English Vocabulary for Jobs and Essential Grammar Rules

Common Jobs and Workplace Tasks

Workplace Tasks: Answer the phone, be on your feet, be part of a team, deal with the public, earn a lot (of money), make phone calls, serve customers, travel a lot, use a computer, wear a uniform, work alone, work indoors or outdoors, work with children, and work long hours or nine-to-five.

Professions: Architect, cleaner, dentist, engineer, farm worker, hairdresser, paramedic, pilot, programmer, receptionist, sales assistant, solicitor, travel agent, and waiter.

Describing Work and Career Paths

Adjectives for Work:

• Creative (creativo)
• Challenging (desafiante)
• Repetitive (repetitivo)
• Rewarding (gratificante)
• Stressful (estresante)
• Tiring (cansancio)
• Varied (variado)

Career Milestones and Experiences: Get qualifications, earn money, get into debt, have a good social life, feel pressure, get stressed, be unemployed, have a good time, be independent, learn a lot, and gain opportunities.

English Grammar: Past Simple and Future Tense

Past Simple

• Affirmative (+): Verb in the 2nd column (past form) or ending in -ed.
• Negative (-): Auxiliary didn't + verb in the 1st column (base form).

Future Tense: Will and Going To

• Going to: Used for "ir a" (intentions or plans).
• Will: Used for "será" (predictions or promises).

More Professions and Career Roles

Builder, estate agent, gardener, groundskeeper, journalist, locksmith, photographer, pizza delivery man/woman, police officer, stunt performer, surfing instructor, and video game developer.

Connectors and Linking Phrases

English Connectors: Although, that’s because, in my opinion, however, what is more, moreover, in other words, what I mean is, as I see it, for example, for instance, such as, not only that, nevertheless, in spite of this, on the other hand, and therefore.

Spanish Translations: Aunque, eso es porque, en mi opinión, sin embargo, lo que es además, en otras palabras, lo que quiero decir es, como yo lo veo, por ejemplo, como no solo que, sin embargo, a pesar de esto, por otro lado.

Personal Qualities and Skills

English: Enthusiastic, flexible, friendly, good at communicating, hard-working, honest, patient, physically fit, and reliable.

Spanish: Entusiasta, flexible, amigable, bueno comunicando, trabajador, honesto, paciente, en buena forma física, confiable.

Conditional Sentences in English

Zero Conditional

Used to talk about situations that are always true: If/When + Present Simple, Present Simple.

First Conditional

Used to talk about possible or probable situations: If/When + Present Simple, Will + Infinitive.

Second Conditional

Used to talk about improbable or hypothetical situations: If/When + Past Simple, Would + Infinitive.