Page 7 - English for Construction 2

Speaking 4 Work n pairs. Either a) Explain what your o b is and what y o u do. Or b) Imagine
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you work on the onstruction site in 1. Explain what your ob is and what y o u do.
I'm a ... I work for ... My company ... I'm responsible for ...
Listening 5 Two reporters are isiting Martin Karp from Karp Construction. Listen
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to heir onversation. What do the eporters want?
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Listen again and omplete these sentences.
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1 Karp Construction is the
Martin Karp is the
Sabina Tom is the
Kasper Karp owns
Mr Lang represents the
Anna Black works for h e .
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Robert Lane is
Language

Present simple and present continuous
We use the present simple to talk about routines and things / control access to the site.
that are permanent or happen all the time. She works for the cement supplier.
We use the present continuous to talk about things that We're visiting the site.
take place at the time of speaking and are not permanent. He's walking through the gate.
We use adverbs of frequency (e.g. always, usually, often, We usually have about 100 people on site.
sometimes, never) with the present simple to describe how Sometimes we work in a consortium.
often somebody does something or how often something
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7 Martin's assistant is giving more nformation about people's roles o n site.
Choose he orrect verb forms to omplete this text.
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' ... So, as Martin said, we (1) have / are having around 100 people on site
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every day. Today, most people (2) work / are working on he basic structure
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of the uilding. he people in green jackets over there are concrete finishers
from DKI Cement, the cement supplier. On his project, they (3) supervise / are
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supervising the unskilled labourers, w h o are all local people. Of course, there
are always a lot of heavy equipment operators. They (4) handle / are handling
the cranes, the cement mixers, he cement pumps, and so on. The drivers
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(5) bring / are bringing in fresh loads of cement several times a day. Over there,
a couple of painters (6) paint / are painting the staircase, and he electricians
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(7) repair / are repairing one of he generators.'
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Speaking 8 Work n small groups to discuss these questions.
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1 What's the difference between a general contractor and a subcontractor?
2 What's a consortium?
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3 What suppliers are ypical on a onstruction site?
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4 In udio script 2 on page 70, Martin Karp says, 'We co-ordinate all the
subcontractors and make sure things stay on schedule and stay within
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budget.' What do the expressions in old mean?

Teamwork 1