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What's My Line? - Job Words and Terms
Build ESL Medium confidence with English for jobs, workplaces, and working life, using natural language to describe roles, duties, and career ideas clearly.
1 .
This person also puts on a uniform, which is bright-coloured: usually at about eight o'clock on weekday mornings, and about three o'clock in the afternoon. She (again, usually 'she') will help children go to and from school safely, by stopping the traffic so they can cross the road. What do we normally call this person?
A crossing sweeper
A policewoman
A lollipop lady
A school patrol
2 .
This person works at a swimming-pool or beach, but does not get wet very often. Their job is to watch members of the public and check nobody is in any difficulty or danger in the water. If a problem does develop, he or she must go in quickly and rescue the person in trouble.
A master swimmer
A lifeguard
A rescuer
A coastguard
Answer 1 is a virtual translation of what the French call this person.
The Coastguard are something rather different: you might like to look this word up in a dictionary or online. It has certainly been important to the safety of Britain (an island nation) and her citizens and visitors.
The Coastguard are something rather different: you might like to look this word up in a dictionary or online. It has certainly been important to the safety of Britain (an island nation) and her citizens and visitors.
3 .
Someone who does this job will 'leave the world behind' and blast off into space. As part of their earlier training they may well have flown conventional ( = fixed-wing ) aircraft, but they also need to learn how to cope in weightless conditions, since there is no natural gravity in space. While they are away from the surface of the earth, they may be doing scientific experiments, making observations and servicing satellites ~ in conditions that are often uncomfortable, and occasionally very dangerous.
A engineer
A astronaut
An astronaut
An engineer
Don't forget the 'an'!
4 .
This person probably sits in a large room all day, where many others are speaking into headsets or telephones. They may be ringing up other people, or perhaps others are calling in with questions for them to answer. What is the usual English name for such a workplace?
A telephone bureau
A call centre
An information office
A public utility
This would be a call centre, though quite possibly working for a public utility (such as a gas, water or electricity company, or perhaps a bank or insurance company; as in Answer 4)
5 .
This person, too, spends far more time practising and travelling than in actual performance. He performs in a stadium, or at least on a pitch, usually with thirty-two other people altogether. What does he do?
Footballer
Athlete
Rugby player
Soccer star
If there are 33 people officially on the pitch, that's two teams and three officials; the teams contain 15 players each, so this must be rugby rather than ('Association') football.
6 .
These days, this person sits indoors using a computer ~ but for many centuries people did this job using a large drawing-board, in a studio. What they were planning, would then be built outdoors : houses, factories, schools and all sorts of other buildings. Such a person is ...
... a builder.
... a architect.
... an architect.
... a designer.
This begins with a vowel, remember ~ so Answer 2 was not totally accurate!
7 .
This is someone who helps other people who own animals, and the 'doctors' who look after the animals.
A nurse
A veterinary nurse
A vet ( = Veterinary Surgeon )
An animal assistant
'Veterinary' is nearly always shortened to 'vet' in everyday spoken English. ('The dog needs to go and see the Vet again.')
8 .
This is someone who makes a living by selling things, but not from a permanent shop. They will typically arrive very early in the day and set up a temporary stall, perhaps in a town square, even if the weather is not pleasant. They need a fine loud voice to shout and advertise their goods.
A market trader
A door-to-door salesman
A carpet seller
A fruit merchant
In this case we are not told exactly what they are selling, but the description sounds more like a market than anywhere else; read it again and make sure!
9 .
This person spends the most important days of his (or her) life in studios and concert halls, but probably spends far more time on two other activities: practising (alone or with others) and travelling in between professional engagements. He or she probably started along this career path at a very young age; he or she does not 'play an instrument' as such, but will very often work with other musicians who do.
A pianist
A singer
A guitarist
A drummer
A singer is the only one who 'does not play an instrument' (although it could well be argued ~ and not infrequently is ~ that the human voice is indeed 'an instrument that you're born with').
10 .
This person goes out, wearing a uniform, five or six days a week, usually on foot, to all the same places, to do a very important job for people. He is probably ...
... a farmer.
... a postman.
... a policeman.
... a firefighter.
A postal worker would be most likely to fit with all the parts of this description, including following the same route each time (which a policeman probably wouldn't do, and a firefighter should not need to!)
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