What is his job?

Is it
Unit 10 | Session 1 dangerous? Why?

Danger on the job .- Don’t worry, dad

Learning objective: talk about how to avoid danger at work,
and make predictions about your future
 Unit 10 | Session 1
Danger on the job
Learning objective: talk about danger at work, and make
predictions about your future

Lesson Overview

1 Get started: Talking about jobs

2 Prepare: Guess the job!
3 Speaking: Danger at work
4. Prepare: Find five ways of making predictions
5. Speaking: Five years from now
4 Progress check
 Get started: Talking about jobs

accountant architect call center worker

dentist engineer IT specialist
lawyer mechanic nurse
paramedic photographer physical therapist
police officer project manager receptionist

• Do you know anyone who does any of these jobs?

• What do they enjoy about their work?
• Which jobs would you like to do? Why?
• Are there any jobs you wouldn’t like to do? Why?
Prepare: Guess the job!
Choose one of the jobs from the previous list. Your partner will guess your job
asking the following questons.
Useful language
Do you usually …? Yes, I do.
Do you have to …? No, I don’t.
Are you a/an … ?

work long hours

work from home
work with people
wear special clothes
get special training
work at nights / on the weekend
Prepare: Guess the job! Reporting back
Look at the picture and complete the sentence according to your opinion.
Menton the occupaton you think she has.

She usually has to/doesn’t have to work long hours.

She often has to/doesn’t have to work nights and on the weekend.
She has to/doesn’t have to wear a uniform, but she has to/doesn’t
have to wear a tie.
Do/does she have to work long hours?
Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.
Speaking: Danger at work
Which jobs is the most and least dangerous? Why?

accountant architect call center worker

dentist engineer IT specialist
lawyer mechanic nurse
paramedic photographer physical therapist
police officer project manager receptionist

Useful language
The most dangerous job is …... because ….
The least dangerous job is … because …..
 Prepare: Find five ways of making predictions
• Read the conversaton and fnd fve expressions to make predictons.

- Oh no, what do you think’s happened?

- I don’t know... it might be serious.
- No, he’ll probably be fine.
- Maybe it’s his ankle, right?
- Yes, he may have a twisted ankle,
you’re right.
- I just hope it’s nothing serious.
- Anyway, let’s call the doctor. I’m sure it
won’t be anything bad.
 Prepare: Making predictions

- Oh no, what do you think’s happened?

- I don’t know… it might be serious.
- No, he’ll probably be fine.
- Maybe it’s his ankle, right?
- Yes, he may have a twisted ankle,
you’re right.
- I just hope it’s nothing serious.
- Anyway, let’s call the doctor. I’m sure it
won’t be anything bad.
PREPARE: Five years from now
Make a prediction about one of the topics bellow.
Example: About _______, I think, I will
probably___________________.

Family life
Health
Home
Studies
Work
Speaking: Five years from now…

• Will you live in a house or an

apartment? Will you own or rent it?

• Do you think you will study or work? Five years from now, I think,
What will you do ? I will / won’t ____________.

• Will you be fit and heathy?

• Will you have a larger family?...

Progress check

Now I can ...

 use have to and don’t have to to talk about jobs.

 discuss the possible dangers of different jobs.

 make predictions about the future.

 Unit 10 | Session 1
Danger on the job - Don’t worry, dad
Learning objective: talk about how to avoid danger at work,
and make predictions about your future

Thank you!