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Problems on site

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L i s t e n i n g 1 fljj__E___ Listen o w o engineers talking on a uilding site. What do they say
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about these things? Choose he orrect answer in italics.
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1 concrete, second floor: liquid / solid 5 scaffolding: light / heavy
2 concrete, first floor: liquid / solid 6 ground: too soft / too hard
3 paint: wet / dry 7 toolboxes: too big / too small
4 concrete aggregate: too fine /
too coarse
V o c a b u l a r y 2 Choose he adjective in italics that doesn't go with the oun.
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1 soft I hard / coarse ground 4 fine / soft / coarse aggregate
2 liquid / heavy / we/ scaffolding 5 wet / /me / /zguitf paint
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3 dry / /?of / soft concrete 6 big / heavy / soft oolbox
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Too/Not enough
We use too + adjective to say that something is more than you want it to be. The ground is too soft.
We use not + adjective + enough to say that you want something to be The aggregate is not fine enough.
more than it is.

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coarse coffee deliver order soft
Problems, problems. I need a(n) (1)
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Thomson's is here w i t h the aggregate. They say he round is oo
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(2) for he ruck. They can't (3) to he ob site.
I see. What's your plan?
We're putting mats down. Everyone is helping.
Good.
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And another hing. I hink it's he wrong aggregate. It's not 4 )
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enough. Can y o u call Thomson's and check the (5) ?
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1 steel: 4 gravel:
2 wood: 5 sand:
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S p e a k i n g 5 Work n pairs. Make a list of problems on site. Use too and not enough. Then
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discuss olutions.
A: The ground is too soft for the scaffolding. A: The gravel is not coarse enough.
B: We need timber to make mudsills. B: We need to order new gravel.
4 Building supplies