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Level: A2–B1 · Learners: Adults and teens · Time: Flexible · Format: PDF · Page count: 5-page lesson plus 2-page optional homework/key
Two café pictures, five main differences. Ask and describe without showing your picture, then use the staff notebook to contrast usual jobs with today’s actions. Plan jobs during a café problem and report to the manager by video call. Includes an action bank, clear grammar support, answers and twelve final speaking questions.
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Focus: Present simple & continuous · Questions & answers · Speaking
Theme: Work & everyday routines · Café role-play
Prepare before the lesson
Give each learner only their own picture; share the notebook page after comparing. The complete pack and combined student PDF (3 pages) contain both pictures. Keep teacher answers separate. Includes pairs, one-to-one, groups and online guidance. No recording is required.
Audio: no recording is required. Timing: flexible; select the stages and questions that fit your lesson.
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Suggested teaching route
- Give partners different pictures. They ask and describe to find the five main differences without showing the pictures.
- Share the staff notebook and compare usual jobs with what people are doing today.
- Use the café problem to plan jobs and report to the manager. Choose from the twelve final speaking questions.
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For the information gap:
Picture A only (1 page) · Picture B only (1 page) · Shared grammar and manager task (1 page)
Teacher notes and answers (2 pages) · Optional homework and self-check key (2 pages)
Homework: the optional homework download includes its self-check key. Share the task first and release the key when learners are ready to check.