Talking About Occupations English Conversational Phrases
hi everyone I’m Alicia
welcome to conversational phrases we’ve
found that the best way to learn a
language is to speak it from day one and
the best way to start speaking is to
learn phrases that you’ll use in real
conversations today we’ll learn
conversational phrases about occupations
after watching this video you’ll be able
to talk about your job and ask what
somebody does for a living
and if you want to learn more vocabulary
phrases and example sentences you can
use in real-life situations
click the link in the description to
download your occupation PDF cheat sheet
for free now let’s take a look at some
conversational phrases
listen to the dialogue what do you do
I’m an artist
listen to it again what do you do I’m an
artist
first of all you need to learn how to
say what do you do what do you do listen
to it again what do you do what do you
do
now how do you answer this question this
is the pattern you’ll need I’m a I’m n
your occupation
I’m a an your occupation
for example I’m an artist I’m an artist
I’m an artist
here are a few more professions you can
use with the same pattern
police officer
police officer
police officer
teacher teacher
teacher
doctor doctor
doctor
engineer engineer
engineer
now listen to some examples what do you
do
I’m a teacher
what do you do I’m a doctor
what do you do I am an engineer
okay now it’s your turn
do you remember how to say what do you
do
what do you do
imagine you’re a doctor do you remember
how to say doctor
doctor doctor
say I’m a doctor
I’m a doctor now answer the question
saying that you are a doctor what do you
do
I’m a doctor
now imagine you’re a teacher do you
remember how to say teacher
teacher teacher
say I’m a teacher
I’m a teacher now answer the question
saying that you are a teacher what do
you do
I’m a teacher
now imagine you’re an engineer do you
remember how to say engineer
engineer
engineer
say I’m an engineer
I am an engineer now answer the question
saying that you are an engineer what do
you do
I am an engineer
well done in this lesson you learn new
occupation related vocabulary and
phrases you can use in your everyday
life you are now able to talk about your
job like a native speaker
start by practicing in the comments
below tell me about your job lastly
don’t forget to click the link in the
description and download your PDF cheat
sheets you’ll get useful phrases you
need for everyday life for free see you
in the next lesson bye
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