What Does He Do? Want To Be and Would Like To Be
Present simple and job plans
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How to use this lesson
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)
2. Choose the correct sentence: (customer)
3. Choose the correct sentence: (boss)
4. Choose the correct sentence: (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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