English Vocabulary for learners
Expressions with 'WORK':
'work for', 'work as', 'work in', 'work at'
Useful phrases to talk about your job.
- WORK FOR (+ the name of the company or organisation where you are employed.)
- "I work for the government."
- "Linda works for XYZ airline company."
- "I've been working for IBM for the past year.
You are paid by the company, firm or organisation to do a specific job, not necessarily in their offices.
You can work for a company from home.
- WORK AS
(+ the name of your profession or trade (carpenter, waitress, teacher, lawyer ...)
- “I work as a software developer for Microsoft.
- “I work as an interpreter for a Japanese company.”
- “I work as a representative for ABC office supplies.
- “I work as a consultant for two different companies.”
- WORK IN ( + a geographical place, a sector or field,
or a general type of place such as a shop.
- “I work in Zurich in a pharmaceutical laboratory.
- “I work in the IT industry. I develop programs.”
- "I work in a shop, a cafeteria, a laboratory, a supermarket..."
- WORK AT (with 'the' + the actual building or the specific place where you work.)
- “I work at the head offices of ABC Electric in London.”
- “I work at the mill/ the shoe factory/ the post office.”
- “I work at the central train station.
- Sometimes people use AT + the name of a company or firm (“I work AT XYZ”) meaning ‘AT the offices/the headquarters of’ XYZ …
See also:
Work and employment vocabulary