Job interview

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Functions	Objectives
Talking about previous experience and employment history Talk about qualifications for a job	Use vocabulary and expressions to talk about previous working experience
	Use get with different meaning and in colloquial expressions
	Use gerunds after prepositions

The verb �to get� The verb �to get� has many different meanings in English and can be confusing sometimes. Here is a list of some of its meanings: Meaning 1 Get = acquire, receive, take something This is the most common meaning of the verb �to get� and the one most broadly used. In this case, it means to come into the possession of something: She got many bags of groceries at the supermarket She got a new camera from her boyfriend Start this workout program and getresults in four weeks! Meaning 2 Get = become, change into a different state: He got scared when he heard the scream It is getting late, let�s go now! Let�s get started with our homework! Meaning 3  Get = arrive or reach a destination: I will get home at 7 o'clock They didn't get to Bogot� last week Meaning 4 Get = bring back or hand something to someone else : Get me the plates from the kitchen, please Could you get the orange juice? Meaning 5  Get = go through a mental or physical experience She got a brilliant idea! He gets dizzy when she reads in the car He gets allergies every spring Meaning 6 Get = contract an illness or disease: He got a cold from his classmates at school He got malaria in South America

Practice 1

Select the right word to complete each sentence: 1. My sister went shopping yesterday and got             an infectionMedell�nthe booksa beautiful skirt       at Marshall�s. 2. She bathed on a polluted river and got             an infectionMedell�nthe booksa beautiful skirt       . 3. Please, go to my room and get me             an infectionMedell�nthe booksa beautiful skirt       that are on my nightstand. 4. I got to             an infectionMedell�nthe booksa beautiful skirt       by plane and took a taxi there to a little nearby town. 5. She got             these marvelous ideasmany presentsthe mailnervous       from her friends on her birthday. 6. Artists usually get             these marvelous ideasmany presentsthe mailnervous       before their show begins. 7. He always gets             these marvelous ideasmany presentsthe mailnervous       in the middle of the night. 8. Can you please get me             these marvelous ideasmany presentsthe mailnervous       from the mailbox?