Essential Vocabulary and Job Skills
Unit 8 Vocabulary
- Skills: Habilidades
- Require: Requerir
- Duties: Tareas
- Computer literate: Conocimientos informáticos
- Shift: Turno
- Overtime: Horas extras
- Cover letter: Carta de presentación
- Leave: Salir
- Qualification: Titulación
- Assessment: Evaluación
- Numerate: Aritmética
- Apprentice(s): Aprendices
- Wages: Salario
- Degree: Título universitario
- Career: Experiencia laboral
- Subject: Asignatura
- Signature: Firma
- Ability to work under pressure: Trabajar bajo presión
- Hard-working: Trabajador
- Good command of foreign languages:
English Tenses and Grammar: Quick Reference
English Tenses and Grammar
Present Simple
An action that happens repeatedly – I work, She Works, You don’t/doesn’t, Do they work? Clues: Programs and schedules.
Present Continuous
Is happening while we are talking – I’m working, He is, They are, Are you? Clues: Now, At the moment, Look!, Listen!
Present Perfect Simple
When something has happened in the past but has a consequence in the present – I have worked, he has worked, she hasn’t, Have you? Clues: Just, Yet, Ever, Already, So far,
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Formal Letter Writing
DETAILS: Address of person writing the letter.
DETAILS: Name / Title and address of person being written to.
GREETING: (Dear Sir/ Madam),
OPENING: I am writing to complain about the unsatisfactory service I received from your company.
BODY: On 25th March, I purchased an HB1 Smartphone from your London branch. The problems began the first day when the phone wouldn’t charge. I returned to the shop and was given a new charger. A week later, the same problem occurred. Then, yesterday,
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Restaurant Vocabulary and Phrases in French
Making Reservations and General Inquiries
- Is this a *trouba* restaurant? (Note: *trouba* is not a standard French word. Did you mean a specific type of restaurant?)
- Do you know a good restaurant?
- Do you know a restaurant with a large/upscale kitchen?
- Do you know a restaurant that serves dishes of the day?
- Do you know a restaurant that serves typical French dishes?
- Do you know a good Chinese/Moroccan/vegetarian restaurant?
- Where is it possible to eat well?
- Where
Careers, Jobs, and Shopping Vocabulary
Careers
Apply for the job:
- Claim benefits
- Do a course
- Do a degree
- Do an assignment
- Do business
- Do your homework
- Drop out (of the university)
- Get a job
- Get fired
- Get good/bad grades
- Get paid
- Get promoted
- Graduate from university
- Leave school
- Pass an exam
- Pass your driving test
- Start a business
- Start a career
- Start work
- Teach yourself
Compound Nouns: Jobs
- Bank clerk
- Bank manager
- Brain surgeon
- Company director
- Company owner
- Data analyst
- Driving instructor
- Film director
- Firefighter
- Football coach
- Football player
- Hotel owner
- School teacher
- Shop
Hotel Stay, Online Order & Product Launch
Hotel Booking Arrangements
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to inquire about making arrangements for a weekend stay at your hotel and to request information about nearby attractions and activities.
I will be arriving with my parents and wife to celebrate my parents’ wedding anniversary on the 4th of July, which falls on a Saturday morning. We plan to depart on the 7th of July in the afternoon. I would like to book two double rooms with attached bathrooms for privacy and convenience. It would be greatly
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