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4 Work in pairs. Brainstorm objects and quipment on a onstruction site which
are these 3D shapes.
cone cube cylinder rectangular prism sphere

Listening 5 l^JUJM Listen o an rchitect describing the house in 1. Write the dimensions
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house - 28 foot long (± 1"), 20 foot wide (+ 1")
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2 main oom, with the itchen -
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3 bedroom -
4 bathroom -
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5 height of ooms -
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6 doors, not ncluding frames -
Language

Talking about dimensions
We write: We say:
Imperial
12 1 x 76' twelve foot (or feet) by sixteen foot (or feet)
560 sq ft (or sq ft) five hundred and sixty square foot (or feet)
2'8" two foot (or feet) eight inches
sq yd (or sq yd) square yard (one square yard = three feet by three feet)
Metric
1.34 mm one point three four millimetres
0.03 cm zero (or nought) point oh three centimetres
25 m 2 twenty-five square metres
2,000 m two thousand metres
We use plus or minus to talk about tolerances:
28'± 1 " twenty-eight foot (or feet) plus or minus one inch
We use to to talk about scales:
15:1 fifteen to one

6 Say these dimensions aloud.
1 3.065 m m 5 2,500 sq ft
2 3'4" 6 4,632 m 2
3 34 m x 28 m 7 0.045 c m
4 26' ± H "
Vocabulary 7 Match 1-5 with heir meanings a-e.
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1 section a) the iew of a building seen rom one side
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2 elevation b) the view when y o u ut hrough the building
3 scale c) the view from above
4 orthographic d) the size of a drawing compared to
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projection the riginal
5 plan iew e) a 2D representation of a 3D object
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Speaking 8 Draw the front and side elevations and a plan view of a ypical house n your
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country. Include the dimensions. Describe your drawing o a partner.
9 Draw a floor plan. Include details such as mportant fittings. Explain your
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drawing to a partner.
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