English Capsule

Unit 14: Professions and hobbies

Learning Outcome: Analyze jobs and hobbies stating cause and effect when describing them.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT

Sports

Verbs

Discuss with your partner:

1. Which sports from the previous picture do you do/practice? How often so you practice it ?
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2. If you do not practice any at this moment, which sports have you played in the past? Which one did you
enjoy most? _______________________________________________________________________
3. Which sport would you like to try? _______________________________________________________
4. In your opinion, which sport is the most physically demanding? ________________________________
5. In your opinion, which is the most popular sport in the world? _________________________________
6. Do you prefer playing or watching a sport? _________________________________________________
Classify the rules below according to the corresponding pictures from the VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT section

 You must hit the ball with a racket__________________________

 You have to kick the ball________________________
 You have to get the ball into the opponent’s
basket____________________________
 You have to use the stick to get the ball into the opponent’s
goal________________________
 You have to hit the ball with a
bat_______________________________________

 Choose a sport
 Make a short review about this sport.
 Join the sentences using key words such as: so, because, if, then, etc. (Use your capsule GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT to
support your sentences)

After classifying the rules, discuss with your partner about the sports using expressions for giving opinions.
I think soccer is very popular around the world.
I believe/ In my opinion, hockey is a very dangerous sport.

Professions and
occupations
Match the jobs and
pictures.

a. Accountant
b. Bellhop
c. Cashier
d. Chef
e. Doctor
f. Front desk Clerk
g. Host
h. Nurse
i. Office manager
j. Police officer
k. Receptionist
l. Salesperson
m. Security guard
n. Server
o. Taxi driver
p. Vendor
 After matching the words and the
pictures, answer the following
questions:
 Who has to wear uniform?
 Who works outdoors?
 Who works in an office?
 Who has to work at night?
 Who works in shifts?
Talk about your job and your work place rules and
regulations. Go over things like:
 Work schedules and punctuality
 Dress code
 Confidentiality of information
 Breaks
 Taking care of equipment assigned
 Others

GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT

Complete the sentences with the correct forms of can/ can’t and have to/ don’t have to. Sometimes there is
more than one possible answer.

1. You _________________ smoke in here. It’s against company regulations!

2. He _________________ come to lunch with us if he doesn’t want to.
3. I _________________ arrive early tomorrow. I’ve got a meeting at 8:30.
4. All visitors to the company _________________ sign the visitor’s book when they
enter the building.
5. It’s six o’clock. You _________________ go home now.
6. She _________________ tell her boss if she wants to leave early.

Cause and effect key words

To join sentences together, we use key words such as: “so”
“because”, if, then, etc.

Examples:

CAUSE: A hurricane hit the city CAUSE: They didn´t score

EFFECT: all schools were closed EFFECT: They lost the game

“A hurricane hit the city so all schools were closed” They didn´t score, so they lost the game
“All schools were closed because a hurricane hit the city” They lost the game because they didn´t score

If my dog sees the postman, it barks

Read the exercises. Choose the cause for the effect stated and write two (2) sentences using because, so, due
to or if

Create your own examples: What happened at work today?

Examples.

 I had a lot of work today so I couldn´t have lunch. I just ate a snack
 If I don´t take my lunch break, I don´t eat properly
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Conditional 1
First conditional sentences describe real possibilities. Use the present tense in the if clause (the condition).
Use will in the main clause.

If you touch the ball in a soccer game, you will be penalized.

If he plays tennis today, he will be very tired tomorrow.
If I don’t train for the swimming competition, I won’t win.
If she doesn’t study for the exam, she won’t pass the course.

1. 1. If I play sports, I _________________ better (feel)

2. If I get to work earlier, I _________________ a cup of coffee before start working (have)
3. If you _____________ my bike, I _____________ you with your homework. (repair, help)
4. If Sarah _____________ to the movies, she _____________ it. (go, enjoy)
5. If it _____________ tomorrow, we _____________ to the beach. (rain, not go)
6. We _____________ fun tonight if we _____________ for a drink. (have, go out)
Indirect objects
 Some verbs require indirect objects (buy/ give/ send)
 An indirect object is usually a person: My mom, my dad, my friend, my brother, etc.
For example: I’m going to buy my mother something special.
Alicia will not give Dave anything
Let’s send Mom and Dad some flowers

VERB + INDIRECT OBJECT + OBJECT

Indirect objects pronouns

Transform the following indirect objects into indirect object pronouns

 COMMUNICATIVE TASK

Read the title and skin the blog posts. What are these people´s jobs? Why do you think their jobs are hard to
understand?

Read the article. Who does the following things? Check (✔) the correct boxes. Which of the 4 jobs do
you think is the most
interesting? The most
useful? What other things
are hard to explain? Think
about different jobs,
hobbies, or classes at
school – university.
 ROSETTA QUIZ

Complete the sentences. Follow the example:

Look at the photos and circle the correct answer. Follow the example:

Choose the right answer according to the picture:

 KEY corner
Put the words for sports and games into the correct
part of the table.

Look at the table. Are there any rules about which verb to use with which nouns? Can you add more words
for sports or games to the table?
Read the article about tennis. Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space.

Keywords
Use this section to make notes about
unknown words
1 _____________:_______________
2 _____________:_______________
3 _____________:_______________
4 _____________:_______________
5 _____________:_______________
Match the sentences (1–10) to the people (a–j).

Keywords
Use this section to make notes about
unknown words
6 _____________:_______________
7 _____________:_______________
8 _____________:_______________
9 _____________:_______________
10 _____________:_______________

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