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HAND OUT №7 (7)

Discipline: English as a foreign Credits – 2


language
Practical lesson Practical lesson
Beginner level
Lexical theme: Jobs
Grammar: Articles: a\an, the
Teacher: assistant professor Tolynbekova Galima Amangeldievna

Exercise 1.Look at the photo and read the text.


Tom Wilson
Tom Wilson is a policeman. He lives in Canada in Toronto.
Every day at 7 o’clock he goes to work. Sometimes he works
day and night. He is married and has a daughter. Her name is
Alice and she is 9 years old. In his free time he goes to the green countryside with
his family. He speaks English and French.

Exercise 2.Complete the sentences about Tom.


1 He lives in Canada in _______.
2 Tom Wilson is a____________.
3 He speaks _________________.
4 He ______ married.
5 His daughter’s name’s ____and she is ____.

GRAMMAR COMMENT
Articles: a/an, the
Here are the basic rules for when to use ‘a, an or the’:
a = indefinite article (not a specific object, one of a number of the same objects) with consonants
Eric has a dog.
an = indefinite article (not a specific object, one of a number of the same objects) with vowels (a,e,i,o,u)
Can I have an apple?
the = definite article (a specific object that both the person speaking and the listener know)
The car over there is fast.
The first time you speak of something use ‘a or an’, the next time you repeat that object use ‘the’.
I live in a house. The house is quite old and has two bedrooms.
DO NOT use an article with countries, states, counties or provinces, lakes and mountains except when the
country is a collection of states such as ‘The United States’.
They live in Bristol.
Use an article with bodies of water, oceans and seas -
I live on a small island in the Baltic Sea.
DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about things in general
I like Indian tea.
DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about meals, places, and transport
He has breakfast at homeI go to university. Magda comes to work by taxi.
Underline articles in this text and explain the rules.
I am from Winchester, Hampshire. Winchester is a city in the United
Kingdom. I live in a town called Taunton which is on the River Tone. I live in a
house in a quiet street in the countryside. The street is called ‘Hudson Street’ and
the house is old - more than 100 years old! I am an English lecturer at a college
near the centre of the town. I like books, music and taking photographs. I usually
have lunch at college. I usually go home by car. We have all kinds of food in
England. I like Polish food very much. Sometimes, I go to a Polish restaurant in
Bath. The restaurant is called ‘Magda's’. Polish food is delicious!

Complete the sentences with a or an.


1 This is Joanna. She's _____ doctor.
2 Simon is ____ engineer.
3 That's Sandra. She's ___ hairdresser.
4 Sean Connery is ___ actor.
5 John is ____ electrician.

PRONUNCIATION [P.7]
Listen and repeat the words and consonant sounds.

Practise saying the sentences.


/p/ Paul’s a politician.
/f/ Phil’s a fantastic footballer.
/tʃ/ Charles teaches Chinese.
/dʒ/ Jim and George are journalists.
/j/ Are you a student?
/ŋ /A singer sings songs.

Exercise 3.Look at these pictures. Can you say these jobs in English?
Exercise 4.Use these phrases and make a small dialogue.
Useful phrases
What do you do? I’m a student.
What is your job? My future profession is a designer.
What is your profession? I’m a future doctor.
Do you like your job? I like my job.
Is your job interesting? My job is interesting\boring.

Exercise 5.Read the text about the Browns’ family. Put a, the or nothing into
the gaps.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown live in London. They have ___ daughter and ____ son. The
daughter lives at ___ home and ____ son is ____ student. Mr. Brown is ____
doctor. His wife is ____ journalist. She writes ____ articles about ____ animals.

Exercise 6.Think about your family members. What do they do? Write some
sentences describing their jobs.
Example: My father drives a car. He is a driver.

Exercise 7.Listen to a radio programme [T. 7 ] called Guess my job. Give


true/false answers.
1 The name of the job quiz is Guess my profession.
2 There are three people in the team.
3 The first guest’s name is Brain.
4 Phil doesn’t work with his hands.
5 He earns a lot of money.

Exercise 8.Answer the questions according to the listened text.


1 What are the rules of the radio show ‘Guess’ my job?
2 How many people are there in the team?
3 What’s the name of the first guest?
4 Does Phil have any special qualifications?
5 Does he speak any foreign languages?

Check yourself

1. Choose the right variant: Can you 3 . Choose the right variant:I’m a
open … door, please? ____.
a) __ a) cooking
b) the b) cook
c) a c) cooks
d) an d) cooker

2. Choose the right variant:to play … 4. Choose the right variant:A person,
piano who looks after people in hospital.
a) the a) a nurse
b) a b) a pilot
c) an c) an accountant
d) - d) a teacher

Glossary

English Russian Kazakh


lawyer[ˈlɔːjə] юрист заңгер
musician[mjuːˈzɪʃən] музыкант музыкант
nurse[n3ːs] медсестра мейірбике
builder[ˈbɪldə] строитель құрылысшы
countryside [ˈkʌntrɪsaɪd] сельская местность ауылдық жер
politician [pɔli’tiʃn] политик саясаткер
artist [a:tist] художник суретші
accountant[əˈkaʊnt(ə)nt] бухгалтер есепші
pilot [ˈpʌɪlət] лётчик ұшқыш
cook [ˈkʊk] повар аспаз

Offic
e Make up a topic ‘World of jobs’ and retell it. Deadline - 1 week
Hour
s №4

LI
W Read the poem ‘Nurses’ and learn itby heart (p.162). Deadline - 1 week
№1
0 References
Main literature :
1. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. Elementary.
Student’s book. Oxford University Press, 2012.
2. Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig. New English File. Elementary.
Workbook. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Additional literature:
3. John and Liz Soars. New Headway. Elementary Student’s book. Oxford
University Press, 2012.
4. Murphy R. Essential Grammar in Use. A self study reference and practice book
for elementary students of English, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
5. Jack C.Richards. Interchange. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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