Present Continuous Worksheet – M-A1PC004 / ESL EFL Classroom material
January 26, 2023
A Social Life – B1 Video Lesson – ESL EFL
January 26, 2023
1. What position is the woman interviewing for?
2. What was the woman’s response when the interviewer said that she was overqualified?
3. How much did the woman want to get paid an hour?
4. What position did she request to get hired for?
5. What did she promise the interviewer she wouldn’t do?
6. Why couldn’t the interviewer fire her in the end?
7. Where did the woman say the interviewer could work?
EXTRA POINTS
8. What color was the interviewer’s coffee mug?
Answer Key
1. The woman is interviewing for an accountant position within the company.
2. She said that that’s ok because she didn’t intend to work very hard.
3. She wanted to get paid 200 dollars an hour
4. She requested that she get hired for Junior Vice President.
5. She promised her that she wouldn’t quit.
6. The interviewer couldn’t fire her in the end because the woman was now her boss.
7. She said that she could work in Personnel.
8. The coffee mug was black.
Setting the stage…
Talk it up!
Have your students stand up and rotate around asking their classmates one or all of the following questions (write on board):
- Have you ever been on an interview?
- What would be some qualities you would like to see in a potential employee?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Have a seat
Overqualified
Annoy
Hire
Fire
(v) to can (someone)
Overqualified
Annoy
Hire
Fire
(v) to can (someone)
Tidious
(n) Raise
Prorate
Quit
Boss
(n) Raise
Prorate
Quit
Boss
Dynamics
Move’em around!
Use one of the dynamics you can find here and have the students make sentences with the vocabulary words.
Focus
Sit’em in pairs!
Have them work together and answer the questions provided under the video.
Optional: Have them stand up with their notebooks and compare their answers, (as well as their sentence structure and grammar), with their classmates.
Put the correct answers on the board and answer any questions they may have.
Setting the stage…
Talk it up!
Have your students stand up and rotate around asking their classmates one or all of the following questions (write on board):
- Have you ever been on an interview?
- What would be some qualities you would like to see in a potential employee?
Students should answer in complete sentences.
Vocabulary Prep
Teach’em new words!
Have a seat
Overqualified
Annoy
Hire
Fire
(v) to can (someone)
Tidious
(n) Raise
Prorate
Quit
Boss
Overqualified
Annoy
Hire
Fire
(v) to can (someone)
Tidious
(n) Raise
Prorate
Quit
Boss
Dynamics
Move’em around!
Use one of the dynamics you can find here and have the students make sentences with the vocabulary words.
Focus
Sit’em in pairs!
Have them work together and answer the questions below.
Optional: Have them stand up with their notebooks and compare their answers, (as well as their sentence structure and grammar), with their classmates.
Put the correct answers on the board and answer any questions they may have.
1. What position is the woman interviewing for?
2. What was the woman’s response when the interviewer said that she was overqualified?
3. How much did the woman want to get paid an hour?
4. What position did she request to get hired for?
5. What did she promise the interviewer she wouldn’t do?
6. Why couldn’t the interviewer fire her in the end?
7. Where did the woman say the interviewer could work?
EXTRA POINTS
8. What color was the interviewer’s coffee mug?
Answer Key
1. The woman is interviewing for an accountant position within the company.
2. She said that that’s ok because she didn’t intend to work very hard.
3. She wanted to get paid 200 dollars an hour
4. She requested that she get hired for Junior Vice President.
5. She promised her that she wouldn’t quit.
6. The interviewer couldn’t fire her in the end because the woman was now her boss.
7. She said that she could work in Personnel.
8. The coffee mug was black.
