Las palabras job and work son palabras que utilizamos a diario, aunque no siempre de manera correcta, porque nos cuesta ver la diferencia entre una y otra. En el post de hoy te damos las claves para que aprendas a usar job and work correctamente.

Let’s work on it!

JOB es un sustantivo contable (countable noun) y se refiere a trabajo en el sentido de puesto de trabajo o empleo, lo que haces para ganar dinero, tu ocupación.

What do you do? What’s your job?
I love my job. I’m a nurse.
He finally found a job last week.
She had two jobs, she worked as a scientist and also as a part-time teacher.
Young people have more difficulties to find a job.
Are you looking for a new job?

Job también puede referirse a una tarea o un trabajo en particular, como por ejemplo

I had a few jobs to do at home this month, like painting and installing a new floor.
My parents always find little jobs for me to do in the garden.
He is retired but he has lot of jobs (things to do) to keep himself busy.

Podemos encontrar la palabra job en expresiones como:

A job interview
To look for a job
To apply for a job
To find / get a job
To lose / leave / quit a job
A full-time / part-time job
A permanent / temporary job
A rewarding / challenging job

WORK puede ser un sustantivo incontable (uncountable noun) o un verbo. Como sustantivo, es más general que job y se refiere a trabajo en general, en el sentido de actividades o esfuerzos que haces (como parte de tu trabajo o no) para conseguir algo. También puede hacer referencia a tu lugar de trabajo.

I work as a nurse. I love my job.
I’m busy. I have a lot of work at the moment.
A large part of the work we do involves using computers.
Doing the cleaning at home it’s a lot of work.
He starts work at 8 o’clock every morning.
I usually go to work by train.
Would you like to go for a drink after work?

Podemos encontrar la palabra work en expresiones como:

A hard/difficult work
A lot of work
To work hard
To start/leave/finish work
To go/get to work
To be at work

Como verbo, podemos utilizar work con diferentes preposiciones:

You work in a city or area.
E.g. He works in Madrid.

You work in a place such as a bank, shop, etc.
E.g. She works in a library.

You work at / for a company or organisation.
E.g. They work at the city council.
I work at / for a consulting firm.
He works at LMI bank.

You work in an industry or a type of job.
E.g. She works in advertising.

You work as a waiter, cashier, accountant, etc.
E.g. He works as a cook.
I work as a design consultant.

You work on a project or task.
E.g. Several people worked on the report.
I’m working on a market analysis.

You work with people or things.
E.g. They work with children in need.
We work with dangerous chemical substances.

Para que te resulte más fácil te dejamos esta infografía con ejemplos de uso correcto e incorrecto de job and work.

Y finalmente para ponerte a prueba y ver si lo tienes claro puedes realizar este ejercicio.

Completa con job o work las siguientes frases:

I _____ part-time at a restaurant.
She has two _____ to support her family.
They usually finish _____ at 19 p.m.
He is trying to find a _____ in advertising.
I started _____ when I was 20.
She’s not here right now. She’s at _____.
We had a full-time _____ at a local university.

VER RESPUESTAS CORRECTAS

Continuamos con la serie de posts sobre phrasal verbs para que cada vez te resulte más fácil conocerlos y empezar a utilizarlos. Esta vez prestaremos atención a varios phrasal verbs con come de uso habitual. Como siempre, os los presentamos con definiciones y ejemplos para que quede más claro.

Come on, let’s go! Comenzamos! ✏️

Come about – to happen or occur – suceder, ocurrir.

E.g.
How did this situation come about?
How did the fire come about?

Come across – to find by chance / accident – encontrar por casualidad.

E.g.
I came across some old photographs when I cleaned up the attic.
She came across Rob when she was at the bank.

Come along – to develop, to make progress – desarrollar, progresar (o hacer progresos).

E.g.
How is the project coming along?
I think we are coming along, we expect to finish soon.

Come along – to appear or to arrive – llegar, aparecer.

E.g.
A bus should come along any minute now.
An opportunity came along and I took the job.

Come along – to go somewhere with someone – acompañar.

E.g.
We are going to have a coffee. Would you like to come along?

Come back – to return – volver.

E.g.
He’s not here at the moment. Could you come back later?

Come by – to be able to get something difficult – conseguir.

E.g.
Cheap organic food it’s not easy to come by.
How did you come by that wonderful apartment?

Come down with – to become ill – caer enfermo.

E.g.
I’m not feeling well, I think I’m coming down with a cold.

Come forward – to offer to do something, to volunteer – ofrecerse, presentarse voluntario.

E.g.
Only one person of the team came forward to help.

Come over – to visit someone in their house – visitar, pasarse a ver.

E.g.
Will you come over on Friday evening?
His parents are coming over for the weekend.

Come out – to become known- conocerse, salir a la luz.

E.g.
The truth will come out sooner or later.
When is the new edition coming out?

Come (a)round – to change your opinion – cambiar de opinión (dejarse convencer).

E.g.
In the end, we came round and accepted their expert advice.
I think they will come round to our way of seeing things.

Come (a)round – to visit someone – pasarse a ver.

E.g.
Sure, come (a)round! I can show my new collection.

Come round – to recover consciousness – recobrar la consciencia.

E.g.
She was coming round, but she was a bit confused after the surgery.

Come up – appear, happen, occur (unexpectedly) – ocurrir, surgir.

E.g.
I’m sorry I miss the meeting, something came up in the last minute.

Come up with – to think of an idea/ a plan – pensar, dar con una idea o un plan.

E.g.
They came up with a fantastic plan to make processes more efficient.

Los phrasal verbs son un tema recurrente a la hora de aprender inglés y una forma de ampliar vocabulario y comunicarnos como lo haría un hablante nativo, échale un vistazo a otros posts de esta serie sobre phrasal verbs aquí ????