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A2 Vocabulary

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Jobs and workplaces

Learn words for common jobs, places of work and talking about your working week.

What do you do? Where do you work? These are common questions when you meet someone new. Learn these words to talk about jobs, workplaces and the people you work with.

nursenoun
a person who looks after sick people, usually in a hospitalMy cousin is a nurse at the city hospital.
mechanicnoun
a person who repairs cars and machinesThe mechanic fixed our car in one day.
chefnoun
a person who cooks in a restaurantThe chef makes fresh pasta every morning.
receptionistnoun
a person who welcomes visitors to a hotel or office and answers the phoneAsk the receptionist for your room key.
engineernoun
a person who designs or builds machines, roads or bridgesAiko is an engineer. She designs bridges.
farmernoun
a person who grows food or keeps animals on a farmThe farmer gets up at five to feed the cows.
officenoun
a room or building where people work at desksMy father works in an office in the town centre.
factorynoun
a building where people and machines make thingsThis factory makes bicycles.
colleaguenoun
a person you work withI have lunch with my colleagues every day.
salarynoun
the money you get for your job, usually every monthShe got a higher salary in her new job.
full-timeadjective
working all the normal hours of a working weekJamal has a full-time job at a hotel.
part-timeadjective
working only some hours or days of the weekSofia has a part-time job in a café while she studies.

Exercise 1 of 2

Choose the job word

Choose the correct answer.

  1. Who repairs cars?

  2. A colleague is _____.

  3. Where do people and machines make things like bicycles or shoes?

  4. Ravi works 20 hours a week. He has a _____ job.

  5. Which person works in a restaurant kitchen?

  6. My new job pays well. The _____ is good.

  7. Choose the correct sentence.

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Exercise 2 of 2

Complete the work sentences

Type one word in each gap. Use each word once and add -s if you need a plural. Use: colleague, engineer, factory, farmer, nurse, office, receptionist.

  1. The at the hotel gave us a map of the city.

  2. My uncle is a . He grows rice and keeps chickens.

  3. Lena works at a desk in an on the fifth floor.

  4. I get on well with my . We often have lunch together after meetings.

  5. The makes 500 bicycles a day.

  6. Kofi is an . He designs roads and bridges.

  7. At the hospital, a checked my temperature and gave me some water.

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Source

Original lesson by Joy English.

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