Inglés Básico: Vocabulario del Empleo, Verbos Comunes y Estilo Indirecto (Reported Speech) Explicado

Vocabulario sobre el empleo

Reliable: seguro / Ambitious: ambicioso / Helpful: útil, servicial / Application: solicitud / Employer: empleador / Employee: empleado

Employment: empleo / Challenging: desafiante / Assistance: ayuda

Requisitos del puesto de trabajo (Job requirements)

Physical strength: fuerza física / University degree: carrera universitaria / Professional training: formación profesional / Attractive appearance: apariencia atractiva / Good people skills: buenas habilidades sociales

A knowledge of languages: conocimiento de idiomas

Características de la personalidad

Courageous: valiente / Patient / Calm: tranquilo / Creative / Adventurous: aventurero / Friendly: simpático / Organised: organizado

Expresiones y verbos laborales

Be hired: ser contratado (be given a job) Company (business)

Be unemployed: estar en paro (be without a job)

Overtime: horas extra (extra work hours)

Retire: retirarse (stop working)

Apply for: solicitar (make a formal request for)

Be fired: ser despedido (lose a job)

Verbos de comunicación

Apologise: disculparse / Boast: alardear / Claim: afirmar / Complain: quejarse / Deny: negar / Refuse: negarse / Remind: recordar

Reply: respuesta / Warning: aviso / Caused: provocar / Task: tarea / Suspend: suspender / Aims: objetivo / Earned: ganado / Researching: investigar

Estructuras con verbos seguidos de gerundio o infinitivo

"Let's go to the cinema tomorrow." Jim said → Jim suggested going to the cinema the following day.

"Try the new restaurant." Beth said → Beth suggested that I try the new restaurant.

"I'm sorry I'm late." He said → He apologised for being late.

"I promise that I'll do it." She said → She promised that she would do it.

"I'll help you, I promise." He said → He promised to help me.

El estilo indirecto (Reported Speech)

Direct speech (Present): He works in a restaurant.

Reported speech: She said that he worked in a restaurant.

Cambios de tiempo verbal

Worked → Had worked / Will work → Would work / Is working → Was working / Was working → Had been working / Has worked → Had worked / Has been working → Had been working / Had worked → Had worked / Had been working → Had been working / Would like → Would like

Cambios de modales

Can → could / May → might / Must / Have to → had to / Will → would

Cambios de expresiones de tiempo

Now → then / Today → that day / Tonight → that night / Yesterday → the previous day / the day before / Last week → the previous week / A month ago → the previous month / Tomorrow → the following day / the day after / the next day / Here → there / This → that / These → those

Ejemplos de transformación

"I have got a part-time job." → He says that he has got a part-time job.

"I graduated from university last year." → She said that she had graduated from university the year before.

"The film will start at 8 o'clock." → He said/told us that the film would start at 8 o'clock.

"Did you have an exam yesterday?" Mum asked. → My mum asked me if I had an exam the day before.

"What are the job requirements?" → I asked what the job requirements were.

"Are you from Tenerife?" → He asked if I was from Tenerife.

"Where are you from?" → He asked where I was from.

"Where does he work?" → She asked where he worked.

Órdenes y prohibiciones

"Please be quiet." → The teacher told us to be quiet.

"Don't park your car here." → The policeman ordered me not to park my car there.