TECHNICAL ENGLISH I

CLASS 06 Teacher: Débora Muñoz M

DIMENSIONS

1 Complete the table.

ADJECTIVE high long _______ wide heavy

_______ _______ ______
NOUN depth _______
_ _ _

2
width Example

LANGUAGE

high 2 milimetres high

wide 10 centimetres wide
long It is 100 metres long
How deep is it? (it’s) 1000 Kilometres deep
are they? They are
(they’re)
heavy 1 kilo
much 10 dollars

What is the height of the building?

are lengths a triangle sides?
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
GLOSSARY :
1. Match ítems with the right words.
1. Deck: plataforma
2. foundations: cimientos
3. screw: tornillo
4. steel beams: viga de acero
5. scaffolding: andamio
6. Oil Well: pozo de petróleo
7. pylon: pilón
8. tower: torre
9. under: debajo
10. wavelength: longitud de onda
11. High: (adj) de alto / alto
°
12. Height: (noun) altura
13. long: (adj) de largo / largo
14. length: (noun) longitud
+ 15. deep: de profundidad
16. depth: profundidad
17. wide: (adj) de ancho
18. width: (noun) ancho
19. heavy: de peso, pesado
20. weight: (noun) peso
21. have / has : tener
22. guarantee: garantía
23. psi: pounds per square inch
24. kj: kilojoule
lb
25. How long: ¿Cuánto tiempo?
¿Cuánto mide?

1._______ € 7. _______ m
2._______ ° 8._______ km/h
3. _______ A 9. _______ L
4. _______ °C 10.________ rpm
5. _______ W 11. _______ V
6. _______ km 12. _______ kg
 PRACTICE

1 ( 6p)

2 ( 8p)
3. ( 5p)

4. ( 5p)

How high is the bridge?

5. Look at the measurements. Which are imperial and which are metric? (4p)

6. ( 4p)

TOTAL 32 ANSWERS
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