This document provides an English lesson on the topic of work history and job qualities. It discusses qualities like active, careful, and punctual. It then covers using the present perfect tense to talk about ability and experience, such as asking if someone can spell well or type. Examples are given of forming the present perfect tense using "have" and the past participle. Students are given exercises to practice forming sentences in the present perfect.

1. Generalities Santa Cecilia Catholic School Subject: English Level: Intermediate Teacher: Xiomara Mejía H. Date: April 29th, 2010

2. UNIT 9: THE WORLD OF WORK LESSON A: WORK HISTORY

3. OBJECTIVES To discuss about job qualities. To ask about ability

4. JOB QUALITIES

5. JOB QUALITIES Active Careful Careless Dependent Flexible Inactive Independent Inflexible Late Pleasant Punctual Unpleasant Helpful Organized Positive Ambitious

6. SPEAKING: What’s new?

7. Can you spell well? Are you able to type? Are you good at cooking? Do you know how to drive? Useful expressions: Asking about ability

8. Grammar: The Present Perfect The present perfect is used when the time period has not finished: I have seen three movies this week. (This week has not finished yet.) The present perfect is often used when the time is not mentioned: Gerry has failed his exam again.

9. The present perfect is often used when the time is recent: Ikuko has just arrived in Victoria. The present perfect is often used with for and since . Greg has lived here for 20 years. Greg has lived here since 1978.

10. FORMULA The present perfect is formed like this: have past participle

11. Present Perfect: creating the correct form: Type correct sentences based on the prompts. There are two things to think about: First, you will have to get the form of the present perfect correct. Second: you will need to decide whether to use "for" or "since" with the time expression.

12. I / live / here / five years Fred / be / pilot / 1992 We / know / each other / childhood Ten years / Mayumi and Yoko / work / in the same office I / want / play / professional hockey / I was four

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