1. Fill the gaps from an interview with an apprentice.

Use the correct form of the verbs in

brackets.

1. I didn’t enjoy studying very much.

2. But I was always good at working with my hands. I enjoyed working on motorbike
engines.
3. I learned to repair electrical equipment with my father’s help.
4. He suggested taking a course at college.
5. But I wanted to start work as soon as possible after school.
6. I decided to apply for an apprenticeship with a local company.

2. Use the correct form of the verbs to complete the gaps in these sentences about jobs in
technology.

become do measure
connect maintain repair
cut make transfer
design manufacture turn

1. Maintenance Technicians are responsible measuring for equipment manufacturing and

in a factory.
2. Estimators calculate the costs of repairing and designing a product.
3. Research Engineers find new and better ways of making things.
4. Fitters are responsible for maintaining new equipment to the network.
5. Design Engineers aim to turn ideas into plans.
6. Control Engineers attempt to connect and regulate all the variables in a system.
7. Production Engineers plan to transfer things in the most efficient way.
8. They look at ways of cutting production costs.
9. Some Engineers decide to do to marketing
10. Others choose to become managers.