What would you love to do for a living?
Get your students talking about dream jobs as they explore this topic by answering questions and participating in group discussions. The language in this poll is suitable for low-intermediate+ English learners. Try a related lesson in our Discussion Starters section.
Preview
1. Do you know someone who has your dream job?
- Yes
- No
Keywords
Do you know these words?
- land
- professional
- lucky break
- connection
- hobby
Agree or Disagree?
2. Money is more important than happiness when it comes to a job.
- Agree
- Disagree
3. The best job is being a parent (even though you don't get paid for it).
- Agree
- Disagree
- I wouldn't know!
4. I work to live.
- Agree. That's the only reason I work!
- Disagree. I live to work. I love my job!
- I don't have a job right now, but I plan to work to live!
- I don't have a job right now, but I plan to love my job!
Elaborate
5. A job I would love but think of as just a dream is...
- actor
- professional athlete
- singer / band member
- visual artist
- author
- doctor
- lawyer
- other
6. Which famous person has the best job?
- Tiger Woods
- Taylor Swift
- Stephen King
- Meghan Markle
- Oprah Winfrey
- Jackie Chan
7. To land my dream job, I need to...
- catch a lucky break
- get a very good education
- make connections with the right people
- gain more experience
- work my way up
- make my hobby my job
- keep dreaming