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Learning English Vocabulary

Job suffixes

Learning English Vocabulary

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.5523 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

What's the connection between a teacher, a driver or a presenter?

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0:00.0

This is a download from BBC Learning English. To find out more, visit our website.

0:07.0

Six-minute vocabulary from BBC learning English.com.

0:13.0

Hi. Hello.

0:14.2

And welcome to six-minute vocabulary.

0:17.7

My name is Neil and I'm one of the presenters today. And I'm Sophie and I'm the

0:24.4

other presenter. Welcome to the show. Did you hear that word? presenter. Today we're going to be

0:32.1

talking about jobs and the different kinds of English words for different jobs, like presenter, for example.

0:40.6

We'll look at some of the different ways that words for jobs can end, like the er, at the end of presenter.

0:47.6

These are called suffixes.

0:50.1

As usual, we'll be giving you a quiz to see how much you can remember.

0:55.0

And we'll also bring you a top tip to help you learn vocabulary.

0:59.0

But first, let's listen to Anna.

1:02.0

She's going to tell us about the different jobs she's had in her life so far.

1:07.0

While you listen, think about this question.

1:10.0

What is Anna's job now? When I was a little girl,

1:14.6

I always wanted to be a teacher. So I spent years training as a teacher and then I got a job

1:21.3

in a school and I hated it. After a few months, I quit. I worked for a while as a librarian, but I didn't really like that either.

1:32.4

Finally, I started writing for a small website.

1:36.0

Now, I work as a journalist, writing for newspapers and magazines.

1:43.7

So, that was Anna talking about all the job she's done.

1:48.3

And we asked, what's Anna's job now?

1:51.6

Anna is a journalist now.

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