Writing practice
Jobs
Read about the people in the girl’s family and their jobs, then do the exercises to practise
writing in English.
Preparation
Write the word under the pictures.
pilot vet aeroplane bank
student musician firefighter artist
1. artist 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
Reading text
My mum’s an artist. She paints beautiful pictures and she teaches people to draw. My dad
works in a big bank, but he sometimes works at home. He helps people with their money. My
uncle has a really cool job. He’s a musician – he plays the guitar in a band.
My big brother is a student. He wants to be a vet one day because he loves animals. My little
sister wants to be a firefighter when she’s older. When I grow up, I want to be a pilot because
I love aeroplanes and I want to travel to lots of different countries.
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Top tips
1. Write a before the job if it starts with a consonant: he’s a musician (not he’s musician).
2. Write an before the job if it starts with a vowel: she’s an artist (not she’s artist).
3. You can say my sister is a … or my sister’s a …
4. Remember the ‘s’ or ‘es’ for he or she : my dad works …. or she teaches ...
5. You can say when I’m older, when I grow up or one day … to write about the future.
6. Write because to say why you want to do something: I want to be a pilot because …
Tasks
Task 1
Complete the sentences with words from the box.
because up ’s a an one
1. My mum’s an artist.
2. My uncle’s musician.
3. My brother a student.
4. He wants to be a vet day.
5. My sister wants to be a firefighter when she grows .
6. I want to be a pilot I love aeroplanes.
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Write and draw
Write about the people in your family. What are their jobs? What do you want to be when
you’re older? Write about it and draw a picture!
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Answers
Preparation task
1. artist
2. bank
3. musician
4. student
5. vet
6. firefighter
7. pilot
8. aeroplane
Task 1
1. an
2. a
3. ’s
4. one
5. up
6. because
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