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Free B1 (Intermediate) ESL lesson plan — 45 minutes of speaking activities, conversation questions and Present Perfect: Have worked / Have managed grammar practice for online English classes. Student can describe work experience using present perfect tense when writing CV content.

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Writing a Professional CV
B1⏱ 45 min

Writing a Professional CV

🎯 Goal: Student can describe work experience using present perfect tense when writing CV content

📐 Present Perfect: Have worked / Have managed
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#CV writing#job applications#work experience
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Writing a Professional CV
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Let's chat about CVs and job hunting. I'd love to hear about your own experiences!

“When was the last time you updated your CV, and what did you change?”
“In your opinion, what makes a CV really stand out to an employer?”
“If you could add any dream job position to your CV, what would it be?”
“Would you rather have lots of experience or lots of qualifications? Why?”
“Have you ever asked someone to be a reference for you? How did it go?”
Fresh topic questions — none repeat until you have seen them all
🎲 Speaking Activity 1
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Ranking Activity
Rank these options from most to least important. Explain your choices out loud.
7 minutes
🗣️ “For me, the most important is... because...”
Rank these from most to least important on a CV:
🎲 Speaking Activity 2
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Find the Difference
Look at pictures A and B of an office interview. Find the differences and describe them out loud.
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🗣️ “In picture A ... but in picture B ...”
Picture A
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Picture B
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🕵️ Hunt first — 5 differences, no list. No pointing — describe. Each difference needs a full sentence with a comparative or "while / whereas".
🔎 Differences found
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🏁 FINAL CHALLENGE
Say which picture would come first in a story and why, then name one thing that is exactly the SAME in both.
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