1. Read and memorize the words.

1. a salesman/woman – продавец

2. a builder – строитель

3. an electrician – электрик

4. a secretary – секретарь

5. a militiaman – милиционер

6. a waiter/waitress – официант(ка)

7. a nurse – медсестра

8. a patient – пациент

9. a driver – водитель

10. a carpenter – столяр, плотник

11. a plumber – сантехник

12. a housewife – домохозяйка

13. an accountant – бухгалтер

14. a lawyer – юрист, адвокат

15. a farmer – фермер

16. a businessman – бизнесмен

17. a pensioner – пенсионер

18. a factory – завод

19. a plant – завод, предприятие

20. a hospital – больница

21. a field – поле

22. to get – получать, доставать

23. to get up – вставать

24. to get dressed – одеваться

25. to drink – пить

26. to leave (home) – покидать, оставлять, выходить из дома

27. to run business – вести бизнес

28. to do one’s homework –

делать чьё-л. домашнее задание

29. to sell – продавать

30. to keep – держать, хранить, вести

31. to study – учиться, изучать

32. to graduate (from) University –

заканчивать университет

33. How often – как часто

34. own – собственный

2. Find the appropriate English equivalents of the following Russian words:

1) покидать	a) to like; b) to learn; c) to leave; d) to live
2) собственный	a) young; b)own; c) one d) only
3) продавать	a) sell; b) sail; c)salt; d) smell
4) пить	a) to drill; b) to drink; c) to drive; d) to sink
5) получать	a) to get up; b) to get dressed c) to get d) to get back
6) вставать	a) to get up; b) to get dressed c) to get d) to get back
7) держать	a) to kill; b) to pick; c) to keep; d) to kick
8) изучать	a) to study; b) to stand; c) to steel; d) to sing
9) одеваться	a) to get tired; b) to get dark; c) to get dressed; d) to get old
10) заканчивать учёбу	a) to finish; b) to study; c) to learn; d) to graduate
11) как часто	a) How often; b) How many; c)How much; d) How old

3. Find the odd one out.

1. a) a nurse b)a field c) a hospital d) a patient

2. a) a factory b) a plant c) a carpenter d) a bank

3. a) a waitress b) a nurse c) a militiaman d) a housewife

4. a) a pensioner b) a housewife c) a child d) an accountant

5. a) an engineer b) a farmer c) a carpenter d) a plumber

4. Study and learn the rule.

Словообразование

Чтобы образовать новую часть речи, мы обычно используем суффиксы:

to work – worker (работать – рабочий)

Суффиксы – er (or) служат для образования существительных, обозначающих профессию либо занятие.

5. Tell from which words the following nouns were formed. Translate them into Russian.

A builder, a writer, an operator, a speaker, a translator, a runner, a driver, a designer, a cleaner, a farmer, a pensioner, an owner.

6. Make up the names of professions from the following verbs.

to act –

to program –

to lecture –

to teach –

to play football –

to sing –

7. Classify the jobs from Ex. 1 into manual (ручная) and mental (умственная), and into men’s and women’s.

8. Study and learn the following speech patterns.

I/ he/ she work(s) as a(n) …

I/he/she is am/is a(n) …

My/ his/ her job is a(n) …

What do you do? What does he/she do?

What is your/his/her profession?

What is your/his/her job?

9. Study the following words and expressions. Then play the game. Think of a profession. Describe it to other students using adjectives, tell them where you work but don’t name the job, let them guess.

Example: My job is well-paid but boring. I work in a bank.

interesting/ boring – интересная/скучная

mentally/ physically hard – умственно, физически тяжёлая

exciting – захватывающая

well-paid/ badly paid – хорошо/плохо оплачиваемая

to work at a factory/ at a plant / at school/ in an office/ in a hospital/ in a field/ in a shop/ in a restaurant/ in a company/ in a bank