Simple Past
I ________(start) work at 6:30 yesterday.
I started work at 6:30 yesterday.
What is personal information?
Name, address, email, phone number
The floor is wet. Someone _____ fall.
Someone might fall.
I ______(watch) Grey’s Anatomy every weekend.
I watch Grey’s Anatomy every weekend.
What is the direct object?
He gave Sarah his car.
his car
Bryan ______ (read) a book last night.
Bryan read a book last night.
What is employment history?
Any job you have worked. Usually you put the most relevant jobs if you have multiple jobs.
She should take some aspirin.
We _______ (read) a story.
We are reading a story.
What is the indirect object?
She baked her mom a birthday cake.
her mom
On Tuesday afternoon, we _______(study) English.
On Tuesday afternoon, we studied English.
What are references?
People that a potential employer can call that know what type of worker and person you are.
He _______ speak 3 languages by the time he was 10 years old.
He could speak 3 languages by the time he was 10 years old.
We _________(take) the bus to get groceries.
We take the bus to get groceries.
What is the indirect object?
The assistant handed out the graded tests for the teacher.
the teacher
Last week, my mom ________(clean) the entire house.
Last week, my mom cleaned the entire house.
What are job skills?
Any thing you know how to do that relates to the job.
______ you loan me a pencil?
Can you loan me a pencil?
They __________ (leave) for the beach at 9 AM.
They are leaving for the beach at 9 AM.
I was lost, but Thomas found me.
Is me the direct object or indirect object in this sentence?
It is the direct object.
Thomas found who or what?
Thomas found me.
She________(think) that she needed a different job.
She thought that she needed a different job.
What are interests?
Things you enjoy doing usually for fun.
Ex. Cooking, swimming, volunteering at a soup kitchen.
It ______ rain. You _____ bring an umbrella.
It might rain. You should bring an umbrella.
You _______(study) English to improve your speaking.
You are studying English to improve your speaking.
The man jumped over the fence.
In this sentence is the fence a direct object?
No, it is not. It is the object of a preposition. Direct objects cannot be part of a prepositional phrase. However, indirect objects can. Indirect objects often follow the prepositions to and for.