Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport

College of Language and Communication (CLC)

Languages Department
English for Engineering

September 2020

ESP 2 Engineering (LH 132)

General Revision
Answer Key

Unit 6

A.
1. Go
2. Don’t
3. Consulting
4. Capacity
5. Dimensions
6. Regards
7. Far
8. Quantify
9. Alternatively
10. Feasible
11. Painstaking
12. Refining
13. Revamp
14. Quantum leap
15. Room
16. Ground up

Unit 7
A.
1. compulsory
2. corrosive
3. flammable
4. asphyxiation
5. contravene

B.
1. Under no circumstances
2. At all times
3. Crucial
4. In the event of

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 Unit 8
A.
1. Optimum
2. Frequency
3. Cumulative
4. Consumption
5. Output
6. Timescale
7. Rate
B.
1. Detector
2. Regulates
3. Detects
4. Reading
5. Triggered

C.
1. Flow measurement
2. Temperature measurement
3. Level measurement

D.
1. Band of fluctuation
2. Continuous
3. Fluctuations
4. Peak demand
5. Peaks and troughs
6. Continual

E.
1. Well over
2. The vast majority
3. Next to nothing
4. Off the top of my head
5. Ballpark figure
6. Pretty much

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 Forming Questions

A.
1. Where
2. Who
3. How
4. How much
5. When
6. How many
7. How often
8. Identify
9. Installed
10. Do you work
11. Smokes
12. Told
13. What happened during the storm?
14. What did they bring?
15. Who made the holes wider than required?
16. Who did you send the email to?

Passive Voice
A.
1. Any asbestos insulation must be carefully removed before installing a new one.
{by the workers}
2. How is data stored on a smartcard?
3. All the squealing gears are going to be lubricated with grease. { by the
mechanic}
4. The building’s façade was drawn {by the architect} using Autocad
5. The plans are not being executed as agreed. {by the chief engineer}

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 Subject Verb Agreement
A.
1. is
2. is
3. smell
4. is
5. are
6. loves
7. is
8. is
9. are
10. don’t
11. are
12. is

B.
1. are
2. are
3. are
4. tastes
5. are
6. are
7. is
8. is
9. wears
10. are
11. is
12. it is

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 Reading Comprehension
A.
1. Rock festivals, football.
2. It must be used in a targeted way.
3. The drones are small enough to be unnoticed by people on the ground when
they are flying at 350ft. They contain high-resolution video surveillance
equipment and an infrared night vision capability, so even in darkness they give
their operators a bird’s-eye view of locations while remaining virtually
undetectable.

B.
1. T
2. F – Helmets
3. T

C.
1. Property
2. Hovers

D.
1. CCTV
2. Companies