Adult General Intermediate, (HW,IM,U7,C1)

Lesson Duration: 50min # students

Lesson Aim: Present perfect, job interviews
Student details: Age (s): Level:
Date: Class Room

Time Student activity Teacher activity

Engagement activity As a whole group ask and answer the
Discussing Jobs (Headway, Inter, starter questions about work and 3)
SB, p.54) identify that some answers are in the
Starter) ask and answer the Past tense, some in the present and
questions some in the Present Perfect
3) identify the tenses used in
answers

Presentation stage Present Perfect connect the past to the

Present Perfect (Headway, Inter,
SB, p.55, 143-144)
Formed, ‘I/ we/ you/ they +have
+ verb…’ or ‘he/ she + has +
verb…’
Question, ‘how long have / has +
subject + verb?’
Short answer ‘yes/ no I have /
haven’t’
Study stage
Job applications (Headway, Inter,
SB, p.54-55)
1) discuss appropriateness for the
position
2) listen to interview, track02, and
say if we think she got the job
3) put ‘do/ did/ have’ into the
sentences,
4) complete the sentences with
correct verbs/ prepositions
present, it is used for; actions in the past
that continue in the present (we’ve been
married for 10years), something in the
past which has an effect on the present
(I’ve been to the USA), past action which
has present result (Susan’s had her
baby).
Past simple is for things that have totally
finished or definite times in the past,
(yesterday –PS, a long time ago –PP)
Have students 1) discuss their own
appropriateness for the position together,
then 2) listen to interview, track02, and
say if we think she got the job
Individually have students 3) put ‘do/
did/ have’ into the sentences, and 4)
complete the sentences with correct
verbs/ prepositions then review,
Time Student activity
Practice Stage
Job interview questions
(Headway, Inter, TRB, p.47)
Half the class prepares interview
questions for each of the jobs
then they interview members of
the other half for the positions.
Then vice-versa
Teacher activity
Hand out the job cards, different ones
to each half of the class, and have
students prepare interview questions to
ask an applicant for the job. Then pair
off with a partner from the other half of
the class and interview each other for
the jobs

Warm down/follow up If there is extra time then have

Present perfect practice
(Headway, Inter, WB, p.43)
1) Complete the questions in the
correct tense
students 1) complete the sentence in
the correct tense as a way of reviewing
the Present Perfect, but keep focus on
job interview activity and if need be
this can be left for the next session

Sources of materials used: Headway Elementary Student Book, Headway Elementary

Teacher’s Resource Book, Headway Elementary Audio CD2,

Materials: - Job interview questions cards (Headway, Inter, TRB, p.47) copied and cut
out