1) Define transferable skills and identify the skills you have that can be used in many jobs.

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1 Objectives: 1) Define transferable skills and identify the skills you have that can be used in many jobs. 2) Discuss household chores and explain how they are related to job skills. 3) Form present, past and present continuous of irregular verbs. 4) Complete a story by adding a verb in an appropriate form. Transferable Skills Skills are the activities that a person does well. What things are you good at doing? Everyone has many skills. Sometimes it is difficult to recognize the skills that you have. Job skills are abilities you need for a specific job. For example, a chef needs to know how to cook and bake. A taxi driver needs to know how to drive a car and read signs. A secretary needs to know how to type and take messages. Transferable skills are skills you can use in many different jobs. You can take skills from one job and use them in a very different job. Speaking English well, for example, is a skill you can use in almost any job. Some examples of transferable skills are teaching other people, solving problems, accepting responsibility, organizing projects, making decisions, and creating new ideas. Employers want to select employees who have or who can learn the skills necessary to do the job. The word transferable comes from the verb transfer. What does transfer mean? Household Chores In this class we will talk about household chores. A household is a group of people who live together. Household chores are those jobs that we have to do to take care of our home. We also call these jobs housework.

2 Household chores include cooking, washing the dishes, sweeping and vacuuming floors, washing clothes, taking out the trash, and cutting the grass. Most people don't like to do household chores. Modern machines and household cleaning products make keeping our homes clean easier. But many of the jobs we do in our homes require skills we can use in other jobs. Some people work in hotels where they clean rooms. Some people work as landscapers who cut grass, plant flowers and trim trees. All of these jobs require skills. Sweep is an irregular verb. Present of sweep Past Present Continuous I You She/he We They Why are household chores important? Keeping our homes neat and clean allows us to organize our lives. Knowing how to organize our work is a transferable skill. We can use that skill in all jobs.

3 Who does most of the household chores in a typical family? In most families, women still do more household chores than men. In some families, men help with the housework. Knowing how to accept responsibility is a transferable skill. Who does the housework in your home? Hold is an irregular verb. Present of hold Past Present Continuous I You She/he We They

4 What is the young girl doing? washing the dishes. Her mother taught her how to wash dishes. Knowing how to teach people is a transferable skill. What is this woman doing? putting the dirty clothes in the washing machine. After she puts the clothes in the washing machine, she will add laundry detergent. Knowing how to follow directions is a transferable skill.

5 What do people use to vacuum the floor? They use a vacuum cleaner. The mother is vacuuming the floor and watching the baby. The mother must be creative to keep the baby happy while she works. What does creative mean? Are you creative? Creating new ideas is a transferable skill. Parents of babies must also manage their time well. What does it mean to manage your time? Knowing how to manage your time is a transferable skill.

6 What is the woman in this photo doing? washing the windows with a sponge and liquid window cleaner. She needs to pay attention to details to do a good job. What does it mean to pay attention to details? Paying attention to details is a transferable skill. What are the girls doing? They are taking out the trash. Most cities collect the trash once a week, so people must put the trash out according to the city s schedule. What is a schedule? Following a schedule is a transferable skill.

7 Take is an irregular verb. Present of take Past Present Continuous I You She/he We They What is the man doing? He is cutting the grass. He is using a lawn mower to cut the grass in his backyard. Using machines safely is a transferable skill. Cut is an irregular verb. Present of cut Past Present Continuous I You She/he We They

8 All of these household chores help us develop skills we can transfer to other jobs. Who does the housework at this house? Fill in the blanks with a verb. Mr. Smith left home at 8 o'clock this morning. Now he is working in his office. He is a computer scientist. Mrs. Smith is in her bedroom. You can see her. the bed. the carpet. And she is the furniture. It's 9 o'clock. The bedroom is clean. Mrs. Smith has to the shirts. At it's time to the dog and the dog.

9 She has to do the shopping. In the afternoon Mrs. Smith is in her garden. the leaves. the grass. the house. At 6 pm Mr. Smith comes back home. He says: How are you? I worked hard at the office today. I am very tired. Can you guess what he is thinking? He thinks how lucky women are! They can stay at home and have nothing to do.