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welcome to English class 101 coms
British English in three minutes the
fastest easiest and most fun way to
learn English hey everyone I'm Gina in
this series we're going to learn some
easy ways to ask and answer common
questions in English it's really useful
and it only takes three minutes in this
lesson you're going to learn how to ask
what someone's job is in natural English
of course you can just say what is your
job this is correct English but it
sounds too direct and awkward native
English speakers almost never say this
in a social situation instead they use a
different question but before we master
that we need to compare it to a very
similar question
what are you doing I'm presenting a
video about English what do you do I'm
an English teacher do you see the
difference these two questions what are
you doing and what do you do sound
similar but mean different things the
first one is asking what you are doing
right now this minute you answer it
using an ING verb what are you doing I'm
reading I'm watching TV while the second
is actually a shortened version of what
do you do for a living this is how we
ask what is your job in natural English
let's practice this question what do you
do what do you do when native speakers
of English asked this question it can
come out very fast and sound more like
what do you do in order to tell it apart
from what are you doing just listen for
the in sound on the end of the question
if it's not there then you're being
asked what your job is so how would you
answer this question just think of it as
if the other person is asking you what
is your job you could answer with I'm
and then your job I'm a teacher I'm a
teacher or I'm an engineer I'm an
engineer
if you want to learn more job names go
to English class 101.com and check out
the core word lists these cover job
vocabulary and more and include a
picture and audio to help perfect your
pronunciation
you can also mention the place that you
work at starting with I work at I work
at a hospital I work at a hospital I
work at a law firm I work at aa law firm
if you work for a big company that is
well known you can say I work for and
then the name I work for Barclays Bank I
work for Barclays Bank I work for the
BBC I work for the BBC now it's time for
Gina's tips when you ask the question
what do you do
and the other person tells you their job
it's polite to make some kind of
positive comment about his or her job
for example how interesting or that must
be exciting or even oh really
remember to sound sincere do you know
how native English speakers ask each
other what their hobbies are here's a
hint we don't use the word hobby find
out next time in the third English in
three minutes lesson see you then
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