🎁 Gratuit · English From Zero · Level B1 · Lesson 65

📝 I Was Responsible For…

Yasmine is writing about her aunt's career for her English class. Learn to say years (nineteen ninety-seven · twenty fourteen), to describe a job ("I work at… I'm the…" · "I was responsible for…" · "I reported to…" · from 2014 to 2017), and to read and write a short text about someone's job.

🎬 Let's Imagine...

Aunt Leila's Album

Sunday afternoon. Yasmine opens an old photo album with her aunt Leila. There are colorful drawings everywhere!

YasmineAunt Leila, is this you at a drawing desk?

Aunt LeilaYes! I worked at ArtCo, a design company, from 2014 to 2017. My job title was illustrator.

YasmineTwenty fourteen? What did you do there?

Aunt LeilaI was responsible for drawing people and clothing, and I reported to the art director.

🧑‍🏫 Teacher SamiTo describe a job: start with the company and the job title, give the dates (from 2014 to 2017 — say twenty fourteen!), then the responsibilities (responsible for) and the boss (reported to).

🤔 Who in your family has an interesting job? What is he or she responsible for?

Sur le canapé, Yasmine et sa tante regardent un vieil album photo et des dessins de mode colorés — 📸 I worked at ArtCo from 2014 to 2017. My job title was illustrator.

Step 1 · Vocabulary

📅 Saying What Year It Is

There are several ways to say a year. Usually, we cut it into two numbers!

🕰️ 19__

Say 19 + the last two numbers:
1997 = nineteen ninety-seven
1985 = nineteen eighty-five
1905 = nineteen oh five

🚀 20__ (2010 and after)

20 + the last two numbers:
2014 = twenty fourteen
or = two thousand fourteen
🇬🇧 UK: two thousand and fourteen

✨ 2000 – 2009

2000 = two thousand
2005 = two thousand five
2009 = two thousand nine

📅 The Year Reader

How do you say this year? Listen to check! 8 years.

Step 2

💼 Describing A Job

When describing a past or present job, start with the company name and the job title.

🏢 Company + job title

I work at Blue Sky Tech. I'm the production manager.
My job title is production manager.
I worked at Pharmatek for three years. I was a project manager.
My job title was project manager.

⏳ How long?

for + a length of time: I worked there for three years.
from … to …: I worked there from 2009 to 2012.

🎯 responsible for

Your responsibilities:
I am responsible for marketing new products.
I was responsible for the production schedule.

👆 report to

Your boss:
I report to the CEO.
I reported to the vice president of production.

🎒

At school too! The class captain is responsible for the board and the class list. He reports to the teacher. · More job words: a resume (CV) = a document with your education and past jobs · an interview = a meeting where the company asks you questions before it hires you.

🛠️ The Job Description Builder

Choose a person, a company, the dates and the responsibilities — the builder writes the description!

Step 3 · Reading

📖 Reading About Someone's Job: Sonia's Job

Read Sonia's text, then answer the questions.

Sonia: My job now is at a family restaurant in Nabeul. I'm a supervisor. I'm responsible for around twelve servers. It's difficult work, but I like it. Before this job, I worked in a different restaurant as a server. I worked there for about fifteen months. I wasn't very happy there. I didn't like my boss — she was very unfriendly. Before that, I was a student. I studied hotel management from 2016 to 2019.

🔍 Read And Answer

7 questions about Sonia's text.

Dans un restaurant familial, une superviseure souriante présente son équipe de serveurs ; des familles déjeunent — 🍽️ I'm a supervisor. I'm responsible for around twelve servers.

Step 4 · Writing

✍️ Writing About Jobs: A Model Text

Yasmine wrote this text about her aunt. Look at the structure: each color is one part of a job description.

Aunt Leila was an illustrator for ArtCo, a design company. She worked there from 2014 to 2017. She illustrated people and clothing. She also supervised one other artist. Before this job, she worked as a designer in a very small clothing company for about one year. Business was very bad, and she was unhappy. Before that, she was a university student. She studied art.

🟦 job title + company · 🟩 dates · 🟥 responsibilities · ⬜ the jobs before

🧩 Spot The Part

Which part of a job description is this sentence? 8 sentences.

🎧 Sound Lab

Listen And Repeat!

Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!

Step 5

✍️ Practice Time!

Exercise 1 — True Or False?

Exercise 2 — Complete The Text

Fill in the missing word in each sentence.

Step 6 · Final Task!

📝 Write & Record: A Family Career

Ask a parent, a grandparent, an aunt or an uncle about their jobs. Then write a paragraph like Yasmine's (6-8 sentences): job title + company, dates (from … to … / for …), responsibilities (responsible for…), who they reported to, and the jobs before (Before that, …). Use the past simple!

… was a … at …from … to … for … yearswas responsible for reported toBefore this job, Before that,studied

🎙️ Now, Record It!

Read your paragraph out loud — careful with the years: say them in two parts! Then listen back.

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🎯 Final Quiz — Describing A Job

Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!