W 10 - Int 1

Week 10 - Intermediate 1 – Work Experience

I)            Speaking :

Read this description of a job. What is the job?

I work for the government and I deal with – everything! I work in a beautiful office in Washington. I work with lots of different people. It’s very well-paid. It’s also temporary. What do I do?

II)         Vocabulary : work

1)   Choose the correct words to complete the sentences

1.   Many film stars had very different jobs/ works before they started their acting careers/ jobs.

2.   Madonna hated her career/ work at a donut shop, but she needed a job/ work.

3.   Brad Pitt had a career/ job as a dancing chicken outside a restaurant before he began his career/ job as an actor.

4.   Tom Cruise was thinking of a career/ work in the church before finding job/ work in the movies.

2)   Complete the sentences in the 1^st column with a phrase from the 2^nd column

1.   At the donut shop, Madonna was in charge

2.   She was fired

3.   Brad Pitt used to work

4.   When he was young, he was often out

5.   For a time, Tom Cruise earned

6.   He was responsible

a.   of work

b.   as a model

c.    for cleaning the tables

d.   from the job

e.   of the coffee machine

f.     a living in a New York restaurant

III)       Vocabulary : verb collocations about work

Put the sentences in the correct place in the diagram

a.   You apply for a job

b.   You finish your studies

c.    You get promoted

d.   You get the job

e.   You go for an interview

f.     You go on a training course

IV)        Listening :

1)   Listen to three people on a radio talk show. 

They are speaking about famous people they have met in their jobs. Match the speakers to the stars

1.   Valerio

2.   Michelle

3.   Tony

a.   Brad Pitt

b.   Tom Cruise

c.    Leonardo DiCaprio

d.   Tom Hanks

e.   Madonna

f.     Angelina Jolie

2)   Complete the sentences with Valerio (V), Michelle (M) or Tony (T)

1.   _________ can’t remember a star’s name

2.   _________ comes from New Jersey

3.   _________ is Australian

4.   _________ lives in Santa Monica

5.   _________ thought the stars were cute

6.   _________ thought the star was very generous

7.   _________ works as a customer service assistant

3)   Have you ever met anyone famous?

V)          Grammar: present perfect simple

1)   We can use the present perfect simple to talk about our experiences. We often use it with ever and never.

Have you ever met anyone famous?

Yes, I’ve met Rafael Nadal.

I’ve never visited England.

2)   We use the present perfect simple to focus on the experience, not when or where it happened. If we want to give more details, we use the past simple.

I’ve met Rafael Nadal.

I met him in New York in 2010.

3)   What are the infinitives of the past participles

done            driven           drunk         earned                   eaten            found

hated           helped           met            served                  spoken          worked

4)   Complete the dialogue. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the present perfect simple:

A: ________________________ (you/ ever hear) of Thomas Mapother IV?

B: No, I ________________________ (never/ hear) of him. Who is he?

A: He’s an actor. He ____________________ (make) loads of famous films.

B: Well, I ________________________ (never/ see) a film with him in it.

A: What about Mission Impossible? It was on TV last night. __________________________ (you/ see) it?

B: Yes, but that ______________ (be) with Tom Cruise.

A: Ah, but Thomas Mapother IV is Tom Cruise’s real name. He ______________ (change) it before he got famous.

VI)        Homework:

Find and correct six mistakes in the review:

I’ve just finished Long Way Round, a book about an incredible around-the-world journey written by two British actors, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. The story has started one day when McGregor was looking at a map of the world. He has realized that it was possible to ride all the way around the world by motorbike. He suggested the idea over dinner to his good friend, Boorman. Boorman has immediately agreed. The result, 20,000 miles and three months later, is a very entertaining travel book that I didn’t want to put down. On the journey they have experienced terrible weather and road conditions and they have had all sorts of adventures, including a meeting with Mongolian nomads and gun-carrying Ukrainians. Long Way Round is action-packed and was a real success for the two actors.