How does he go to work?
Vocabulary
Transport
Contents
Aims
Taking about means
of transport
Recycling work
vocab
Vocabulary
bank, library, nurse,
usually, sometimes,
love, sport, have to
Checklist
Year 6
Lesson 51
Everyday English: Of
course not!
Language Analysis
bank /bæŋk/, library /ˈlaɪbrəri/,
Nurse /nɜː(r)s/
present simple questions – revision from previous units
How does he/she go to work?
Means of transport
He/she goes by car
bike /baɪk/
bus /bʌs/
by boat /bəʊt/
on foot
plane /pleɪn/
train /treɪn/
What’s your mum’s/dad’s job?
Where does he/she work?
He/she works in the city, in the town, in America.
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1 master handout
for each student to
practise present
simple questions
Procedure
Warm-up Off the screens
1.
2.
Revise present simple questions (yes/no, wh-):
Give out Handout 1
For questions without the wh- word ask students to ask Yes/No questions.
3.
Ask student to make questions to the sentences.
Key: 1 Where does your father work? 2 Do they like sports? 3 When does he play
football? 4 Where does he work? 5 Do you like computers? 6 Does your sister like
vegetables? 7 Where does your mum work? 8 When do they play badminton? 9 What
does Tom like? 10 Does your sister work in a hospital in town?
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Screen 2
Interviewer: Good morning, Tony.
Tony: Good morning.
Interviewer: What’s your father’s job?
Tony: My dad? He works in a bank. He
works in the city.
Interviewer: Oh, how does he go to
work?
Tony: He usually goes by train. But
sometimes my dad has to go to
America.
Interviewer: Does he go by boat?
Tony: Of course not! He goes by plane.
Interviewer: What about your mum?
What’s her job?
Tony: My mum works in the library in
town.
Interviewer: How does she go to work?
Tony: She usually goes by car. But
sometimes she goes by bus.
Interviewer: Thank you, Tony.
Tony: You’re welcome.
Interviewer: Hello, Alex.
Alex: Hi!
Interviewer: What’s your mother’s job?
Alex: She’s a nurse.
Interviewer: Oh, that’s a great job.
Where does she work?
Alex: She works in a hospital in town.
It’s very big. There are a lot of nurses
and doctors there. My mum works with
children.
Interviewer: How does she go to work?
Alex: My mum loves sport. She usually
goes by bike, but sometimes she goes
on foot.
Interviewer: Well, thanks, Alex.
Alex: You’re welcome.
Exploit the scene by asking the Ss to describe
what they can see. This will help students with
pronunciation and meaning.
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Screen 3
Interviewer: Good morning, Tony.
Tony: Good morning.
Interviewer: What’s your father’s job?
Tony: My dad? He works in a bank. He
works in the city.
Interviewer: Oh, how does he go to
work?
Tony: He usually goes by train. But
sometimes my dad has to go to
America.
Interviewer: Does he go by boat?
Tony: Of course not! He goes by plane.
Interviewer: What about your mum?
What’s her job?
Tony: My mum works in the library in
town.
Interviewer: How does she go to work?
Tony: She usually goes by car. But
sometimes she goes by bus.
Interviewer: Thank you, Tony.
Tony: You’re welcome.
Interviewer: Hello, Alex.
Alex: Hi!
Interviewer: What’s your mother’s job?
Alex: She’s a nurse.
Interviewer: Oh, that’s a great job.
Where does she work?
Alex: She works in a hospital in town.
It’s very big. There are a lot of nurses
and doctors there. My mum works with
children.
Get your students to say what the correct
answer is (for ‘false’ items).
Key:
1T2T3F4T5F6F
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Screen 4
Interviewer: Good morning, Tony.
Tony: Good morning.
Interviewer: What’s your father’s job?
Tony: My dad? He works in a bank. He
works in the city.
Interviewer: Oh, how does he go to
work?
Tony: He usually goes by train. But
sometimes my dad has to go to
America.
Interviewer: Does he go by boat?
Tony: Of course not! He goes by plane.
Interviewer: What about your mum?
What’s her job?
Tony: My mum works in the library in
town.
Interviewer: How does she go to work?
Tony: She usually goes by car. But
sometimes she goes by bus.
Interviewer: Thank you, Tony.
Tony: You’re welcome.
Interviewer: Hello, Alex.
Alex: Hi!
Interviewer: What’s your mother’s job?
Alex: She’s a nurse.
Interviewer: Oh, that’s a great job.
Where does she work?
Alex: She works in a hospital in town.
It’s very big. There are a lot of nurses
and doctors there. My mum works with
children.
Key:
1 nurse 2 hospital in tow 3 bike
4 on foot
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Screen 5
Key: (from left to right)
1 boat 2 car 3 bus 4 by train
5 on foot 6 bike 7 by plane
Screen 6
Audio:
How does she/he go to work?
He/she goes to work by boat.
He/she goes to work by car.
He/she goes to work by bus.
He/she goes to work by train.
He/she goes to work on foot.
He/she goes to work by bike.
He/she goes to work by plane.
Give the Ss these instructions for the ‘Listen
and say’ activity. The aim is to practise a short
natural dialogue.
1.
2.
3.
Look at the picture and read the
dialogue.
Click on the audio and listen to the
dialogue.
Press ‘pause’ and listen again if you
want to.
Tell students to work in pairs and ask and
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answer the questions while looking at the
timetable on Screen 6.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Look at the picture and read the
dialogue.
Click on the audio and listen to the
question. Think about how to answer it.
Answer the question so it is true for you.
You can press ‘pause’ at any time and
listen again.
Go to the other seven sub-pages by
using the arrow.
Repeat as many times as you want to.
Students should work in pairs and ask and
answer more questions about the rest of the
pictures 2-6 using the dialogue about picture 1
as a model.
Encourage students to talk about their family
members, their jobs, where they work and how
they go to work. You may use the following
template:
...mum / dad is a ...
He/She works in a ...
She/He usually goes to work by/on...
Sometimes she/he goes to work ....
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Handout
1. My father works in a bank.
Where________________________________________________
2. They like sports.
_____________________________________________________
3. He plays football on Wednesdays.
When________________________________________________
4. He works in the city.
Where________________________________________________
5. I do not like computers.
_____________________________________________________
6. My sisters loves vegetables.
_____________________________________________________
7. My mum works in the library in town.
Where________________________________________________
8. They play badminton on Thursday.
When________________________________________________
9. Tom likes oranges juice.
What_________________________________________________
10. My sister works in a hospital in town.
_____________________________________________________
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