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Vocabulary 1 Put he activities in a small-scale residential onstruction project n the correct
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order. Then write a short text explaining he process.
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construction design handover occupancy site preparation

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2 Produce a lowchart for modular house construction using he same activities
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3 Circle he word on the ight hat is closest in meaning o the w o r d on the left.
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1 simultaneous same / oncurrent / equal
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2 result outcome / nd / finish
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3 preparation design / lanning / process
4 routine normal / rare / unusual
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5 update inform / nstruct / explain
6 mobile movable / modular / prefabricated
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7 warehouse shelter / ontainer / storehouse
Language 4 Complete this conversation using he present continuous with future meaning)
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form of he verbs in brackets.
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A: W h a t ( l ) (you/do) omorrow? (2)
(you/meet) the clients?
B: Yes, that's ight. They (3) (arrive) around nine o'clock.
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1 (4) (give) a presentation first and hen I
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(5) (take) hem o he site.
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A: How (6) (you/get) there? By car?
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B: No, here are seven people in he group, so I (7) (use)
the minibus.
A: What (8) (you/show) them? The foundations?
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B: Yes. And hen we (9) . (go) over o he storage area o look
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at the glass panels.
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A: Where (10) (you/have)lunch? might oin you.
B: In he restaurant pposite the site - the Italian.
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A: What time?
B: One o'clock.
A: Great!
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5 Complete this text with he words n the box.
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be give have shout sing sms worry
When I was an apprentice, things used o (1) very different. First of
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all, we didn't use o (2) each other all the time. There weren't any
mobile phones in those days. I remember my first site manager - he was a hard
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man. He used o (3) us dirty jobs if we were late. And he used to
(4) at us all he time. We didn't use to (5) so m u c h about
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health and safety either: no hard hats, no gloves, no reflective vests. We just did
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the ob. But we also used to (6) a lot of fun. I emember we used to
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(7) while we worked. You never hear hat now.
Writing 6 Think of a process at w o r k (or at college) hat you are familiar with. Write an
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email o a new colleague (or to a new student) explaining he key stages.
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