Unit 3 : Work and School
I. Warm-up
A. Match the words and pictures showing different jobs.
Student Architect Nurse Journalist
Doctor Teacher Police officer Actress
1. ……………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………………
5. ……………… 6. ……………… 7. ……………… 8. …………………
B. In your opinion,…
1. Which job(s) help people?
2. Which job(s) can you do at home?
3. Which job(s) make a lot of money?
II. Reading
A. In the following paragraph, Alice is talking about her working day. Read it and decide what
job she does.
My name is Alice. I get up early at six o’clock, have breakfast, and go to work at a quarter to seven. I get to
work before eight, and then I make coffee! I work from half past eight until a quarter past four, but I don’t
really finish until five o’clock. When I leave work, I’m tired but happy. I get home around six, and then I
have dinner and take a shower. I also work in the evening - sometimes I don’t go to bed until midnight! Do I
work hard? Yes, I do. But I love the children. And I don’t work in the summer!
B. Read the text again and decide if these sentences are true or false.
1. Alice goes to work an hour after she gets up. 4. Alice sometimes sleeps for six hours.
2. Alice takes a shower in the morning. 5. Alice can relax in the summer.
3. Alice’s job is easy.
III. Language work 1
1. Identify the tense in the given text: "Which tense are the verbs in the text above?"
2. Explain the purpose of this tense: "What does this tense express?"
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3. Provide sentence structure guidance: "How do we form affirmative, interrogative, and negative
sentences in this tense?"
4. Practice : Complete the text. Use the correct form of one of the verbs in the box. Be careful with
negatives and questions.
cook finish get not get home write live
get up go to bed not have work leave
Alan is from England, but he (1)……………………..in Tokyo. "I’m a journalist for an English language
magazine, and I (2)…………………….. about life in Japan." Every morning, he (3)……………………..
early and (4)…………………….. home at 6:45. "I (5)…………………….. breakfast - there’s no time. My
home is very far from my office, and I (6)……………………..to work two hours later." He (7)
…………………….. work at six. "My wife (8)…………………….. before eight - she’s a doctor.
……………………..she (9)……………………..hard? Oh yes, she does!" They (10)……………………..
dinner and (11)…………………….. late - at 11 o’clock.
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IV. Language work 2 : Prepositions of Time
Go back to the text about Alice and identify the expressions that indicate time. Which prepositions are
used to express time?
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Exercise : Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions of time, ‘on’, ‘in’ or ‘at’.
1. The parent-teacher meeting is ___ 10 A.M. 9. Dimple will visit her grandmother ___
2. I do not have any classes ___ Sunday. March.
3. This year it started to snow ___ November. 10. My father was born ___ 1977.
4. Yasmin’s birthday is ___ 31st December. 11. Yash’s uncle passed away ___ Monday.
5. The stars twinkle brightly ___ night. 12. __ winter, we prefer staying indoors.
6. I’ll meet you ___ Thursday. 13. ___ Sunday, they’ll talk about the
7. The principal is not present __ the Pyramids on the National Geographic
moment. channel.
8. My mother will come back ___ minutes. 14. My uncle will arrive ___ the dinner time.
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V. Speaking/writing or a game
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Speaking/writing : Work in pairs. Interview your partner about their routine. Then make a note of
their answers. Write a short text about their routine.
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Game
Objective: To practice forming sentences in the simple present tense by acting out verbs and guessing
sentences.
How to Play:
1. Divide the Class into Teams: Split students into three teams.
2. Prepare Verb Cards: Write various verbs in the simple present tense on cards (e.g., "run," "eat,"
"read," "dance," "sing," etc.).
3. A volunteer to Act Out: A student from one team picks a card and has to act out the verb without
speaking.
4. Guess the Sentence: The volunteer’s team has to guess the verb and form an affirmative sentence in
the simple present tense using the personal pronoun suggested by the teacher. The other teams form
the negative and interrogative versions of the affirmative sentence suggested by the first team.
5. Switch Teams: After each round, switch teams. Continue until everyone has had a turn.
