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Necessary Skills
This activity helps students to practice talking about necessity using the phrases: have to,
have got to, and need to.
Before the class, make a copy of the occupations sheet and cut out the separate slips. Also,
make a copy of the skills sheet for each student.
Procedure
Give one occupation slip to each student. Tell the students to keep their job a secret.
Give each student a copy of the skills sheet.
The students task is to discover which classmate has which occupation by asking questions
about the qualifications and skills necessary for that job.
Example Questions:
Do you have to have knowledge of medicine?
Have you got to drive fast in your job?
Do you need to be athletic?
Do you have to read music for your profession?
Have you got to change your appearance for your job?
The students cannot directly ask, Are you an actor? or Are you a truck driver?
When the time is up, the student who has correctly identified the professions of the largest
number of classmates wins.

Written by Alex Watson for Teach-This.com 2012

Occupations Sheet
truck driver

nurse

animal trainer

basketball coach

driving instructor

actor

juggler

funeral director

pilot

plastic surgeon

pastry chef

car mechanic

caterer

race car driver

wrestler

aerobics instructor

ballet dancer

landscape architect

bank robber

ice cream taste tester

trumpet player

novelist

telephone operator

teacher

Written by Alex Watson for Teach-This.com 2012

Skills Sheet
Occupation

Name

truck driver ____________________________________________

animal trainer ____________________________________________
nurse ____________________________________________
basketball coach ____________________________________________
actor ____________________________________________
driving instructor ____________________________________________
funeral director ____________________________________________
juggler

____________________________________________

plastic surgeon ____________________________________________

pilot

____________________________________________

car mechanic ____________________________________________

pastry chef

____________________________________________

race car driver ____________________________________________

caterer ____________________________________________
wrestler ____________________________________________
aerobics instructor ____________________________________________
ballet dancer

____________________________________________

landscape architect ____________________________________________

ice cream taste tester ____________________________________________
bank robber

____________________________________________

trumpet player ____________________________________________

novelist

____________________________________________

telephone operator

____________________________________________

teacher

____________________________________________

Written by Alex Watson for Teach-This.com 2012