Job matching game

Download Worksheet PDF One way to begin your search for a career is to think about the things you are good at doing and then find careers that match your skills. Start Over I am good at: Working with my hands Working with machines and tools Building and fixing things Studying math or science Solving problems and puzzles Working with computers Singing, acting, dancing, or playing music Being creative writing, art, etc.

Speaking or performing in front of others Helping people solve problems Helping people feel better Teaching people how to do things Leading projects and people Selling things or ideas Being in charge of people Working with numbers Being organized Following a set plan Learning about history and geography Caring for family and home Taking industrial technology classes Show Me the Results!

Next, students think of a job for their partner based on the work activities they like doing. Students then tell the class about the job they chose for their partner and the reasons for their choice. After each student has presented, their partner says whether they agree with the choice or not.

What do I do? Students then take it in turns to pick up a picture card. The first student to guess the job correctly wins and keeps the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner. What do they do?

In this describing jobs game, students match cards together to make sentences about jobs. In pairs, students take it in turns to turn over a card. If a student turns over a job picture card, they place the card face up on the table and can start to make a sentence about the job on their next turn by looking for word cards.

All the sentences are four word cards long and start with an article. When a student finds a suitable article card, they place the card next to the picture and then move on to find the next word in the sentence. This continues until the sentence is complete, e. Each time a student turns over a picture card, they can start a new sentence to describe that job, so a student may be working on many sentences at the same time. The student with the most sentences at the end of the game wins.

Guess the Job. In this jobs guessing game, students describe past and present job duties using the past simple and present simple. In groups, students take turns picking up a white card and a grey card. The white card shows the first job they did when they were young and the grey card shows the job they do now. The student then describes their first job in the past simple. For example, if the job was 'paperboy', the student might say 'I used to deliver newspapers to houses in my area.

I rode my bike around my neighbourhood and threw papers on people's front lawns. The Job Interview. In this job interview role-play activity, students create job interview questions and then role-play a job interview to practice asking and answering the questions.

First, students decide on a job they would like to apply for. Next, in two groups, interviewers and candidates, the interviewers discuss and create details for the job, e. The candidates discuss and write down the ideal profile a candidate should have for the job, e.

The interviewers then write down job interview questions for the items on their worksheet and the candidates write down questions to ask during the interview. The New Year. Valentine's Day.

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School Counseling. School Psychology. Special Education. Speech Therapy. Student Council. Study Skills. Test Preparation. Tools for Common Core. Vocational Education. For All Subject Areas. This game focuses on jobs and occupations with four main sections.

There is a people around town vocabulary practice section and a jobs and occupations spelling section. Then, there are color games for conversation practice and games for listening practice. The spelling game will accept the vocabulary word as is, "barber" or with an article, "a barber".

There are some other variations the game will accept, like fire fighter-fireman, mailman-mail carrier, barber-hair stylist, police officer-policeman. In the grammar section there is emphasis placed on learning the difference between "he" and "she".