S1E10 - A Vet and a Chef

Objective & content

On a weekday morning, George chats with his parents as they leave for work. His mum Kate is a vet who helps cats and dogs and wears blue scrubs; his dad Paul is a chef who cooks Greek food and wears a grey apron. Kate then loses her car keys, which are in her hand. The episode teaches the present simple for jobs and clothes, with the third-person -s (Dad wears a grey apron., Mum drives to the clinic.). The vocabulary is jobs and work clothes. Learners listen, then check their understanding with the in-app quiz.

Pedagogical guide

The -s on he and she has no equivalent in the same place in French or German, so learners drop it. Drill he cooks, she helps, Dad walks until it is automatic, using the parents' jobs as the context.

Suggested procedure

1. (3 min) Warm-up: ask what adults at home do for work and list the jobs.
2. (2 min) Preview vet, chef, clinic, restaurant, scrubs and apron.
3. (4 min) First listen: what are the two jobs, and what is the joke at the end?
4. (8 min) Second listen: pupils note what each parent does and wears.
5. (7 min) Board work: add the -s to cook, help, wear, work, drive, walk.
6. (6 min) My family's jobs: each pupil says what one person does, and a partner asks where they work.

Materials & prerequisites

The episode in the PLAY app (audio, slideshow, text and quiz), a student sheet and a teacher sheet with the answer key. Learners need the present simple with I and you, and the verb be.

Curriculum alignment

Cycle 3 (6e), axis "The child and their close environment": the family and their jobs.