What do you do?

When talking about a place we work in, we say:

“I work in” + “a” + place of work

  • I work in a restaurant.
  • She works in an office.
  • We work in a shop.

When we are talking about a field of work, we say:

“I work in” + field of work

  • He works in marketing.
  • She works in finance.

However, when we give our job title we use the verb “to be”, so we say:

  • I’m a teacher.
  • You’re a doctor.
  • Are you a designer?
  • We’re students!
  • He’s unemployed.

Dialogue

Oliver: What do you do, Ava?

Ava: I’m a doctor! How about you?

Oliver: I work in a restaurant, but I’m also a student!

Ava: Cool!

Now we are going to introduce the verb “to study”:

Do you work in finance? No, I study French at university.

These three verbs all remain the same, except when they are paired with “he/she”:

I + do / work / study

you + do / work / study

he / she + does / works / studies

we + do / work / study

they + do / work / study

Examples:

Do you work in marketing?

Does he speak Turkish?

study Chinese at university.

She studies economics at university.

We study medicine at university.

We work in a restaurant.

He works in an office.

Dialogue

Hannah: What do you do?

John: I work in marketing. How about you?

Hannah: I’m a student. I study German.

John: My sister studies German, too!

Hannah: Nice!

John: What does your sister do?

Hannah: She works in a restaurant.

Now let’s finish our lesson introducing or reviewing vocabulary for jobs and occupations with this easy ‘What am I?’ quiz. Each answer is a job.

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