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A1 English • 20 Minutes

Jobs People Do

Learn 10 everyday jobs, what people do, and how to say their names clearly.

Target Words

10 Words

3 Groups

📌 How to use this lesson

👩‍🏫 For Teachers

• Give students 20 minutes to read the table, solve the 16 tasks, and record their voice.

• Check answers with the instant keys and listen to their speech recordings in the final section.

🧑‍🎓 For Learners

• First, read the 10 words, see their short tips, and listen to how each word sounds.

• Next, finish all practice questions and speak clearly into the voice recorder boxes.

Word Table

Read each word, listen to the pronunciation, and use the memory tip.

🔨 Group 1: Making and fixing

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
baker	A person who makes bread and cakes.	bake bread, early baker	The baker bakes fresh bread.	Sound: bake + r = person who bakes
mechanic	A person who repairs cars and machines.	fix cars, auto mechanic	The mechanic fixes my car.	Word part: machine → mechanic
builder	A person who makes houses with bricks.	build houses, hard builder	The builder makes a house.	Word part: build + er = builds things
painter	A person who paints walls or pictures.	paint walls, house painter	The painter paints the door.	Picture: paint + er = holding a brush

🩺 Group 2: Looking after others

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
nurse	A person who cares for sick people.	help patients, kind nurse	The nurse helps sick people.	Sound: nurse cares for us
guard	A person who keeps a place safe.	guard the door, security guard	The guard watches the gate.	Picture: stands like a shield
cleaner	A person who washes and cleans rooms.	clean floors, office cleaner	The cleaner washes the floor.	Word part: clean + er = makes it clean

🚜 Group 3: Outside and far away

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
farmer	A person who grows food and keeps animals.	grow food, dairy farmer	The farmer works on land.	Word part: farm + er = works on a farm
pilot	A person who flies an airplane in the sky.	fly planes, airline pilot	The pilot flies a plane.	Picture: sits high up in the sky
sailor	A person who works on a boat or ship.	sail boats, sea sailor	The sailor lives on water.	Sound: sail + or = goes on the sea

Practice

Solve all 16 items. Every word is tested at least twice.

Part A: Match action to job (Items 1 - 4)

Choose the job that naturally matches each activity.

1. Who bakes bread every morning?

____ baker ____ cleaner ____ pilot

2. Who fixes cars when engines break?

____ mechanic ____ nurse ____ farmer

3. Who flies planes across the sky?

____ guard ____ pilot ____ sailor

4. Who cleans floors with soap and water?

____ cleaner ____ builder ____ painter

Part B: Gap-fill with Word Bank (Items 5 - 8)

Word Bank: builder painter nurse guard

5. At the house site:

"The ___ puts red bricks together to make the new wall."

____

6. In the living room:

"The ___ puts warm yellow color on the walls."

____

7. At the city clinic:

"The kind ___ checks the sick boy and gives him water."

____

8. Outside the big school:

"The night ___ stays near the gate to keep everyone safe."

____

Part C: Choose the Word (Items 9 - 12)

Pick the only word that makes the sentence true in meaning.

9. The ___ grows sweet apples on his land.

____ farmer ____ pilot ____ nurse

10. Our big ship has an old ___ on board.

____ sailor ____ baker ____ painter

11. The ___ washes the school floor every day.

____ cleaner ____ mechanic ____ pilot

12. A friendly ___ sells warm cakes here.

____ baker ____ guard ____ builder

Part D: Sentence-building (Items 13 - 16)

Put the words in the right order. Write the full sentence with a period.

13. Words: fixes / The / my / mechanic / car

____

14. Words: farmer / The / grows / fresh / food

____

15. Words: sailor / The / loves / open / water

____

16. Words: painters / Two / paint / this / room

____

Shadowing

Listen first, then click record and read clearly. Practice all 12 items.

Collocation 1

bake fresh bread

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Collocation 2

fix broken cars

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Collocation 3

help sick patients

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Collocation 4

guard the main gate

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 1

The builder makes new houses.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 2

Our cleaner washes every room.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 3

The farmer feeds big cows.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 4

A pilot flies across cities.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 5

The sailor loves the deep sea.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Sentence 6

The painter paints the door red.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Hard Word 1

Focus on: /mɪˈkæn.ɪk/

mechanic

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Hard Word 2

Focus on: /nɜːs/

nurse

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Jobs People Do: Vocabulary & Pronunciation

Jobs People Do

📌 How to use this lesson

Word Table

Practice

Shadowing

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