Grammar: Jobs and workplaces

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For Teachers: Guide students through the rule table, allow 12 minutes for practice, and check the automatic answers together in class.

For Learners: Read the four rules carefully first. Next, complete each task from easy to hard to test your grammar skills.

Grammar Rules: Jobs & Workplaces

Rule	Example
1. Ask "What does he / she do?" and answer with a job.	"What does she do?" — "She is a nurse."
2. Use the present simple (-s) for a work routine.	"She starts at eight."
3. Use "want to be" and "would like to be" to say your plan.	"I want to be a driver."
4. Use "does" and "doesn't" to make questions and negatives.	"Does he work at night?" / "He doesn't work at night."

1. Choose the correct sentence: (job)

____ a. What does he work? ____ b. What does he do? ____ c. What is he do?

2. Choose the correct sentence: (customer)

____ a. My colleague helps every customer. ____ b. My colleague help every customer. ____ c. My colleague is help every customer.

3. Choose the correct sentence: (boss)

____ a. I want be a boss in this office. ____ b. I want to boss in this office. ____ c. I want to be a boss in this office.

4. Choose the correct sentence: (salary)

____ a. He don't get a high salary. ____ b. He doesn't get a high salary. ____ c. He doesn't gets a high salary.

5. Fill the gap: (shift)

She starts her morning ___ at seven o'clock.

____

6. Fill the gap: (apply)

He wants to ___ for a new job online.

____

7. Fill the gap: (experience)

She has two years of work ___ in a hospital.

____

8. Fill the gap: (part-time)

He would like to ___ a part-time driver.

____

9. Rewrite the sentence as a question: (she)

Statement: She works at night.

____

10. Rewrite the sentence as a question: (interview)

Statement: He has a job interview today.

____

11. Correct the error: (colleague)

Message to a friend: "My colleague like his new workplace very much."

Type only the corrected verb:

____

12. Correct the error: (customer)

Message to a friend: "She would like be a customer service worker."

Type the correct two words to replace be:

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Grammar Rules: Jobs & Workplaces

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