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B1.18: Occupation: expectations and reality

Trabajo: expectativas y realidad

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Listening & reading materials

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Spanish B1.18.1 I want to grow in the company!

B1.18.1 Diálogo

¡Quiero crecer en la empresa!

I want to grow in the company!

Spanish B1.18.2 Diego Velázquez, established painter of Spain

B1.18.2 Cultura

Diego Velázquez, pintor consolidado de España

Diego Velázquez, established painter of Spain

Vocabulary (12)

Desempleado: Unemployed (Spanish)

Desempleado

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Unemployed Show

Jubilado: Retired (Spanish)

Jubilado

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Retired Show

Tener estudios: To be educated (Spanish)

Tener estudios

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To be educated Show

El ayudante: The assistant (Spanish)

El ayudante

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The assistant Show

El departamento: The flat (Spanish)

El departamento

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The flat Show

El bufete: The law firm (Spanish)

El bufete

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The law firm Show

El laboratorio: The laboratory (Spanish)

El laboratorio

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The laboratory Show

El doctorado: The doctorate (Spanish)

El doctorado

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The doctorate Show

Licenciado: graduate (Spanish)

Licenciado

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Graduate Show

Despedir (to fire) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Despedir

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To fire Show

Equivocarse (to make a mistake) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Equivocarse

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To make a mistake Show

Experimentar (to experience) - Verb conjugation and exercises

Experimentar

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To experience Show

Exercises

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Exercise 1: Condicional compuesto de indicativo

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

Grammar: Compound conditional of indicative

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habríamos ayudado, habría aceptado, habría logrado, habría elegido, Habrías querido, habríais cometido, Habrías logrado, habría seguido

1. Elegir:
Mi abuelo ... otro trabajo pero ya está jubilado.
(My grandfather would have chosen another job but he is already retired.)
2. Seguir:
Yo ... como ayudante pero me despidieron.
(I would have continued as an assistant, but they fired me.)
3. Lograr:
... ser licenciada en medicina pero tus padres no te ayudaron mucho.
(You would have managed to become a medical graduate but your parents didn't help you much.)
4. Ayudar:
Nosotros ... en el departamento pero nos equivocamos de oficina.
(We would have helped in the department but we went to the wrong office.)
5. Aceptar:
Mi tío no ... este puesto malo pero estaba desempleado por mucho tiempo.
(My uncle would not have accepted this bad job but he had been unemployed for a long time.)
6. Cometer:
Vosotros ... un error en el laboratorio pero el jefe os ayudó.
(You would have made a mistake in the laboratory but the boss helped you.)
7. Querer:
... trabajar en el bufete pero no tuviste los estudios correctos para este puesto.
(You would have liked to work at the law firm but you did not have the right qualifications for this position.)
8. Lograr:
Yo ... un mejor trabajo en el laboratorio pero no tengo doctorado.
(I would have achieved a better job in the laboratory but I do not have a doctorate.)

Grammar

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B1.18.3 Gramática

Condicional compuesto de indicativo

Compound conditional of indicative

Verb conjugation tables for this lesson

Despedir to fire

Condicional simple

Spanish English
(yo) despediría I would fire
(tú) despedirías You would fire
(él/ella) despediría he/she would fire
(nosotros/nosotras) despediríamos we would fire
(vosotros/vosotras) despediríais You would fire
(ellos/ellas) despedirían they would fire

Exercises and examples phrases

Despedir to fire

Condicional perfecto

Spanish English
(yo) me habría despedido I would have fired
(tú) te habrías despedido You would have fired
(él/ella) se habría despedido He/She would have fired
(nosotros/nosotras) nos habríamos despedido We would have fired
(vosotros/vosotras) os habríais despedido You would have fired
(ellos/ellas) se habrían despedido They would have fired

Exercises and examples phrases

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