LESSON 1 - JOB OPPORTUNITIES

THE VERB
Grammar:
- Introduction
- Present Simple and Present Continuous
- Applied grammar + Building Vocabulary: Article
- Listening: Jobs
- Speaking: My opinion on Job Market
 The classification of verbs
1. According to their form:
- Regular: -ed (want – wanted - wanted; believe – believed - believed; play – played -
played);
- Irregular verbs: (drink-drank-drunk; begin – began – begun; come – came – come);
2. According to their complementation:
- Transitive ( I have not accepted his offer yet.)
- Intransitive ( Our neighbor are always quarreling at night. )
3. According to the occurrence in the progressive aspect, verbs can be
- Dynamic ( My mother is talking on the phone now.)
- Static ( The food tastes great.)
The Present Simple
It expresses:
- a general action, a program, an action that we do regularly, and every day
program;
- general truth, laws of nature;
Adverbs:
- every day, year;
- usually;
- never;
- sometimes;
- always;
- often;
- seldom (from time to time);
■ AFFIRMATIVE:
S + AUXILIARY VERB + MAIN VERB + ( -ES/ -S)
do base III – he, she, it
Verbs receiving the ending –es:
- O: go, do;
- Ch: watch – she watches; catch – it catches;
- Sh: wash – he washes; brush – he brushes;
- Ss: pass - it passes; cross – she crosses;
- Z: buzz - it buzzes.
You work every day.
He watches Tv every evening.
INTERROGATIVE

■ DO/ DOES + S + VERB

III sg - he, she, it;
Do you work every day?
Does he watch Tv every evening?
NEGATIVE

- S + DO/DOES + NOT +VERB;

Do not / Don’t
Does not/ Doesn’t
You don’t work every day.
He doesn’t watch Tv every evening.
SPELLING

■ Verbs ending in Y + ( -S/ - ES)

1. Vowel + y + s
to play – he plays
to study – studies
2. Consonant + y es
to cry – he cries
to study - he studies
Present Tense Continuous

It expresses:
1. – an action going at the moment of speaking;
2. – a present action which lasts for a longer period of time; it’s a continuous action at the
moment of speaking;
3. – a repeated action in the present that irritates the speaker ( used with the adverb always)
Adverbs:
(right) now, at present, at the moment, at the present moment, etc.
AFFIRMATIVE

■ S + TO BE (auxiliary/ present) + VB + (-ING)

1. I am studying English now.
2. I am following a French course next year.
3. He is always calling me late at night,
INTERROGATIVE

■ TO BE (present) + S+VB + ( - ING)

Am I studying English now?
Am I following a French course next year?
NEGATIVE

■ S + TO BE + ( - NOT) + ( - ING)
I am not studying English at the moment.
I am not following a French course next year.
Practice
■ Present Simple or Present Continuous? Fill in.
A. 1. If you …( come) and … (see) me every day, I will do the same favor to you when you are ill.
2. This flowers … (smell) nice.
3. Communication … (be) very important, although people … (forget) this sometimes.
4. I … (see) the dentist tomorrow.
5. First I … (have) a shower, then we will talk about this problem.
6. I don’t recognize you anymore, you ….(be) so rude today.
7. She always … (sing) at parties.
8. John usually … (spend) Christmas holidays in Moscow.
9. I … (live) in Romania and I … (not want) to live somewhere else.
10. Take your umbrella, it … (rain) outside.
11. I … (have) a picnic in Grand Park next week.
12. Anna …(believe) in miracles, contrary to her brother, who …(be) more realistic.
13. Mark … (leave) for New York on Thursday.
14. Every Saturday, Sarah … (drive) her boys to football practice.
15. I am sorry, I can’t hear what you … (say) because everybody … (talk) so loudly.
16. usually, I … (work) as a a secretary in an advertising agency, but this summer I … (teach)
French at a language school in Paris.
17. Be quiet. The kids … (sleep) still.
18. I currently … (write) a grammar book. I hope I will find a good publisher when I …(finish) it.
19. “ Would you like to have dinner in town?” “I am sorry, I can’t. I … (go) to the cinema
tonight.”
20. “What you … (do)? You … (not hear) when I …. (call) you?”
21. She always … (drink) a cup of tea before going to bed.
22. Peter and Sue … (dance). Aren’t they nice?
23. I …. (have) English classes every week.
24. Father … (taste) the soup.
25. Some people … (not believe) the Earth … (go) round the Sun.
26. “You … (speak) Russian?” No, I can only speak French.”
27. They rarely … (go) out in the evening.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200327-unemployment-during-coronavirus-the-
psychology-of-job-loss
Listening Work-Life Balance

PDF with exercises

I work by myself

Write a short text where you talk about a job that you aspire to have at some point. Make
sure that you insert verbs at Present Tense Simple and Present Tense Continuous. Feel free
to mention any aspect you want: salary, working hours, domain, opportunities, pros and
cons.