Jobs and Workplaces — Essential Vocabulary (A1)
🎙 From the classroom: I’ve been a hotel manager, a sommelier, a barista, a hospitality trainer, and now a language teacher. Every job has its own English. Learning vocabulary through real jobs makes it stick — and gives learners something to say about themselves.
💡 The Idea
Job vocabulary has two parts: the person (job title) and the place (workplace). Notice the pattern: teach → teacher (add -er), manage → manager. Some are irregular: waiter, chef, nurse. The workplace often adds where context: a teacher works in a school.
🗣 Example
👤 teacher → 🏫 school | 👤 doctor → 🏥 hospital
👤 chef → 🍴 restaurant | 👤 waiter → 🍴 restaurant
👤 manager → 🏨 hotel | 👤 barista → ☕ café
👤 nurse → 🏥 hospital | 👤 pilot → ✈️ airport
🎯 Try It Now!
Match the job to the workplace, then use it in a sentence:
| 1. librarian | a. farm |
| 2. farmer | b. library |
| 3. firefighter | c. studio |
| 4. artist | d. fire station |
Now write: A _____ works in/at a _____.
✅ Check Your Answers
✅ 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c. Sentences: A librarian works in a library. A farmer works on a farm. A firefighter works at a fire station. An artist works in a studio.
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