Where do you work?

I work in a...
I work from... shop home restaurant
hospital school museum/research institute
Lesson adapted from English File by LATHAM-KOENIG, Christina; LAMBERT, Jerry; OXENDEN, Clive.
supermarket
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 Activity A - Match the pictures (a-g) to the phrases(1-7).
C /faɪnd/
B 1. She helps people find clothes. She is
A
a salesperson. B
 /ˈseɪlzˌpɜː·sən/

2. I want a pair of trousers. A

 /ˈtraʊ·zəz/
E D
3. I want a pink T-shirt. F
/ˈtiː·ʃɜːt/
/weər/
4. Wear a face mask at work please. D
/ˈswet·ər/
G 5. I like your sweater. C

/sel/
F 6. These shops sell clothes. G

7. I wear informal clothes at work. E

/kloʊz/
Activity B – Listen to the interview. What is it about? Justify your answer.

1. It is about her family.

2. It is about her school.

It is the first time I have a job.
3. It is about her first work experience in a shop.

4. It is about her favourite kind of customer.

Activity C - Listen to the recording again. Choose the right order of the pictures. Justify your answer.

Group A

Group A

Group B

Group C
Activity D – Listen to the recording again. Write T (true) or F (false).
Correct the false ones. Justify your answers.
1. This job is only an experience. Tell us a bit about your experience/ it is just an experience
T
2. She doesn’t work at a clothes store.
F She works at a clothes shop called FatFace.
3. The name of the shop is FatFace. T
4. The shop sells children’s clothes. F clothes for men and for women
5. She helps people to see clothes they want to buy.
T She helps customers find clothes.
6. It is a small shop. F It is a big shop.
7. She doesn’t like to work in the shop. F I love it.
8. People are very rude to her. F People are nice to me.
9. She can sit down all the time. F We can’t sit down. We stand up all the time.
10. She isn’t usually happy at work. F Yes!
11. Her work experience is only for 14 days. T 2 weeks
12. She doesn’t wear clothes from the shop. F We wear clothes from the shop.
Activity E – Imagine! It is your first day at your English school.
It is breaktime. Talk to a friend.
Take turns.

Student A
• Where do you work?
• What kind of clothes does the shop have?
• What do you do every day?
• Do you like your job? Why?

Student B
• I work in a clothes shop.
• The shop sells informal clothes for men and women.
• I help people find clothes they want.
• Yes, I do. Because I like to help people choose nice clothes.
Activity F – Imagine! Continue!
Now, another friend arrives and asks you questions about the first friend.
Ask your friend questions about the first speaker’s workplace.
Use the ideas below to help you.

Student A 1.Where/ work

2.What/ do every day
3.wear/ formal or informal clothes at work
4.What colour/ like to wear
5.like/ your job/why

Student B

1. She/he/...in a shop.
2. She/he/...(meet) different people every day.
3. She/ he/...formal clothes at work.
4. She/he/...yellow and green clothes, but at work
she/he...black and white clothes.
5. She/he/...very much because customers are really nice
to her/him.