ACTIVITIES ON “HOW TO PREPARE A FOUNDATION FOR A BRICK WALL”

1-WHAT ARE THESE OBJECTS CALLED? (LOOK AT THE WORDS IN ITALICS IN THE TEXT) WRITE THE SENTENCES AS IN
THE EXAMPLE.

2-ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

A-WHAT IS THE WIDTH OF THE TRENCH?

B-HOW DO YOU CHECK THAT THE SIDES OF THE TRENCH ARE VERTICAL?

ANSWER: CHECK IT WITH A __________________

3-COMPLETE THESE:

A-BETWEEN THE PEGS THERE IS A ________________

B-MARK OUT THE TRENCH BEFORE YOU ____________________

C-CHECK THAT THE CONCRETE IS HARD BEFORE YOU _______________

4-LOOK AT THIS AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

A-WHAT DOES “PLUMB” MEAN?

B-WHAT DOES “LEVEL” MEAN?

1-MATCH THE INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE NUMBERS IN THE PICTURE. TRANSLATE THE INSTRUCTIONS.

2-PUT THE SETS OF INSTRUCTIONS IN THE RIGHT ORDER. TRANSLATE THEM.

3-READ THE TEXT AND COMPLETE IT WITH THE WORDS BELOW.

WHEEL BARROW - THOROUGHLY – HOSE– THICKNESS - SHOVELFULS – RATIO – WITH - AGGREGATE

“HOW TO MIX CONCRETE BY HAND”

CONCRETE IS MADE FROM CEMENT, AGGREGATE AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER. THE AGGREGATE IS BOTH
COARSE (FOR EXAMPLE STONES AND GRAVEL) AND FINE (FOR EXAMPLE SAND). THE COARSE ________________, FINE
AGGREGATE AND CEMENT ARE USUALLY IN THE ________________ 4:2:1.

1-PUT TWO SHOVELFULS OF SAND INTO A _______________.

2-ADD A SHOVELFUL OF CEMENT.

3-MIX THESE THOROUGHLY ______________ A SHOVEL.

4-ADD FOUR _______________ OF GRAVEL. MIX THOROUGHLY.

5-MAKE A HOLLOW IN THE MIDDLE. ADD A LITTLE WATER WITH A ________________. CAUTION: DO NOT ADD ALL OF
THE WATER, ONLY A LITTLE.
6-MIX THE MATERIALS ________________.

7-ADD MORE WATER AND MIX AGAIN UNTIL THE CONCRETE IS THE CORRECT _________________.

1-READ THE TEXT “PAINTING EQUIPMENT”.

2-LOOK AT THE LETTERS IN THE PICTURE. WHAT ARE THE OBJECTS CALLED?

EXAMPLE:

LETTER A: THIS IS CALLED A ROLLER.

3-LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THE PICTURE. WHAT TOOLS WOULD YOU NEED FOR THE JOBS OF EACH NUMBER?

EXAMPLE:

NUMBER 1: NARROW PAINT BRUSH

4-MAKE A FULL LIST OF ALL THE TOOLS AND THE JOBS, LIKE THIS:

TOOL: JOB:

BROAD BRUSH PAINTS BROAD FLAT AREAS

5-TRANSLATE THE TEXT.