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Vocabulary - What's My Occupation?
Scientist is one occupation. This quiz will teach you the Spanish words for lots of other jobs.

Vocabulary - What's My Occupation?

This vocabulary Spanish Easy Review quiz is going to be a review of a number of different occupations. As we all know, there are people in general such as a man, a woman, a girl and a boy. Then there are people in the family such as a mother, a father, a brother and a sister. Finally, there are the people that we associate with an occupation such as a doctor, a lawyer and a teacher. This vocabulary quiz is, therefore, going to focus on the third set of people, i.e., the occupations of people. For this first occupation quiz, we will only focus on some of the more common occupations that people have. To begin with, the word occupation in Spanish is ocupación. Pronounced phonetically it is ŏ-koo-pā-she-on. An important thing to note here is that ocupación is a feminine word that does not end with the letter a.

1 .
I called the DOCTOR to get my prescription filled.
doktora
doctor
doctora
doktor
In this sentence you do not know whether the doctor is male or female. When you do not know the gender of the person you use the masculine form of the word. The first and last answers are misspelled words, therefore they are not correct. The third answer refers to a female doctor but since you do not know the doctor’s gender, you would not choose this form of the word. The second answer shows the masculine form which is what you are looking for.
2 .
Michael is in school learning how to become a MECHANIC.
mecánico
mecanico
mecaníco
mécanico
Did you pay attention to the spelling and accent marks? The correct spelling for mechanic in Spanish is mecánico.
3 .
Agnes would be his nighttime NURSE.
vendedor
enfermero
enfermera
vendedora
As Agnes is female we can easily eliminate the masculine word forms found in the first and second answers. The feminine word for nurse in Spanish is enfermera.
4 .
He stopped off to see the BUTCHER before going home.
profesora
ingeniero
tendero
carnicero
In this sentence we do not know if the butcher is a male or female. When you do not know the gender, you use the masculine form of the word. The Spanish masculine word for butcher is carnicero.
5 .
She was surprised to see a SALESWOMAN at her front door.
abogada
contratista
vendedora
vendedor
To begin with, you have the feminine pronoun of she and the occupational word SALESWOMAN both showing you that you need to be looking for a feminine word form. The last answer is a masculine form word so it cannot be the correct answer. An easy way to remember the Spanish word for a saleswoman (or salesman) is to think of a vendor. A vendor sells things. And, in Spanish, a saleswoman is a vendedora.
6 .
Mama was talking to the TENDERO when we arrived.
lawyer
grocer
fireman
engineer
The Spanish word tendero means grocer.
7 .
Elaine is the CIENTÍFICA working on the cure.
scientist
dentist
nurse
secretary
The Spanish word científica means scientist and, as Elaine is a female, this shows us the correct gender form of the word as well.
8 .
The PRESIDENT’S WIFE would like to see you now.
presidentá
presídente
presidente
presidenta
As the President’s wife refers to a female we know we need a feminine word form. The first answer contains an incorrect accent mark so it is not the correct feminine word that we need. The last answer, however, shows the correct spelling and is the Spanish word that means President’s wife.
9 .
Which word below is the correctly spelled Spanish word for DENTIST?
dentistá
dentísta
dentista
deñtista
The Spanish word for dentist contains no accent marks or tildes. The third answer is the only word listed that contains no accent mark or tildes.
10 .
The Judge appointed the defendant a LAWYER.
bombero
abogado
enfermero
vendedor
The first answer is Spanish for fireman. The third answer is Spanish for a male nurse. The last answer is Spanish for a salesman. That leaves the second answer which is Spanish for a male lawyer. As we do not know if the Judge appointed a male or female lawyer, the masculine form of the word is used.
Author:  Christine G. Broome

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