Jobs and the Workplace ESL Activities, Games and Worksheets
Jobs Bingo

In this enjoyable jobs vocabulary game, students play bingo by listening to definitions and matching them to the names of common professions. In groups, the bingo caller reads a definition at random from the caller's sheet and then puts a tick beside... read more
Scrambled Jobs

This free jobs vocabulary worksheet helps students to practice the names of jobs and their spelling. Students have ten minutes unscramble the letters on the worksheet to form the names of jobs. Students score one point for each correct job... read more
What's the Job?

This fun jobs guessing game helps students practice vocabulary related to jobs and the workplace. In two groups, students begin by completing sentences... read more
9 to 5

In these engaging jobs vocabulary games, students practice the names of jobs and describing jobs with has to. To begin, students play a pelmanism game... read more
Before they were famous

In this intriguing celebrity jobs speaking activity, students guess what jobs fictitious celebrities did before they were famous and check their answers by asking past simple yes/no questions with... read more
Find Someone Who...

In this insightful talking aout jobs speaking activity, students learn and practice jobs and work-related vocabulary by asking and answering questions in a Find Someone Who activity. Students start by... read more
Fun Jobs Games

These fun jobs vocabulary games consists of a matching game, miming game, quiz game and describing game to help students practice the names of jobs and their related duties. The aim of each game is to... read more
Guess the Job

In this entertaining guessing jobs game, students describe past and present job duties using the past simple and present simple. In groups, students take turns picking up a white card and a grey card... read more
Likes and Dislikes at Work

In this free job tasks activity, students ask and answer questions about likes and dislikes for different work-related tasks and choose a job for a partner based on their likes. First, students think about... read more
The Job Interview

In this useful job interview role-play, students create and practice job interview questions. First, students decide on a job they would like to apply for. Next, in two... read more
The Right Person for the Job

In this work-related tasks activity, students ask and answer questions about their likes and dislikes for tasks related to work. First, students answer Do you like...? questions about work-related tasks. Next, in pairs, students ask their partner... read more
This job...

In this productive jobs discussion activity, students match jobs to statements and then discuss the statements in groups to collectively agree on one job for each statement. Working alone, students think of a job that describes each... read more
What do I do?

In this creative 20 questions jobs game, students ask yes/no questions in order to find out someone's job. In groups, students begin by writing down as many yes/no questions as they can think of using... read more
What do they do?

In this enjoyable describing jobs game, students match cards together to make sentences about jobs. In pairs, students take it in turns to turn over a card. If a student turns over a job picture card, they place the card face up on the table and... read more
Phrasal Verbs at Work

In this free work-related phrasal verbs speaking activity, students complete questions with phrasal verbs relating to work and then ask the questions to a partner and discuss the answers... read more
What's my job?

In this rewarding job descriptions game, students describe and guess jobs. In groups, students prepare five clues for the job shown on their card. Students then take turns saying their clues to the other... read more
Work Skills and Preferences

Here is a memorable job skills speaking activity to help students practice talking about work skills and preferences. In pairs, students take turns interviewing their partner about work skills and preferences... read more