A fun lesson for beginner ESL students to learn the present simple, vocabulary, and expressions for talking about daily job routines. A beginner business English lesson to learn job and occupations vocabulary. Watch the ESL video using Practical English and use the ESL Printable and Digital storytelling flashcards to retell the story to talk about your job routines using the present simple. Get the downloadable and printable worksheets, ESL printable and digital flashcards, ESL listening and reading exercises, and gamify lessons with badges and stamps.

ESL Listening – Talking About Daily Job Routines using Present Simple

Watch the following YouTube video:

1. How does Joey feel about his job?
2. What does Joey do for a living?
3. Does Joey do the same thing every day?
4. How does Joey get to work?
5. Who does Joey eat lunch with?
6. What does Joey want?
7. What does Tony suggest?
8. What is Joey thinking about studying?

ESL Printable and Digital Flashcards to Talk about Your Job

Use the following ESL printable flashcards to practice talking about your job using the present simple. Challenge yourself using adverbs of frequency.

Vocabulary – Talking About Daily Job Routines

Synonyms

Choose the word or phrase from the Word Bank with the same or nearly the same meaning as the words below.

1. someone who calculates financial numbers
2. something that isn’t easy to do
3. occupation
4. co-worker
5. fed up with
6. considering

Fill-in-the-blanks

Use vocabulary from the Word Bank to complete the following sentences.

1. He loves to take pictures. He’s really into ___________________________.
2. I’m ___________________________ my job. I think I am going to quit.
3. ____________________________ I don’t like that restaurant very much. The food is not tasty and it’s too expensive.
4. I need a ____________________________ . I’m very bored with my life.
5. He’s an ____________________________ . He’s very good at calculating numbers.
6. He’s creative and good at drawing. He wants to study _______________________.
7. He’s thinking about a ____________________________ in sales. He loves to sell things and meeting new people.

Grammar – Prepositions

Choose the correct preposition for each sentence.

1. He’s fed up ____________________________ (at, of, with) his job.
2. Frank is pleased ____________________________ (with, at, of) her progress.
3. They are tired ____________________________ (with, at, of) listening to their boss.
4. I am satisfied ____________________________ (with, at, of) my salary and benefits.
5. They were very happy ____________________________ (with, at, of) their decision.
6. Mary is stressed ____________________________ (with, about, of) changing jobs.
7. She is confused ____________________________ (at, about, with) her job.
8. They are disappointed ____________________________ (with, at, of) the decision.

ESL Conversation about Work using the Present Simple

Tony: So how is life Joey?

Joey: Well, to be honest I’m a little tired of my job.

Tony: I see. You’re an accountant, aren’t you?

Joey: Yes, I am.  I wish I had chosen another career.

Tony: Why’s that?

Joey: I do the same thing every day.
I wake up early.
I drive to work.
I sit at my computer all day entering numbers.
I don’t talk to any of my colleagues because they are too busy.
I eat lunch by myself.
And then I go home at five o’clock.

Tony: So, why don’t you change jobs?

Joey: Yes, I’m thinking about it.

Tony: What do you want to do?

Joey: I don’t know. I don’t mind doing computer work, but I want a challenge.

Tony: Why don’t you go back to school?

Joey: That’s not a bad idea. Maybe I could study design or photography.

Tony: Yes, follow your dreams!

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