English For Construction Tests 2563z

Answer key Entry test Section 1: Vocabulary 1 1 meet 2 Poland 3 architect 2 6e

7a

8d

9b

Section 2: Language 1 1b 2c 3b 4c

4 project

5 apartments

10 c

5a

2 6 What is your name? 7 Is this the construction site? 8 How do you spell your name? 9 Are you from Egypt? 10 Where does he live? Section 3: Skills development 1 1e 2a 3d 4c 5b 2 6 And you? 7 Pleased to meet you. 8 I’m looking for Pavel. 9 What’s her telephone number? 10 You’re welcome. Section 4: Reading 1 1 He starts work next week. 2 He is in charge of the construction of the new bridge. 3 He’s from Japan. 4 Welcome Hiroshi to the company. 5 No, he isn’t. (He’s staying in a hotel, 20 km from the city.) Section 5: Listening 1 1T 2F 3T 4F

5F

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Unit 1 test 1 1 carpenter

2 roofer

2 6 hospitals

7 office blocks

3 13 work

14 is

4 18 Where

3 architect

15 visits

19 What

4 plumber

8 factories 16 hires

5 building inspector

9 power plants

10 bridges

11 tunnels

12 apartments

17 are

20 How

5 21 Where do you live? 22 Are you the architect on this project? 23 What is your address? 24 How do you spell ‘Karol’? 6 25 houses 7 28 of

26 factories

29 with

27 boxes

30 for

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Unit 2 test 1 1c

2b

3c

4a

5c

6c

2 7 carpentry 8 masonry and concrete 11 residential plumbing 3 12 30

13 24

4 17 Adjust

14 13

18 Fill in

15 500 19

9 painting and decorating

10 electrical wiring

16 98 20 ladder

21 Attach

5 22 First, level the area. 23 Then/Next/After that, nail the base plates to the mudsills. 24 Then/Next/After that, slide the frames onto the jacks. 25 Then/Next/After that, the frames. 6 26 behind

27 in

28 between

29 under

30 next

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Progress test 1 Section 1: Vocabulary 1 1 carpentry 2 apartments 2 6 bricklayers

7 weld

3 bridge

4 paint

5 mason

8 paint

Section 2: Language 1 1 He works on a construction site. 2 Where do you live? 3 Don’t forget to use the locking pins. 4 The man on the roof is John, the roofer. 2 5 How

6 Are

7 Where

8 What

Section 3: Reading 1 1c 2b 3d 4a 2 53

64

71

82

Section 4: Writing 1 1 Rashida Addou 2 Egypt

3 architect

4 houses, apartments, office blocks

2 5 heating, ventilation and air conditioning

6 revolutions per minute

Section 5: Listening 1 1F 2F 3F 4T

8T

5F

6T

7T

7 thirteen

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8 forty-eight

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Unit 3 test 1 1b

2c

3a

4b

2 6d

7c

8a

9b

3 10 mast

11 winch

4 14 chute

15 hopper

5a

12 boom

13 outriggers

16 portable mixer

5 17 He is pushing the lever to the right. 18 The driver is unloading the truck. 19 She is phoning the site manager. 20 They are having a meeting. 21 I am running late. 6 22 There is 7 27 does

23 Is there

28 is

29 do

24 there is

25 Are there

26 there aren’t

30 are

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Unit 4 test 1 1f 2e

3a

2 7 timber

8 steel

3 10 change 4 14 a

4c

5d 9 gravel

11 stock

15 a

16 b

6b

12 range 17 c

13 to

18 a

5 19 Do you have a spare box of plugs? 20 Can I borrow your roller? 21 Do you have a spare roll of insulating tape? 22 Does Stefan have an extension cable? 6 23 as

24 to

25 for

7 26 is too heavy 27 is too soft 28 isn’t big enough 29 isn’t dry enough 30 is too small

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Progress test 2 Section 1: Vocabulary 1 1 hook 2 winch 3 timber 2 6 Pull

7 raising

4 insulation material

5 portable mixer

8 wet

Section 2: Language 1 1d 2c 3a 4b 2 5 The ground is too soft. 6 He is putting the mats down. 7 Do you have a spare box of plugs? 8 Can I borrow your power cable? Section 3: Reading 1 1f 2h 3d 4b

5g

6a

7e

8c

Section 4: Writing 1 1 The operator sits in a cab. 2 The cab is at the top of the mast. 3 He uses the winch and the block. 4 He sits in a cab near the ground. 5 They use stabilisers and counterweights. 6 You use a/the remote control. 7 You move the joystick on the remote control. 8 It starts the motor. Section 5: Listening 1 1 need 2 insulating tape

3 are

4 welcome

5 extension cable

6 five

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7 drill

8 broken

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Unit 5 test 1 1 sun

2 cloudy

2 4 snowing

3 wind

5 Lightning

6 raining

3 Suggested answers 7 Because of the rain. 8 Because of the sun. 10 Because of the lightning storm. 4 11 d

12 a

13 e

14 c

5 16 works 17 am training 22 are looking for 6 23 get

24 tell

25 on

9 Because of the wind.

15 b 18 goes

26 along

19 aren’t eating

27 Take

28 Turn

20 do you supply

29 past

21 am not planning

30 through

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Unit 6 test 1 1 safety glasses

2 boots

2 6d

9b

7a

8e

3 11 chest

12 eye

4 17 cardboard 5 22 was

13 knee

24 was

27 fell off

4 gloves

5 ear protection

10 c

18 paint tins

23 were

6 26 washed

3 helmet/hard hat

14 hip

15 tape

19 plants

16 scissors

20 concrete

21 plasterboard

25 weren’t

28 put on

29 broke

30 dried

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Progress test 3 Section 1: Vocabulary 1 1 dehydration 2 coffee 2 5b

6d

7a

3 foot

4 tarmac

8c

Section 2: Language 1 1 is testing 2 supplies 2 3 saw

4 cleaned

5 were

3 6 Where is the site manager’s office? 7 I fell off the ladder and sprained my ankle. 8 We can’t work on the roof because of the rain. Section 3: Reading 1 1 Lights × 2 Mirror ×

3 Seat 4 Seat belt

 

5 Tyres 6 Fluids

× 

7 Battery 8 Documents

× 

Section 4: Writing 1 1 the cold; Our fingers stick to the metal. 2 special gloves 3 because of the sun; It’s too bright. need sunglasses 5 because of the wind; The sheeting blows away 6 need to tie it down. 7 is a lot of snow on the access roads. 8 need to clear the roads Section 5: Listening 1 1 tell 2 have 3 course

4 past

5 follow

6 miss

7 behind

4

8 from

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Unit 7 test 1 1 manager 2 6d

7a

3 10 cylinder

2 engineer 8b

3 assistant

4 keeper

5 student

9d

11 circular

12 rectangle

13 spherical

4 14 How long is the rod in inches? 15 What’s the height of the skyscraper? 16 How wide is the window in feet? 17 What’s the volume of the cylindrical tank? 5 18 question 15 6 22 7.352 7 26 c

27 e

19 question 17

23 0.370 28 b

24 250.320 29 a

20 question 14

21 question 16

25 20 x 300

30 d

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Unit 8 test 1 1d

2c

3a

4b

2 5 It’s half past six. 3 10 paint

11 plasters

4 15 will you meet 5 19 on

6 It’s one fifty.

20 at

6 23 How many

12 water

16 will start

21 on

7 It’s seven fifteen. 13 cement

8 It’s quarter to nine.

9 It’s three twenty.

14 coffee

17 Will the tower be

18 won’t

22 in

24 How much

25 How much

26 How many

7 27 The Firth of Forth Bridge is older than the Golden Gate Bridge. 28 Is the Burj Khalifa the tallest skyscraper in the world? 29 Which is the longest bridge in the world? 30 The Sutong Yangtze River bridge is shorter than the Tatara bridge.

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Progress test 4 Section 1: Vocabulary 1 1b 2c 3a 4a 5b 2 6 brick

7 circle

8 inch

Section 2: Language 1 1 How wide is it? 2 The square root of sixty-four is eight. 3 When will we start work on the foundations? 4 The foundations will take four months. 2 5 the length

6 many

7 on

8 than

Section 3: Reading 1 1 No, it isn’t. 2 cable-stayed 3 336.4 metres 4 2,460 metres 5 the Qingdao Haiwan Bridge 6 23 metres 7 steel and reinforced concrete 8 16 December 2004 Section 4: Writing 1 1 nought/zero/oh point eight three two 2 sixty-three point five eight two 3 five hundred and thirtyseven millimetres 4 three hundred square metres 5 nineteen eighty-four 6 two thousand and one/ twenty oh one 7 two thousand and twelve/twenty twelve 8 twelve forty-five/or quarter to one Section 5: Listening 1 1 the Highway 473 beam bridge 2 four months (from March to June) 3 at the end of May 4 work on the foundations 5 (around) three months 6 in (the middle of) February 7 They will lay the deck. 8 in July next year

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Exit test Section 1: Vocabulary 1 1c 2b 3a 4c 5a

6b

7d

8d

9a

10 c

11 b

12 c

13 b

14 a

8c

9d

10 c

11 b

12 a

13 b

14 c

Section 2: Language 1 1b 2c 3c 4b

5d

6a

7a

Section 3: Reading 1 1d 2e 3a 4g

5c

6f

7b

15 d

16 b

Section 4: Writing 1 1 I’d like a drink, please. 2 Can I borrow/have your drill for ten minutes? 3 Don’t forget to adjust the jack. 4 How do I get to the supervisor’s office? 5 It’s (a) quarter to seven. 6 What’s the height of the tower? Section 5: Listening 1 1 doors 2 don’t have

3 rot

4 is

5 pressure

6 are

7 expensive

Section 6: Speaking Students’ own answers; mark as indicated on the test.

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