It’s a pleasure to meet you! In this lesson, students will learn important questions to ask when meeting someone for the first time. This lesson features audio of a short job interview. Students will also learn and practice the simple present tense and vocabulary relating to this topic. This lesson includes plenty of engaging discussion activities and worksheets that have been developed for adults and teenagers.

Lesson Objectives

To discuss important questions to ask when meeting someone for the first time

To learn and practice the simple present tense

To develop speaking and listening skills

To learn and use new vocabulary relating to the topic

Audio

Listen to the audio to learn about interviewing for your first job. Are you good at talking to people? What do you like to do in your free time? Do you have any questions about the job? Learn how to answer these common questions so you will never get stumped in an interview.

Audio Transcript

Vocabulary and Pronunciation

part-time job [noun]: a job in which a person works for only some of the day or week

job interview [noun]: a meeting in which an employer asks the person applying for a job questions to see whether they would be the right person to do that job

freelancer [noun]: someone who works on different projects with different companies instead of being a company employee

talkative [adjective]: talking a lot

outdoors [adverb]: in or into the open air; outside a building

living [noun]: the money that you earn from your job

garage [noun]: a business that repairs or sells cars

athletic [adjective]: physically strong, fit, and active

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