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sixteen jobs  ·  eight people

Sixteen jobs: cook, nurse, driver, mechanic, teacher, barber. Every picture has a number, and eight have a name, so your teacher can say "number 4" or "Rosa" and you can answer. The words are hidden until you want them.

★ sixteen jobs, point to it, choose two  ·  ★★ half of the word, spell it  ·  ★★★ the action makes the job, use it

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For the teacher · In class

On Zoom: present this full-screen with the words hidden. "Number 4. What is she?" — everyone types the job in the chat. "Who is a nurse?" — everyone says the name. "Rosa. What was she before?" — the Now and Before sheet answers. Every typed section goes in the chat too.

Unit 16 teacher's key (PDF)

★ Sixteen jobs

Sixteen jobs. Eight have a name. Click a picture to hear the job. Write the word under the picture.

★ Point to it

Tap the speaker. Type the number of the job you hear.

Number

★★ Professions

Sixteen more jobs. Click a picture to hear the job. Write the word under the picture. Then say yours.

Say a job you had before. Then say your job now. Any job, any place.

★ Choose two

Two words. One is right for the picture. Type it.

  1. home health aidenurse
  2. cookdishwasher
  3. paintercleaner
  4. servercashier
  5. teacherbarber
  6. factory workersecurity guard
  7. mechanicdishwasher

★★ Half of the word

Some letters are missing. Write the whole word.

  1. c _ s h _ e r
  2. c o n s t r u c t i o n w _ r k _ r
  3. h o m e h e a l t h a i d _
  4. n _ r s e
  5. c l _ _ n e r
  6. s e r v _ r
  7. m e _ _ a n i c
  8. b a b y s i _ _ e r
  9. s e c u r i t y g _ _ r d

★★ Spell it

Tap the picture. Listen. Then write the word.

  1. The end is -ier.
  2. Two words. Write the space.
  3. Three words. The last one ends with an e.
  4. The e at the end is silent.
  5. ea says ee.
  6. The end is -er.
  7. The k sound in the middle is two letters.
  8. One word, no space. A short i, then a double letter.
  9. Two words. A silent letter comes after g.

Watch out: a cook, never a cooker

★★★ The action makes the job

The action makes the job. Add -er. One word is different.

  1. drive
  2. clean
  3. serve
  4. paint
  5. teach
  6. cook

If you were not working

No job at that time? Say one of these. The citizenship form asks for them too.

★★★ Use it

No word this time. Look at the picture. Read the sentence. Write the job.

  1. Ana is a . She works at a clinic.
  2. Luis is a . He works in a kitchen.
  3. Sam is a . He has a van.
  4. Nadia is a . She helps an old man at home.
  5. Marie is a . She works at a store.
  6. Rosa is a . She has a mop.
  7. Sam was an before. Now he is a driver.
  8. Elena was a before. Now she is a pharmacist.