Power Verbs

Vocabulary for ResumesEnglish 3: Chapter 5

Resume and Power Verbs• A resume is a document

that you give to a business when you are asking for a job.

• It provides background information about you.

• Power verbs make your resume more impressive.

• Develop English skills

• Develop an application

• Develop lesson plans

to improve or make something betterto create something new

• Provide after school tutoring

• Provide books to students

to give something to someone

• Accomplish student goals

• Accomplish assigned tasks

to complete something

• Create student activities

• Create artwork

• Create an app

to make something using your own ideas

• Enhance student scores

• Enhance the quality of care

to improve somethingto make something better

• Utilize technology in the classroom

• Utilize math skills

• Utilize problem solving skills

to use something

• Achieve all A’s

• Achieve my goals

• Achieve a sales target

to finish or win something by working hard

• Manage a classroom

• Manage business meetings

• Manage a large company

to govern or control a group of people

• Arrange the desks in straight rows

• Arrange a meeting on Tuesday

• Arrange a schedule

to organize somethingto make plans for a future event

• Communicate withparents

• Communicate inFrench

• Communicate withco-workers

to exchange thoughts or feelings by writing or speaking

• Participate in a parade

• Participate inclassroom discussions

• Participate in a race

to take part in somethingto work with others

• Organize my desk

• Organize a competition

• Organize playground activities

to put in orderto setup according to a system

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