Patina · Building English

The Job Application

U.S. forms use short words: Title · M.I. · DOB · ZIP · A-Number · Dates of employment · Reference. Learn them, read Ana's card, and fill out the application with her information, never your real information here. Green ✓ = correct.

★ your name & signature  ·  ★★ address & the job  ·  ★★★ work history & references

Download the PDF PDF · 4 pages

For the teacher · In class

project Ana's card and call one field — "What goes in DOB?" Everyone types the answer in the chat before you fill it in.  ·  ✏️ On paper: copy from Ana's card and print clearly — neat handwriting is part of the skill.

Unit 3 teacher's key (PDF)

Part 1 · Form words — tap a group to open it

Title

— Mr., Mrs., or Ms. — how a form names you

M.I.

— middle initial — the first letter of your middle name

DOB

— Date of Birth — in the U.S. the month comes first: MM/DD/YYYY

Signature

— write your name by hand — it means: this is true

Apt #

— apartment number — the # sign means “number”

ZIP code

— the 5 numbers at the end of a U.S. address

Area code

— the first 3 numbers of a U.S. phone number: (555)

Position

— the job you are applying for

Previous

— before now — your LAST job, not your job today

Employer

— the company or person you work for

Job title

— the NAME of a job — cashier, cook, driver

Dates of employment

— when you started and when you stopped: From … To …

Supervisor

— your boss — the person you worked for

Reference

— a person who can say you are a good worker — not family

A-Number

— Alien Registration Number — on your green card, it starts with A

Part 2 · Read the card

ANA'S PRACTICE CARD Use Ana's information — never your real information.
Name Ana Luisa Morales (Ms.)
Born May 12, 1985
Address 128 Oak Street, Apartment 4B, Springfield, Illinois 62704
Phone (555) 201-3344
Green card A 012-345-678
She wants the cashier job
Before she was a cashier helper at Rosa's Market, June 2021 to February 2024
Her boss was Mr. Diaz
Reference Marta Reyes (her teacher) — (555) 443-9821

Part 3 · Fill out the application

EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION Please print clearly

Your name ★

✓
✓
✓

Address & contact ★★

✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓

The job ★★

✓

Your A-Number: for USCIS forms, not this one ★★★

A job application should not ask for this. You write your A-Number on immigration forms: the citizenship application, a green card renewal, a letter to USCIS. A job may only ask "Can you legally work in the United States?" — yes or no. Practice writing it here, then remember where it belongs.

✓

Work history & references ★★★

✓
✓
✓
✓
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Sign & date ★

✓
✓

You will see these exact words at clinics, jobs, schools, and at your citizenship appointment.

For the teacher · Answer key

Title Ms. · First Ana · M.I. L · Last Morales · Street 128 Oak Street · Apt # 4B · City Springfield · State IL · ZIP 62704 · Area code 555 · Phone 201-3344 · DOB 05/12/1985 · Position Cashier · A-Number A 012-345-678 · Prev. employer Rosa's Market · Job title Cashier helper · From 06/2021 · To 02/2024 · Supervisor Mr. Diaz · Reference Marta Reyes, (555) 443-9821 · Signature Ana Morales + today's date