A1 WRITING ASSESSMENT 1

Looking for a job!

Students…
Use a basic set of grammar structures.
Copy familiar words and short phrases about everyday objects.
Describe simple items with basic personal details.

1. Think about:

1. What’s your occupation? Do you

like your job?

2. Do you think it is difficult to get

a job in your city? Why?

3. What is your ideal job?

Job: Work, occupation.

To get: To obtain (in this context).

2. Words matter!

To do well in this lesson , it is necessary to learn a number of words. Please complete

the following exercise. At the end, you will have increased your vocabulary.

2.1. Underline the expression that best matches the idea of the boldfaced word or
phrase. Have a dictionary at hand!

a. Valentina has a job interview in a big company.

-A meeting to get a job - A conversation about a person’s life

b. My boss is hiring new chefs for her restaurant.

- Choose a person for a job - Listen to employees’ comments.

c. Michael’s brother works in a mom-and-pop bakery.

-Business with pop music - Small business

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d. Look! There is a job vacancy in an important hospital.

-Job vacation - Job offer

2.2. Match the word on the left with the meaning on the right. Write in the
parenthesis the corresponding letter.
Word Meaning
1 Staff ( ) a Work for the whole shift.

3. Read a bit!

Read the following text called “Looking for a job!” Alicia is a chef; she wants a new job
and there is a new restaurant in the city.

I’m Alicia. I’m 27 years old and I’m a chef in a

mom-and-pop restaurant in my town. It’s
my best -friend’s restaurant; it’s a good
restaurant of typical Colombian food.

Next year, I’m planning to move to a big city

and get a job as a chef. My friend Natalia lives
in that city. She needs new staff for her
restaurant but it’s a part-time job . I want a
full-time job because I need the money, so I
don’t want to accept the position.
I read the newspaper every morning and I check my e-mail to look for job vacancies. There
is an e-mail of this new international rest aurant. They are hiring chefs for the morning shift
and I love it because I’m a morning person. Tomorrow, I’m traveling to the city for the job
interview with the boss of the restaurant. I hope to get this job!

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2 Part-time job ( ) b Work period.
3 Full-time job ( ) c People who work in a company.
4 Shift ( ) d Work for only a short part of the usual.

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 4. Tips for composition

In this session you find grammar elements and composition strategies that help you
with your writing production. Read the explanation; this is important for the next step!

Sentence structure.
There are different elements you need to take into account when writing in English.

1. Capitalization.
2. Punctuation.
3. Sentence structure.
4. Type of sentence

Let’s take a look at all of them!

“my friend natalia is a businesswoman. she works in a big company in the city called
“foodies”. she lives with her husband, albert; he is the manager of the company. they are

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helping me to get a job as a chef. for winter, i want to visit them and celebrate christmas
with my friends.

Sentence Order
A sentence follows Subject+ Verb+ Object
Natalia (subject) works (verb) in a big company (Object).

TIPS:
A sentence contains a subject and it is only mentioned once.
Natalia she has a job interview.

A sentence contains a verb.

I a chef
I am a chef √

4.2. Describe your occupation. What do you do? What about your relatives? What do
they do?

Sentence 1. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Sentence 2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Sentence 3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Sentence 4. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Types of sentences.

• Simple sentences: They have only one clause. Ex. I read the newspaper every morning.
• Compound sentences: It has two or more clauses. Ex. (I’m planning to move) and (get a job
as a chef).

To join compound sentences, we can use coordinating conjunctions.

I’m planning to move and get a job as a chef.

The common coordinating conjunctions are called:

 And (Ex. Albert works in the morning and studies in the afternoon)
 But (Ex. I like my job but it’s only part-time)
 Or (Ex. They want to work in a restaurant or in a mom-and-pop bakery)

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4.3. Let’s write compound sentences! Connect the sentences 1, 2, 3 and 4 in part 4.2.
using coordinating conjunctions.

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Now you are ready for your writing test. Let’s write something!

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