FASE 2

ACTIVITY 1

HYDRAULIC LIFT

READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT AND HIGLIGHT THE VERBS.

What is a hydraulic lift and what is it for?

Hydraulic lifts are mechanical devices that are used to lift heavy objects, for
example, a car that needs a common repair such as changing one of its wheels,
facilitating access to it so that the entire process is carried out more quickly. Lifts
are used with all types of vehicles, from motorcycles, cars to large automobiles,
and can be used in both professional and domestic environments.

When mentioning this tool, many people wonder who invented the hydraulic lift.
The inventor of this tool was Richard Dudgeon, a 19th century machinist, who,
replacing the screw jack that was the standard lift used at that time, created the
hydraulic lift as we know it today.

When we consider the history of car lifts, Peter Lunati built and patented the first
fully hydraulic car lift in 1925 in Memphis, USA for a service station. The name was
rotary because it rotated 360° to allow vehicles to enter and exit in forward gear
because some vehicles did not yet have reverse gear at that time. It was an
innovative invention and beyond its time. This machine helped mechanics do their
maintenance work much easier.

a. Make a vocabulary list of 10 words that are new for you and look for their
meanings in the dictionary.

1.Devices: things made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially pieces of

mechanical or electronic equipment.

2.Wonder: a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something

beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable.
3.Standard: a level of quality or attainment.

4.Lift: raise to a higher position or level.

5.Patented: the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular
number of years.

6.Fully: To the greatest degree or extent possible.

7.Allow: To let someone do something or let something happen.

8.Reverse: opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character.

9.Innovative: being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or

created before.

10.Maintenance: the process of maintaining or preserving someone or something,

or the state of being maintained.

ACTIVITY 2

Answer the following questions, based on the reading ‘’hydraulic lifts’’

What are hydraulic lifts?

Hydraulic lifts are mechanical devices that are used to lift heavy objects, for
example, a car that needs a common repair such as changing one of its wheels,
facilitating access to it so that the entire process is carried out more quickly.

What type of vehicles use hydraulic lifts?

Lifts are used with all types of vehicles, from motorcycles, cars to large
automobiles, and can be used in both professional and domestic environments.
Who invented the hydraulic lift?

The inventor of this tool was Richard Dudgeon, a 19th century machinist, who,
replacing the screw jack that was the standard lift used at that time, created the
hydraulic lift as we know it today.

How does the hydraulic lift help workers?

This machine helped mechanics do their maintenance work much easier.

ACTIVITY 3

Answer true (T) or false (F), based on the reading ‘’hydraulic lifts’’

a. The inventor of this tool was Richard Dudgeon (True)

b. Peter Lunati built and patented the first fully hydraulic car lift in 1825 in Memphis
(False)

c. Hydraulic lifts can be used in both professional and domestic environments

(True)

d.The name was rotary because it rotated 360° to allow vehicles to enter (False)

ACTIVITY 4

Write the simple past, the past participle and the Spanish of each verb.

Infinitive Simple past Past Participle Spanish

Need needed needed necesitar

Repair repaired repaired reparar

Wonder wondered wondered preguntar

Help helped helped ayudar

Consider considered considered considerar

Replace replaced replaced reemplazar

Allow allowed allowed permitir

Help helped helped ayudar