Job For You
Ed Edgar

Level Aims Grammar Time Materials
junior high school dialogue practice want to..., enjoy ...ing, jobs 30 mins worksheets

This is a pretty standard pair-work interview game, but the kids seem to enjoy it. I used it with "enjoy ...ing" and "want to ...", but it's very adaptable.

It's very easy to play but a bit hard to explain, so I recommend demonstrating with your JTE using a big (double-A3) copy of the worksheet on the blackboard. (Cheat so the JTE doesn't come out as "sumo wrestler", or they won't want to play next lesson.)

The worksheet has a bunch of questions along the top (eg. "Do you like helping people?"), and jobs down the side.

In the middle are the appropriate answers. For example, doctors, teachers, stewardesses etc all help people as an everyday part of their jobs, so those spaces are marked "Yes". Models, singers, farmers etc. don't, so they're marked with "no". (OK, you could quibble with some of these, eg. farmers help us by making food so we don't die, but the kids don't seem to be bothered.)

Here's how to play:

Ask your partner the first question. Then look down the column for that question and circle all the answers that match. If your partner says "yes", circle all the "yes"'s in the column. If they say "no", circle all the "no"s.

Do the same with each question in turn. Once you've asked all the questions, look along the rows and count the number of circled answers for each job. Write the totals under "score". The highest score is the job for you.

Note: The kids won't know all the jobs I use. "Stewardess" is the same in Japanese, although the textbooks say you should say "Flight attendant". They definitely won't know "burglar", unless they make the MacDonalds Hamburglar connection. I prefer not to tell them until the end.

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Do you like...

helping people

helping animals

travelling

being outside

going to bed late

being pretty

having money

meeting people

Score

                   

Doctor

yes

no

no

no

yes

no

yes

yes

 

Teacher

yes

no (?)

no

no

no

no

no

yes

 

Model

no

no

yes

no

no

yes

yes

yes

 

Singer

no

no

yes

no

yes

yes

yes

yes

 

Stewardess

yes

no

yes

no

yes

yes

no

yes

 

Police Officer

yes

no

no

yes

yes

no

no

yes

 

Taxi Driver

yes

no

yes

no

yes

no

no

yes

 

Farmer

no

yes

no

yes

no

no

no

no

 

Sumo Wrestler

no

no

yes

no

no

no

yes

yes

 

7-11 Worker

yes

no

no

no

yes

no

no

yes

 

Burglar

no

no

yes

yes

yes

no

yes

no

 

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