Learning Objectives
Describe current or past work experience using appropriate present and past set phrases
Use يَعمَل/عَمِل + time expressions to talk about duration of work
Write a work experience account of 80–90 words
📌 Key structure: منذ + time expression with present tense = English present perfect (has been working for..)
Revision plan
⏳ 8 minWarm-up: Have you ever worked?
⏳ 15 minStep 1: منذ — duration with present tense
⏳ 18 minStep 2: Work experience account — integrated writing
⏳ 9 minStep 3: Internship advertisement reading
⏳ 10 minPlenary: Duration challenge
Work Experience Vocabulary
💼 Work Experience Terms
خِبرة عَمَلِيَّة
work experience
nounتَدريب
training/internship
nounمُتَدَرِّب / مُتَدَرِّبة
trainee/intern
nounمُتَطَوِّع / مُتَطَوِّعة
volunteer
nounبِدون أُجرة
unpaid/voluntary
adv
📌 Duration & Time Expressions
يَعمَل مُنذُ
has been working since/for
structureعَمِلت في
I worked in (past set phrase)
past phraseاِكتَسَبت خِبرة في
I gained experience in
past phraseكَسَبت مَهارات
I gained skills
past phraseالأُسبوع المَاضي
last week
timeالشَّهر المَاضي
last month
timeالسَّنة المَاضِيَّة
last year
timeفي الإِجازة الصَّيفِيَّة
in the summer holidays
timeلِمُدَّة
for a period of
prep
📝 Example Sentences
أَعمَل في المَطعَم مُنذُ سَنتَين.
عَمِلت في مَكتَب الشَّهر المَاضي.
اِكتَسَبت خِبرة في التَّواصُل.
Grammar: منذ + Present Tense
📌 1. منذ + present tense = has been.. since/for
Arabic uses present tense + منذ to express ongoing duration (unlike English which uses present perfect).
أَعمَل في المَطعَم مُنذُ سَنتَين. (I have been working in the restaurant for two years.)
تَدرُس العَرَبِيَّة مُنذُ ثَلاث سَنَوات.
📌 2. Past Set Phrases (lexical chunks)
Used for completed experiences. You learn these as fixed phrases before the full past tense unit.
عَمِلت في مَطعَم الشَّهر المَاضي.
اِكتَسَبت خِبرة في إِدارة الوَقت.
كَسَبت مَهارات جَديدة.
📌 3. Contrast: Ongoing vs Completed
أَعمَل في مَطحَم مُنذُ سَنتَين (still working)
عَمِلت في مَطحَم السَّنة المَاضِيَة (finished, past)