3A Guess the job  have to/had to; Past Simple and Present Simple: Wh- questions

Name Follow-up questions Job

CLASS ACTIVITIES:
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 1 had to go to Miami yesterday. Why / go there?
Question: Did you have to go to Miami yesterday? Who / meet?

 2 has to run for three hours every day. What / usually eat?
Question: Where / go in 2008?

 3 has to wear a uniform. Where / go last week?

Question: How long / stay there?

 4 sometimes has to work all night. Where / go in 2010?

Question: Who / meet there?

 5 has to do lots of TV and radio interviews. Where / live?

Question: How many interviews / do last week?

 6 has to know every street in the city. What time / start work every day?
Question: Who / meet last week?

 7 had to write 50 reports last night. Where / work?

Question: What / usually do in the evening?

 8 has to answer the phone all day. Who / work for?

Question: How many people / talk to yesterday?

 9 had to study for five years. When / pass your final exams?
Question: Where / work now?

What time / usually finish work

10 has to work every weekend.
on Sunday?
Question:
Who / work for last year?

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 3A Guess the job  have to/had to; Past Simple and Present Simple: Wh- questions
CLASS ACTIVITIES:
Student A
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You are a successful businessperson. You have
Instructions
to wear a suit every day and go to important
meetings to discuss plans for your company.
Yesterday you had to fly to Miami for a meeting
with the sales team at Disney.
Student C
You are a pilot. You fly all over the world
and you have to wear a uniform. You flew to
Brazil last week, but you could only stay a few
hours because you had to fly to Argentina the
same day.
Student E
You are a famous actor/actress. You love your
job, but you have to do a lot of interviews. Last
week you did over 60 TV and radio interviews
because you have a new film in cinemas now.
You live in Los Angeles.
Student G
You are a teacher. You work in a language
school and you usually check your students’
homework in the evening. You didn’t sleep
much last night because you had to write 50
reports about your students.
Student I
You are a vet. You had to study for five years
at university to learn how to do your job and
you had to work every holiday. You passed
your final exams three years ago. Now you
work on a farm.
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Student B
You are a marathon runner. You have to run
for three hours every day. You usually eat
pasta twice a day for energy. You went to
the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 and ran the
marathon for your country.
Student D
You are a journalist. You write sports articles for
a newspaper. Sometimes you have to work all
night and don’t sleep at all. In 2010 you went
to the World Cup finals in South Africa and met
the Spanish team!
Student F
You are a taxi driver. You have to know every
street in your city. You usually start work at
5 a.m. every day and meet lots of interesting
people. Last week you took Elton John to
the airport!
Student H
You are a receptionist. You work for a
multinational oil company and have to
answer the phone all day. It’s a very boring
job – yesterday you talked to over a hundred
different people!
Student J
You are a newspaper editor. You have to work
every weekend because you work for a Sunday
newspaper. You usually finish work at 4 a.m. on
Sunday morning. Last year you worked for the
New York Times.
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