PETW3 Workbook Unit 21
PETW3 Workbook Unit 21
PETW3 Workbook Unit 21
Read the story and answer the questions with complete sentences.
Ara, Maria, Teshome and Mrs. Lopez were at the Main Street Café, and they were
talking about their futures. Maria’s boss, Mr. Novella, wanted her to take a word processing
class in order to get a promotion. She didn’t know where to take the class.
Mrs. Lopez wanted to get her LVN certificate in order to work as a nurse. She was
going to take the necessary classes at a Regional Occupational Center or a Skills Center.
Teshome decided to talk to a school counselor about his career goals because that was what
his English teacher told him to do.
Suddenly, Anh ran in, out of breath. She had just come from a job fair at school,
which was an open house where anyone could talk to employers about jobs. Teshome had
to leave, so he told his friends to meet him at the job fair.
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At the job fair, Maria got an offer for a job interview with a magazine publisher. Ara
met a counselor who recommended automotive classes for him to improve his skills. These
classes were available at a Regional Occupational Center. Maria saw that Teshome was
talking to a counselor and Mrs. Lopez was waiting to talk to one. She was a little nervous.
Teshome wanted to be a high school teacher, but he didn’t have a high school
diploma from his country. The counselor recommended that he enroll in the Diploma Plus
Program to prepare for the General Equivalency Diploma exam and get a G.E.D. certificate.
That was equivalent to a high school diploma.
Students can go to a community college for two years, which is cheaper than a state
college. After that, students can go to a state college and get a B.A., which is a Bachelor of
Arts degree.
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3. How did Mrs. Lopez feel about meeting with the counselor?
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4. If you want to learn more about a college before you apply, you can talk to a
_______________________. That person will be able to answer all your questions
about prerequisites, tuition, housing, entrance exams, etc.
5. When you pass the test, you will receive the G.E.D. certificate. It shows that
you have sufficient knowledge of the required high school subjects. The G.E.D. is
_______________________ to a high school diploma.
6. Maria, Teshome, Ara, Sonia and Mrs. Lopez are all taking vocational classes because
they have career goals that they plan to _____________________________.
Mrs. Schwab, a counselor, was talking to Anh and Maria. She suggested a retail
marketing class at the Business and Industry School for Anh. For Maria, she suggested
a word processing class. She showed them both a schedule of all the classes available to
them.
Mrs. Lopez was too shy to speak to Mrs. Schwab, but Maria and Anh brought her
over to speak to her. Mrs. Schwab gave Mrs. Lopez information about vocational nursing
classes and the requirements for the LVN certificate.
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Flora is Dee Dee’s friend from Brazil. Flora wants to be a fashion designer. Dee
Dee tells Flora to talk to her ESL counselor about getting job training.
• We use the present perfect tense for actions that happened in the past when you don’t
mention a specific time.
• We use the simple past tense for actions that happened at a definite time in the past.
Maria’s boss, Mr. Novella, is asking Maria to do many things. Fill in the blanks
with the correct form of the verb, present perfect or simple past.
Maria: have
I _______________ typed
already _________________ them.
1. 2.
Boss: When did you type them?
Maria: typed
I _______________ them this morning.
3.
Review the uses of the present, the present perfect, and the simple past tenses.
Anh hasn’t seen her friend Sue for a long time. Sue asks Anh many
questions about her life. Read their conversation and fill in the blanks with the
correct form of the verb.
Sue: I see you have a new car! How long have you had it?
Choose one question. Think about it and then write your ideas.
1. Why is the conversation between Teshome and the counselor successful? What kinds
of questions does Teshome ask?
2. List three ways to get information on schools, employment preparation centers, and
community colleges in your area. Have you considered any of these schools?
3. Do you plan to get a G.E.D. certificate or a college degree? Why or why not?
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Mrs. Lopez
1. Medical Terminology
2. Medical Office Procedures
3. Home Health Care
Maria
1. Because she needs to take care of her grandmother.
2. Because she needs to go to school during the day.
3. Because she needs to keep working.
Anh
1. Because she needs child care.
2. It’s a very popular class.
3. She just got a promotion.
Ara
1. On the phone.
2. In person.
3. By mail.
4. You can attend a Regional Occupational Center if you are at least _______________
years old.
a. 16
b. 18
c. 21
17. Mr. and Mrs. Tolstoy _______________________ the ballet at the Bolshoi Theater
last night.
a. have seen
b. saw
c. see
18. There are two _________________ for this Advanced Auto Mechanics class.
You must have taken Basic Auto Mechanics and know how to use a computer.
a. needs
b. prerequisites
c. necessary
19. You need to know computer ___________________ to be able to talk about the
technology.
a. terminology
b. manual
c. lesson
20. If you have any questions about this college, you should ask the ______________.
a. college representative
b. teacher
c. student