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An A1 word-scramble sheet on jobs and work: students read six clues and unscramble the letters to spell words such as "singer" and "actor".
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Pedagogical Guide
Objective & content
This A1 sheet practises vocabulary on jobs and work, with six words such as singer, actor and office. Under "Read the clue. Unscramble the letters to make a word.", each line gives a clue (for example "A person who sings") and jumbled letters (GRENIS), and students write the word in the last column. Page 2 is the teacher answer key.
Pedagogical guide
Unscrambling makes students look inside a word, so it suits revision, not introduction: a student who has never met the word can only guess. Four clues follow the pattern A person who ... and the answers end in -er or -or; career and office break the pattern, so ask what kind of word each one is.
Suggested procedure
- (3 min) Ask which jobs students know in English, without writing any on the board.
- (10 min) Students work alone and write each word in the last column.
- (5 min) Correct with the answer key, one word at a time; students spell each answer aloud in English.
- (5 min) One student mimes a job from the sheet and the class asks Are you a singer? until someone guesses.
Adaptations
[S] Write the ending (-er or -or) next to the four person clues, so students only rebuild the beginning.
[A] Students write a clue starting A person who ... for teacher and doctor and swap with a partner.
Materials & prerequisites
One copy of page 1 per student; keep page 2 for yourself. The words must already have been taught.
