Essential Vocabulary for Daily Life Situations
Job Hunting and Workplace Vocabulary
Getting a job: interview, salary, pension, application form, benefits, advertisement, qualifications, reference, apply, vacancy, experience, CV.
Talking about your work: do, as, for, in, earning, employed, from home, long hours, made redundant, pay rise, permanent, promoted, set up, temporary, the officer, training, unemployed.
Company Roles and Finances
Who works in a company: accounts manager, boss, chief executive, managing director, personal assistant, personnel
Essential Business Terms: English to Spanish Glossary
Essential Business Terms: English to Spanish
Income: Ingresos
Customers: Clientes
Personal Assistant (PA): Secretaria personal
Direct Mail: Correo directo
Television and Radio Advertising: Publicidad en televisión y radio
Free Samples of Gifts: Muestra gratuita de regalos
Website: Sitio web
Leaflets and Brochures: Folletos
Point-of-Sale Display: Punto de venta de visualización
Sponsorship: Patrocinio
Launch: Lanzamiento
Brand Awareness: Conocimiento de la marca
Focused On: Enfocar
Leaflets: Panfletos
Market
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English Test A
Item 1: Complete the Sentences
- A postman delivers letters.
- A shopkeeper sells things.
- An accountant looks after money.
- A barman serves drinks.
- A receptionist gives people information.
- An architect designs buildings.
- A pilot flies to different countries.
- A nurse looks after people in hospital.
- A journalist writes for a newspaper.
- An interpreter translates from one language to another.
Item 2: Write the Times
- It’s a quarter past nine (9:15).
- It’s twenty to five (4:40).
- It’s half past one (1:30).
- It’
English Grammar: Past, Present, Future, and More
Past Tense Verbs
Regular and Irregular Verbs:
- become – became (convertirse en)
- swim – swam (nadar)
- get – got (conseguir)
- win – won (ganar)
- write – wrote (escribir)
- drink – drank (tomar)
- drive – drove (conducir)
- forget – forgot (olvidar)
- run – ran (correr)
- make – made (hacer)
- be – was (I, He, She, It), wasn’t; were (You, We, They), weren’t (ser, estar)
- go – went (ir)
- think – thought (pensar)
- do – did (hacer)
- can – could / couldn’t (poder)
- see – saw (ver)
- have – had (tener)
- meet – met (conocer a alguien)
Negative Sentences
English Language Skills Enhancement
Phrasal Verbs
- He might not turn up.
- The tattoo gave the suspect away.
- Don’t bring up the burglary in front of the children.
- Please back me up at the meeting.
- The show must go on!
Grammar
- It was raining, so I took my umbrella so that I wouldn’t get wet while walking in the park.
- George reminded Emma about their appointment for the following day.
- The customer, whose meal was cold, didn’t want to pay the bill.
- Unless I have to, I won’t come to the meeting.
- The station manager announced that the train had been
Business Correspondence and Product Description Examples
Email Requesting a Quote
Dear Mr. Carter,
Our company is looking for reliable suppliers of office equipment. We would be grateful if you could send us a quote for the items listed below:
- 1 color photocopier
- 2 black-and-white photocopiers
- 3 shredders
- 4 boxes of printer paper
- 25 packets of large writing pads
Our payment terms are 30 days after the delivery date. In general, we are interested in express deliveries. Please note that the delivery date must be no later than Wednesday, May 2nd.
Regards,
Daniella
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