Straightforward ele unit (11)

VOCABULARY & SPEAKING: jobs
1 Complete the sentences with
words from the box. 1. I’m ______

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2. I’m ___________

3. I’m _____________

2 T 2.52

a doctor
a security guard
an accountant
an actor
a secretary
a waiter
6. I’m ____________
5. I’m ______
4. I’m ______

What do you do?


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2 T 2.55 Listen and read the text.
Will is a waiter. He lives in Washington.
He likes working and weekends.

3 Make similar texts with other
words from the box in exercise 1.
_____ is a ____. He / She lives in
_____. He / She likes ___ and____.


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Be = am/is/are – was/were

Be + S …?
Wh_ + Be + S …?

Auxi

= do/does/did

Auxi + S + Infi …?
Wh_ + Auxi + S + Infi …?

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Auxi

= can/could/should/must

Auxi + S + Infi …?
Wh_ + Auxi + S + Infi …?


(Wh_) + Auxi + S + Infi …?
(Wh_) + Be + S …?

Auxi = do/does/did/can/could/should/must
Be = am/is/are – was/were

1.
2. When did you start here?
3. What do other people think of
your job?

4. Do you like your job?
5.
6. Why do you like your job?

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Where
What
Who
When
What

Why
How many


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• Are hospitals in
your country
public or private?
• Are nurses
usually women in
your country?
• Do you know
someone who
works in another
country?
What do they do?

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2. Work in pairs. Compare
your answers.
Explain why you agree
or disagree.


READING

1 Read the article. What is
Futurework?
1. A book about the future of work in
Britain.
2. A webpage
about the best
jobs in the
future in
Britain.
3. A magazine
article about
work and life in
Britain.

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2 Read the article again and decide if the sentences are
true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences.

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1 Futurework is about the future of work around the
world.
2 Lancaster wrote Futurework quickly.
 Several years after his investigation in to jobs.
3 Lancaster thinks that people will change jobs often.
4 Mobile phones will create more stress in the future.
5 Lancaster thinks that working at home is a good
thing.  It is both good and bad
6 There are more old people in Britain now than in the
past.
7 It will be important to know other languages to get a
good job.
3 Work in pairs. Look at the predictions about work. Do you think they’re true for your country?
Discuss with your partner.


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VOCABULARY: describing work
1 Find the opposites of these words in the text.
>< well-paid
part-time >< full-time badly-paid
>< employed
temporary >< permanent
unemployed
2 Complete the sentences with a word from 3 Work in pairs. Discuss these
questions.
exercise 1.
1 There is a temporary

__________ job at the school. They • What jobs are well-paid in your
are looking for a person to work from February country? What jobs are badlypaid?
to July.
• What are some problems with
2 She has a _________
part-timejob in the bank. She only work in your country, for example,
works Tuesdays and Thursdays.
unemployment, overwork, low
3 He hates his job. It’s dirty, dangerous and pay, temporary work?
• Do students have part-time
badly-paid
_________. He never has any extra money.
jobs? What kind of jobs do they
4 I’m ___________
unemployed at the moment. I can’t find a
do?
job.


GRAMMAR:
Will - Predictions
* Uses
- Use will to talk about
predictions in the future.
- Will is a modal auxiliary
verb. This means:
• it goes with the infinitive
without to.
• it has the same form for all
subjects.

• The negative is with not
(will not - won’t).
• to make a question, put will
before the subject, and the
infinitive after the subject.


GRAMMAR:
Will - Predictions
* Uses
- Use will to talk about
predictions in the future.
- Will is a modal auxiliary
verb. This means:
• it goes with the infinitive
without to.
• it has the same form for all
subjects.
• The negative is with not
(will not - won’t).
• to make a question, put will
before the subject, and the
infinitive after the subject.
Wh_ question
* Forms
What will
you

S + will/won’t + V …

Will + S + V …

be

Wh_ + will + S + V …
in five years?


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1 Complete the sentences with will/will not+ the verb in brackets. Use
contractions.
won’t use (not use) petrol. They __________
will work
1 Public transport, like buses, __________
(work) on electricity.
will control
2 A computer___________(control)
everything in your house: lights, fridge,
television ...
will have (have) a computer with satellite technology.
3 Every car ________
4 There________(be)
more problems with bad meat and people________(be)
ill.
will be
will be
5 People____________(not
cook), they_________(buy)
prepared food.

won’t cook
will buy
will live (live)
6 People__________
won’t live (not live) in tall buildings, they_________
underground.


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1. be rich
 I’ll be rich,
 I won’t be rich.


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In 10 years ..
1 I'll have (a) a good job (b) an OK job (c) no job.
2 I'll work (a) many hours (b) part-time (c) not many hours.
3 Work will be (a) the most important part (b) very important (c) not important
in my life.
4 I'll work (a) close to home (b) far from home (c) at home.
5 (a) Some people (b) Lots of people (c) Nobody will work forme.
6 I'll be (a) happy (b) satisfied (c) unhappy with my job.
7 In my work, (a) I'll travel to other countries (b) I'll travel
inside my country (с) 1 won't travel.
8 I'll go to work (a) in the company limousine (b) inmy own car (c) by bus.

SPEAKING & READING
1 Work in pairs. Complete the sentences.
1 If you want to be happy at work, you should ...
2 If you want to live a long time, you shouldn’t ...
3 If you want to be happy when you’re 60 years old,
you should ...
2 Compare with another pair in the class.

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3. Read the magazine article 16 things to do before you’re 60. Match the photos A-D to the correct
paragraphs

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Are you living your life as best as you can?
Are you working to live, or living for your work?
We have collected a list of 16 things that usually
make people happier and healthier. It's time to
take a look at your life critically. Which of these
things do you do? Which are you going to do?