EnglishWorkplace English: What Have You Done?
Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
apply | ask formally for a job |
interview | meeting to discuss a job |
employer | company or person that gives jobs |
colleague | person you work with |
promotion | move to a better job or position |
experience | knowledge gained from work |
career | your working life and job progress |
workplace | place where you work |
hire | give someone a job |
manage | lead or organise people or work |
Quick verb challenge
Say the past participle. Then make two short job-related sentences with the verbs.
Say the past participle before you turn the card.
- be
- been
- begin
- begun
- do
- done
- go
- gone
- have
- had
- make
- made
- meet
- met
- read
- read
- see
- seen
- speak
- spoken
- take
- taken
- write
- written
I have met my new colleague.
She has written a strong CV.
Work Experience and the Present
Form | Use |
|---|---|
have / has + past participle | a past action with a connection to now |
ever / never | life and work experience |
just / already / yet | recent actions and results now |
for + length of time | duration: for two years |
since + starting point | start: since 2022 |
I have worked in this workplace for two years.
Our employer has just hired a new assistant.
Have you ever managed a team?
Choose the best signal word
Connect each sentence with its signal word.
Connect each sentence with the best signal word.
- A. Have you worked abroad?
- ever
- B. My colleague has worked in retail.
- never
- C. I have finished an interview.
- just
Focus on recent results and duration
Connect each sentence with the best signal word or phrase.
Connect each sentence with the best signal word or phrase.
- D. Our manager has hired a new colleague.
- already
- E. The employer has not replied.
- yet
- F. She has worked in this career for three years.
- for
- G. He has managed this team since 2022.
- since
Complete the workplace sentences
Use the correct past participle.
- I have just [___] for a new position.
- She has never [___] for a large company.
- Have you ever [___] a job interview in English?
- Our manager has already [___] the new assistant.
- They have not [___] yet.
- He has [___] here since 2022.
Present Perfect or Finished Past?
Check the rule
Decide if each statement is correct.
Compare the two time ideas
Decide if each statement is correct.
Notice the connection to now
Decide if each statement is correct.
Choose the correct verb form or signal word
- I [___] an interview yesterday.
- She [___] for this employer since 2023.
- We [___] the client an hour ago.
- Have you [___] managed a team?
Your Present Perfect Check
Say the complete sentence
- My colleague ___ just ___ a promotion. (get)
- Choose aloud: I have worked / worked here for two years.
- Choose a signal word: Have you ___ managed a team?
- Rewrite aloud: She started this job in 2023. She still works here.
Keep these key points
- Use have/has + past participle: I have applied; she has written.
- Use ever/never for experience.
- Use just/already/yet for recent actions.
- Use for for a period of time and since for a starting point.
- Use the past simple with finished time: yesterday, last week, in 2024.
Review the key participles
Connect each infinitive with its past participle.
Connect each infinitive with its past participle.
- go
- gone
- write
- written
- make
- made
- see
- seen
- take
- taken
- speak
- spoken
