Government Workers Vocabulary Lesson Plan

Learning Objectives: To learn new vocabulary.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Skill: Speaking, Reading

Completion Time: 60 minutes

Age/Level: Secondary
Resources: Government Workers Vocabulary
Worksheet, Government Workers Vocabulary
Answer Key, Government Workers Revision
Puzzles, Government Workers Revision Answer
Key, Government Workers Guessing Game,
Government Workers Ideal Job Questionnaire,
Government Workers Pronunciation Worksheet

Warm-Up

Put students into pairs or groups of three.

Ask students to write down as many jobs as they can. The jobs should be of people
who work for the government. Give students three minutes to note their ideas.

Feed back as a class and allow students to write down any new words that other
groups have suggested.

Hand out Government Workers Vocabulary Worksheet and discuss the questions in
part 2 of the introduction.

Presentation

Ask students to complete question 3 on their own.

Check answers to question 3. Answers are available on the Government Workers

Vocabulary Answer Sheet. Note that students answers may vary and you should
acknowledge their ideas.

KEY:
3
a

school

police station

government office*

hospital

government office*

court

government office

hospital

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Teach the jobs in the box under question 4. Students may need to use their
dictionaries. Give students the chance to write the vocabulary in their notebooks.

Ask students to complete question 4 on their own.

Ask students to compare their answers to question 4 in pairs. There will probably be
some variation and this can promote discussion.

Feed back answers to question 4. Suggested answers are on the Government

Workers Vocabulary Answer Key but be aware that answers will vary widely and
some jobs can go under more than one heading.

4
Suggested Answers
A ____________

A __________

A ___________

A _____________ A ___________ A ___________

works with

helps people

works with

does dangerous

money

work

machinery

works outside

works with
transport

builder

carer

businessman

miner

postman

bus driver

engineer

tour guide

bank manager

fire fighter

gardener

ambulance

carpenter

life guard

scientist

farmer

driver

detective

zookeeper

*other answers are possible

Pronunciation

Hand out the worksheet Government Workers Pronunciation Worksheet.

Explain to students how the -er ending to words such as teacher and lawyer is a
schwa //.

Say the words in part 1 and allow the students to copy you.

Explain to students the different sounds of the letter i with and without the letter e at
the end of the word (/I/ and /aI /).

Say the words in part 2 and allow the students to copy you.

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Practice

Play the game following the instructions on Government Workers Guessing Game.

Hand out a copy of the Government Workers Guessing Game worksheet, or copy it
onto a transparency so that students can see the two boxes of jobs and questions.

Choose a job from the list but dont tell the students what you have chosen.

Tell the students they can ask you five questions from the box. Dont allow them to
simply ask Are you a teacher? or Are you a doctor?.

After five questions, ask students to guess your job.

Put the students into pairs to repeat the game.

Filler

Hand out copies of the Government Workers Ideal Job Questionnaire. This is a
questionnaire that students can do together to find out their ideal job.

Ask one student to ask you question 1.

Depending on your answer, YES or NO, the student will be told to go to a certain
question. Make sure the students know which question to ask next.

Choose other students to read the next four questions, and find out your ideal job.

Students can repeat the activity in pairs. Ask them to read the questions to each other
rather than do the exercise silently.

There may be some new job vocabulary, depending on the students answers. Allow
them to ask you questions and teach any new words.

A fun extension to this activity is to choose a job and try to get to the right answer by
answering the questions correctly.

Closure

Hand out the Government Workers Revision Puzzles sheet and tell students to
complete the puzzles on their own. This is also a suitable activity for homework.

Check answers using the Government Workers Revision Answer Key.

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KEY:
1
a

farmer

carpenter

teacher

lawyer

doctor

carer

fire fighter

miner

politician

gardener

2
a

nurse

miner

builder

police officer

farmer

3
a

A journalist writes for a newspaper.

A nurse helps people in a hospital.

A lawyer works in court.

An accountant works with money.

A builder makes roads and houses.

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