Notes, abstracts, papers, exams and problems of English

Applicant

A person who formally requests a job.

Be Burnt Out

To be ill or very tired from working too hard.

Be Fond Of

To have feelings of affection for someone or something.

Call It a Day

To stop working because you don’t want to do more or you think you have done enough.

Clerk

A person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing office duties.

Dead-End Job

A job which does not offer any opportunity for improving your situation.

Deadline

The time or date by which something must be done.

Field

An area of activity or interest.

Get Fired

To be removed from one’s job.

Get Paid Peanuts

To be paid a very small amount of money.

Get One’s Foot in the Door

To enter a company or organisation at a low level, but with the possibility of moving up in the... Continue reading "Essential Job and Work Vocabulary in English" »

The Young Man Billy's Journey to Bath

Billy, a 17-year-old young man, was traveling from London to Bath by train. Bath, a beautiful city, caught his attention. He was wearing a hat, an overcoat, and carrying a suitcase. As he felt tired, he tried to do everything as he had been asked.

On his way, he noticed a small sign that said 'Bed and Breakfast.' The room wasn't spacious, as it was a house owned by an old lady. Although he wanted to go to the hotel he was assigned, he decided to press the doorbell and a middle-aged lady opened the door. She was kind but seemed a little peculiar.

Billy took the room on the third floor. However, before he could unpack his belongings, the lady insisted that he sign the guest book. While signing it, he noticed... Continue reading "Mysterious Bed and Breakfast in Bath: A Strange Encounter" »

Shopping Vocabulary

• Afford: to have enough money to buy something
• Auction: a public sale where items are sold to the highest bidder
• Bargain: a good deal or a lower price
• Boutique: a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or accessories
• Brand: a particular company's product or line of products
• Browse: to look at items in a shop without buying anything
• Cashier: a person who handles payments and receipts in a shop
• Changing Room: a room in a shop where customers can try on clothes
• Charity Shop: a shop that sells second-hand items to raise money for charity
• Customer: a person who buys goods or services from a shop
• Deliver: to bring goods or services to a person's location
• Department Store: a large shop that sells a wide variety of products
• Exchange: to give

English Grammar Review

Modal Verbs: Would

Affirmative: I would organize a clean-up day.

Negative: I wouldn't throw garbage on the streets.

Questions: What would you do to make it a better place?

Conditional Type 2

We use "if I were you..." when we want to give advice.

If I were you, I would + bare infinitive.

Examples:

• If you worked hard, you would have a better chance of getting good grades.
• If I were you, I would quit the school team and join a local team instead.

Present Perfect Tense

Use the present perfect tense for:

• Actions that started in the past and continue to the present.
• Actions that happened in the past and we can see their results in the present.

Note: When we use "never" in the negative, we use "have/has."

[has/have + past participle]

Examples:

Present simple

+S+Vinf+He dances

• Actions habituls o rutines.
• Fets generals o cientifics.
• Amb horaris I programs (The train leaves at 9 o'clock).

Adv. Frequency: always, once, every, in the parts of day, at time/at night on days, how often?

Present continuous

+S+am/is/are+Ving He dancing

• Dir allo que esta passant en el moment que es parla.
• Expresar accions prolongades que pasen en un present mes ampli.
• Expresar q farem en un futur proper en tota seguritat pq eu em fixat.

At the moment, at present, today, now, right now, this, these. Future: soon, later, tomorrow, this, next.

Past simple

+S+V2/+ed He danced

• Past actions which happened at a specific time.
• Accions consecutives del pasado.
• Descriure com era algo en el pasado.
• Una accio curta va pasar cuan una mes

Characters:

Henry:

• The narrator and chief character in Factotum, Henry Chinaski is a classic antihero.
• He is green-eyed, the son of a workaholic veteran of World War I who is critical of his son's 4F status during World War II for psychological reasons, addicted to alcohol and sex, and has drunk his way through two years at Los Angeles City College while studying journalism.
• He works when he must, flops in the cheapest places he can find, eats when he can, and drinks constantly.
• The novel follows Henry's misadventures getting and losing jobs in New Orleans, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Los Angeles again, Miami, and Los Angeles a third time.
• His attempts to parlay his two years of journalism into an editorial job at the Los Angeles

Richard Hannay is an intelligent officer in South Africa. He has returned to Britain because his life was boring. One day, his neighbor tells him that he must be considered dead because the anarchists are looking for him. When Hannay finds her dead neighbor, he escapes with Scuder's notebook. Then, he will meet different people until he discovers the message in the notebook.

Hannay tells him that he has a bet with his friends and convinces him to give him his clothes so he can escape from the building without the anarchists recognizing him.

When jumping from the train, he finds an inn and when he enters, he meets a boy who really wants to be a writer. Hannay manages to stay at the inn, lying about his true story.

Later, he has a car accident and... Continue reading "The 39 Steps: A Thrilling Adventure of Richard Hannay" »

Learning foreign language is very important, and there are a lot of reasons to do it.Three of these reasons are that you can speak to more people, you have more chances of find a job and you can travel anywhere.

The fist reason is that you will be able to speak to more people because when you talk to someone who is not from your country , you have to speak in a foreign language.Due to this, you can get to know other cultures, make new friends of other countries and you will feel fine in another country.

The second reason is that you have more chances to get the job that you want if you can speak a foreign language. Because, for bussines, its very important that their employees are able to speak a foreign language and the willing of the companies

Mastering English Tenses and Modal Verbs

Past Simple and Present Perfect

• Roland didn’t set his alarm…
• We decided to take… because Sue hadn’t seen…
• Jane has lost her key…
• Louisa hasn’t swum in the…
• The match didn’t last…
• My father has had six…
• When did they buy…?
• Jenny was… she had forgotten…
• How long have you known…?
• I had made…

Past Simple and Past Perfect

• Last summer, I met…
• Fiona… she had missed…
• Dan had been painting…
• Sally hasn’t written…
• How many times have you broken…?
• Andy has been staying…
• Rebecca has lost…
• I didn’t know…

Present Perfect Simple and Continuous

• Susie has been staying in the…
• Joana hasn’t bought that…
• They haven’t been playing…
• Matt has just gone…
• We haven’t known…

Modal Verbs

• You