ELL/ESL: Talking about jobs in English: Construction worker Practice choosing the right word when speaking in English about what a construction worker does
A construction worker is a general term for someone who works on a construction ✓
(sight/site). Many of these jobs require a lot of ✓
(physical/physique) labor. A construction worker, depending on the skills he/she ✓
(promises/possesses) ( = has), can be involved in any step of the construction ✓
(plan/process). Construction workers can help build both residential and ✓
(commercial/advertisement) buildings. Most of the time, the workers are ✓
(overlooked/overseen) by a foreman, who makes sure that things are done ✓
(properly/proper). Construction work can be ✓
(exhausting/existing) ( = extremely tiring), so one has to be in good physical ✓
(mood/shape) to be able to handle this type of work. Although some construction jobs require formal training, a lot of the more (manual/tough) ( = physical) jobs do not.✓