Describing work and

School
Giving Opinions
Vocabulary: Jobs
 ADJECTIVES FOR DESCRIBING JOBS

Challenging Tedious Monotonous

Boring Repetitive Time-consuming
Rewarding Indoor Outdoor
Motivating Demanding Interesting
Well Paid Low paid Fulfilling
Exciting Stressful Hard work

I love my job. It’s exciting and

motivating. And yours?
Describe your job.
READING: interesting jobs.
 Pracice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u08kvZbw4-E
 ADJECTIVES FOR DESCRIBING SCHOOLS

Popular Great Selective

Boring Modern Old
Well-equipped Beautiful Inspiring
Motivating Demanding Ugly
Clean Neglected Understaffed
Exciting Stressful Overcrowded
I really enjoy my school. I think it’s
great. And what do you think about
your school?
 SENTENCES

• My school is really beautiful, inspiring and well

staffed.
• Our school is neglected because everything is
falling apart, including the walls!
• My school used to be ugly and overcrowded until
they built more blocks so that we could learn in a
better environment.
• Our headmaster doesn’t want a dilapidated school,
consequently we take good care of all school
property.
• I learn in a great, modern school but it is
very expensive.
Activity 1
1. Match the pictures with the Jobs.
___ a secretary
___ a hairdresser
___ a journalist
___ a Factory worker
___ a police officer
___ a shop assistant
___ a housewife
___ a computer programmer
___ an electrician
___ a sales representative
___ a nurse

2. Write the Jobs.

1. I work on a production line.
2. I’m a manager in an insurance
Company.
3. I travel a lot for my job.
4. I develop software programmes.
5. It’s a manual job. I cut people’s hair.
6. I serve customers in a department
store.
7. I often work outside and I wear a
uniform.
Activity 2

Reading
comprehension

1. Read the article

and find:
• Three
unpopular Jobs.
• Tree popular
Jobs.
• The number 1
dream job.

2. What’s your
number 1 dream
job?
 ACTIVITY 3

Make a short description of your school or university.

Use adjectives from the vocabulary given in class.