	find
	kind
	job

2 Where do you - ?

	enjoy
	job
	work
	like

3 What do you - ?

	work
	do
	job
	office

4 No, - really.

	not
	no
	kind of
	a

5 It's - .?

	enjoy
	like
	interesting
	interested

What do you do there?

• 
  I stare at a computer.
• 
  I answer the phone.
• 
  I wear a uniform.
• 
  I stand up all day.
• 
  I sit at a desk.
• 
  I work overtime.
• 
  I travel on business.
• 
  I talk to customers.