Applying for a job takes time and thought. Your CV is a summary of your education, achievements and job history for prospective employers and so it should be carefully prepared. A CV is usually sent with a covering letter.
A covering letter is usually the first direct contact between a candidate and an employer, so it has to be well-written and presented.
Some useful vocabulary:
advertised
made known to people
Today we're going to look at phrasal verbs with the word 'call'. Read these definitions and examples, and then try to complete the activity below.
Call someone back: Return a phonecall to someone who tried to phone you.
Friends, music, food and fun… these are the main ingredients of a good party! Today we're going to 'celebrate' a few of the different types of parties you can enjoy.
Housewarming Party: When you move into a new house or apartment, you throw a housewarming party to celebrate your new home and show it to your friends.
With neither team _1_ in the first 90 minutes, the match went into _2_ time and Mario Gotze scored a winning goal for his country just 7 minutes before the end of the match.
The Argentinian team seemed devastated after losing the game, with Lionel Messi looking _3_ as he collected his medal.
Many commented that Messi was not at his _4_ during this match, and missed many opportunities to score.
Do you remember our lesson about how to express negative emotions? Let's talk about positive emotions today :)
Here is a mix of adjectives you could use with the verbs 'to feel' or 'to be', some examples, as well as their meanings:
- to be ecstatic/elated = to feel or express ecstasy; intense happiness; joyful excitement.
I was ectastic when my sister told me she was pregnant!
There are lots of colour idioms in English, and in a previous lesson we looked at 10 of them. Here are a few more for you to learn and practise.
Colour idioms and their definitions:
(to) catch red handed: To catch a person in the middle of doing something wrong, or committing a crime.
golden opportunity: An amazing opportunity that you only have once chance to take.
out of the blue: Something very unexpected.
The year can be separated into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn (fall in American English) and winter. Which is your favourite season of the year?
It's easy to have a good time in the summer when the sun is out. We can spend more time outside and the warm weather puts everyone in a good mood. From barbeques to hiking in the mountains, summer provides more opportunity to do fun stuff.
This month's cartoon is based on the word moving.
Moving (adjective)
When something makes us have strong feelings of sadness or sympathy, it is moving.
"She wrote him a very moving letter."
"I was moved by a story I saw on the news."
Yesterday I _1_ the strangest dream; I dreamt that I could fly. It felt so real _2_ high above the streets, up with the birds and clouds. Even stranger was none of my friends _3_ interested when I showed them I could suddenly fly. They didn't care or pay me any attention.
Lego is "letting kids down" by putting sales above the environment because of its _1_with Shell, say Greenpeace, the environmental organisation.
The charity is launching a global _2_ to get Lego, the children's toy manufacturer, to drop the oil giant, Shell.
More than 16 million Shell-branded LEGO sets have been sold or given away at petrol stations in 26 countries. Greenpeace believe Shell is using Lego to _3_ its image.
