1
Yesterday I finished the work very late.
Yesterday I finished work very late.
Use work without the when you mean that your working day ended: ‘I finished work at eight.’
The purple sentence is also possible if ‘the work’ means a particular task already mentioned: ‘I had to paint the kitchen yesterday, and I finished the work very late.’
2
I go to my work by bus.
I go to work by bus.
I’ll come back from the work a bit late today.
I’ll come back from work a bit late today.
We had a very hard day in the work today.
We had a very hard day at work today.
Use work, not job, to refer to the place where you do your job: ‘to work’, ‘from work’, ‘at work’. Do not add my or the in these expressions.
3
I am working of receptionist in a hotel.
I am working as a receptionist in a hotel.
Use as before the name of a job: ‘She works as a teacher.’
4
I want to find a good work in the area.
I want to find a good job in the area.
I’m working in a temporary work.
I have a temporary job.
I’m doing temporary work.
Work is normally an uncountable noun when it means the things you do to earn money. Say ‘work’ or ‘some work’, not ‘a work’.
Job is countable. You can say ‘a job’ or ‘a temporary job’.
See JOB