Jobs- Drawing Game

Jobs drawing game

Present Simple of be practice

Choose one of the sentences below and draw that thing until your partner guesses the whole sentence. Other sentences on the same line are also okay, but if they say anything not on that line then keep drawing until they say the right thing. You can draw symbols, circle the important parts of the picture, etc, but you can’t write words and you can’t speak. If your partner still can’t guess, let them look at the whole list below.

Jobs to draw

• They are ambulance drivers./ They are paramedics.
• He is an architect.
• He is an artist./ He is a painter.
• He is an athlete./ He is a sportsman./ He is a football player./ He is a soccer player.
• They are bus drivers.
• He is a (sea/ ship) captain./ He is a sailor.
• She is a carpenter.
• He is a clown.
• They are cooks./ They are chefs.
• They are cleaners./ They are maids./ They are chambermaids.
• He is a dentist.
• They are doctors./ They are GPs./ They are surgeons.
• She is a farmer.
• She is a fireman./ She is a firefighter.
• He is a librarian.
• They are lorry drivers./ They are truck drivers./ They are truckers.
• He is a mechanic./ He is a technician./ He is an engineer./ He is a service engineer.
• She is a musician./ She is a guitarist.
• They are photographers.
• They are (airplane/ aeroplane) pilots.
• They are plumbers.
• He is a postal worker./ He is a (bicycle/ motorcycle) courier.
• He is a priest./ He is a monk.
• She is a princess.
• She is a soldier.
• He’s a taxi driver.
• She is a teacher./ She is a tutor./ She is a professor./ She is a lecturer.
• They are television presenters./ They are TV presenters./ They are television celebrities.
• They are vets./ They are veterinarians./ They are animal doctors.
• He is a waiter./ He is a server.

Ask about any jobs above which you don’t understand, working together to draw the job each time.

Jobs vocabulary presentation

Decide if the jobs on each line below are (exactly) the same or are different.

• He is an artist./ He is a painter.
• He is a (sea/ ship) captain./ He is a sailor.
• She is a carpenter./ She is a builder.
• They are cooks./ They are chefs.
• They are cleaners./ They are chambermaids.
• They are doctors./ They are GPs./ They are surgeons.
• She is a fireman./ She is a firefighter.
• They are lorry drivers./ They are truck drivers./ They are truckers.
• She is a musician./ She is a guitarist.
• They are photographers./ They are cameramen.
• He is a postal worker./ He is a (bicycle/ motorcycle) courier.
• He is a priest./ He is a monk.
• She is a soldier.
• She is a teacher./ She is a tutor./ She is a professor./ She is a lecturer.
• They are television presenters./ They are TV presenters.
• They are vets./ They are veterinarians.
• He is a waiter./ He is a server.

Check your answers as a class, explaining any differences with pictures, mimes, spoken explanations, etc.