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reading an unusual job • grammar present simple he/she/it • vocabulary job activities •
pronunciation -s and -es verb endings • speaking and writing jobs
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Reading 3 Look at the grammar box. Underline the
verbs with present simple forms in the
1 Read the article about an unusual job. Find article.
these things.
1 the job 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
2 the name of two towns and a country form of the verbs in parentheses.
1 A drone goes (go) to
2 Read the article again. Answer the questions. different destinations.
1 What is the drone’s destination? 2 A drone operator (fly)
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2 What is the speed of the drone? the drone.
3 What distance can the drone travel? 3 A drone operator
(not/travel) with the drone.
Grammar present simple he/she/it 4 A drone (carry) the
medicine.

a drone.
He/She/It flies at 70 kilometers an hour. 5 A drone operator (prepare)
doesn’t visit the hospitals. 6 A drone operator
(not/wear) a uniform.
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An unusual
Rwanda. The company flies drones to hospitals around
Rwanda. Each drone carries medicine. Ruth is a drone
operator. She works in a town called Muhanga. It’s near
the capital, Kigali.

Ruth doesn’t visit the hospitals. She puts the medicine in the drone and she checks the
drone. The drone takes the medicine to the destination. Ruth stays in Muhanga. She
operates the drone. It flies at 70 kilometers an hour and it can travel 100 kilometers.

The drone goes to difficult places in the mountains.
It helps doctors to do their jobs.

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A drone and its operator
in Muhanga, Rwanda

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