Future Jobs
Listen and match each person to the correct job.
Listening Part 5
Practise A2 Key Listening Part 5 with this interactive exercise, which focuses on future jobs. In this part of the Cambridge English A2 Key (KET) exam, you’ll listen to a short dialogue between a boy and his mum and match the names to the jobs. This task helps you improve your listening for specific information.
- ⏱️ Future Jobs takes 15–30 minutes
- 💡 Listen for specific information
- 📶 A2 — the developing stages of learning English
Key Vocabulary
- chef — a professional cook in a restaurant or hotel
- dentist — a doctor who takes care of people’s teeth
- tour guide — someone who shows tourists around interesting places
- fashion designer — someone who creates new clothes and styles
- journalist — someone who writes articles for newspapers or magazines
Useful Language
Jobs: chef · dentist · tour guide · fashion designer · journalist · actor
Talking about ambitions: I’d like to… · she wants to… · he wants to be…
Changing your mind: not now · not right now (Mateo and Amy changed their plans)
Exam Tip
In Part 5 you match each person to one job. There are more jobs (A to H) than people, so some are not used. Watch for red herrings (Maria’s mum is a nurse, but Maria wants to work with teeth; Mateo no longer wants to be an engineer).
Drag the words into the correct gaps to practise the key language from this lesson.
🗣️ Speaking practice
Talk about jobs. Use want to, would like to and job words.
- 💼 What job do you want to do in the future? Why?
- 👥 Tell a partner about a job a friend or family member wants to do.
- ❓ Ask your partner three questions about their dream job.
✍️ Writing practice
Write a short message to a friend about the job you want to do (25 words or more).
- 📝 Say what the job is and why you like it.
- 🧑🏫 Say where you would work.
- ❓ Ask your friend what job they want to do.
🔎 Vocabulary challenge
Write your own sentence for each job from this lesson.
- 👨🍳 chef
- 🪷 dentist
- 🗺️ tour guide
- 👗 fashion designer
Part 5: Future Jobs
You will hear a boy, Matt, talking to his mum about the future jobs his friends want to do. What does each of his friends want to do? For each question, choose the correct answer, A to H.
You now have 10 seconds to look at Part Five.
Matt Mum, we talked about different jobs in class today, and I’m surprised about the jobs some of my friends want to do.
Mum So Matt, what do you want to do?
Matt You know I love cooking, so I’d like to work in a famous hotel or have my own restaurant one day.
Mum Great idea. What job does Maria want to do?
Matt She wants to work at the hospital. Her mum’s a nurse there, but she wants to take care of people’s teeth.
Mum That’s a good job. Mateo wants to be an engineer, doesn’t he?
Matt Not now, he wants to show tourists around different places in Spain.
Mum Oh! And Emma?
Matt She’s always helping her mum out. Remember, her mum’s got a clothes shop in town? And she wants to do something in fashion and create new styles for people to wear.
Mum She’ll be good at that. Does Amy still want to work in theatre?
Matt Not right now. She told me she wants to write articles for the local newspaper first.
Mum What about Harry? I heard he’s moving to Los Angeles next year.
Matt Yes, he wants to be a big Hollywood star one day.
Mum Wow! That’s exciting for him.
Matt Yes, maybe he’ll come to my restaurant when he’s famous.
Now listen again.
That is the end of Part Five.
A2 Practice
We provide targeted listening and speaking exercises to help students prepare for A2 Listening Part 5 of the Cambridge A2 Key (KET) exam. These interactive activities are designed to build confidence, improve comprehension, and develop essential skills for success in Part 5 of the A2 Listening Test. Practise now and get ready for test day with real-life topics and engaging tasks.
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Part 4
Listen to conversations and choose the correct answer.
Part 5
Listen to a conversation and choose the correct answer.
A2 Success
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- School Notices
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Part 2
Read seven questions and three short texts on the same topic, then match the questions to the texts.
Part 3
Read one long text for detailed understanding and main ideas.
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Part 4
Read a factual text and choose the correct vocabulary items to complete the gaps.
Part 5
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Part 6
Write a short email or note of 25 words or more.
Links
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