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

Professions & Occupations

To Be + Profession

To say your profession or occupation in English you use TO BE.

It is important to put the article A or AN before the profession when we are talking about one person.

To be + a/an + profession

- I am a teacher.   - You are a student.    - He is a pilot.    - She is an actress.

If there is more than one person, we do not use A or An.

-We are teachers.   -They are students.   - Jack and Jill are engineers.

The Question

To ask about the profession or occupation of someone you ask…

• What do you do?

. What does + person + do?

Examples

• What do you do? – I am a scientist.
• What does Mike do? – He is a police officer.
• What does Angelica do? – She is an engineer.
• What does your father do? – He is a mechanic.

Watch the video :

Vocabulary :

  Occupations 1             Jobs                                  Jobs                                                            Jobs & Occupations                                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                               Occupations 2

Occupations 3

                                                         

Professions and Occupations

English Vocabulary Game :

   jobs exercises