ESCUELA INDUSTRIAL “Jose Menendez”

Materia Lengua Extranjera

Curso 5° Electromecánica
Profesora Ailen Aikman
Ciclo lectivo 2020
Unidad 1 “Jobs”
Fecha de entrega máxima 14/12/2020

1. Write a- h next to the jobs.

An assistant a) controls the rig’s machinery during drilling

A driller b) manages the drilling crew and support staff.
A motorhand c) does the painting and cleaning on the rig
A mud engineer d) helps other people to do their job
A roughneck e) makes sure that workers are doing their job correctly
A roustabout f) maintains and operates the drilling engines and motors
A supervisor g) trips the pipe in and out of the well hole.
A toolpusher h) is responsible for the drilling fluid

2. Complete these phrases about work routines.

a. on the night s____________

b. a week-long b____________
c. on c____________ at weekends
d. work around the c____________

3. Complete these words for forms of transport with a, e, i, o or u.

Means of transport
pr_p_ll_r a_rcr_ft
l_w l__d_r
tr_ck_d v_h_cl_

4. Complete these sentences with the correct present simple form of the verbs in
the box.

(not) finish look at manufacture (not) operate work

 a. Khalid ____________ on an oil rig.
b. I’m a geophysicist. I ____________ seismic data so that we know where to
drill.
c. He’s the roustabout. He ____________ the machinery.
d. Our company ____________ a range of products.
e. I ____________ my shift until 10 p.m.

5. Put these words in the correct order to make questions.

for / fluid / is / who / drilling /

responsible / ?
for / the / are / company / the / you /
exploration / representative / ?
set / according / you / take / schedule /
do / a / samples / to / ?

6. Complete these sentences with the correct past simple form of the verb in
brackets.

a. I ____________ (see) the company representative yesterday.

b. Who ____________ (Stefan/want) to speak to?
c. ____________ (they/check) the pipe?
d. No, Paul ____________ (not analyse) the data. It isn’t his job.

7. Match 28–30 to a–c to make sentences.

a) of the river.
The main office is in the
middle
The jetty is at the mouth b) off the coast.
c) of the city.
The oil tanker is just