UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL ALTIPLANO

ESCUELA PROFESIONAL DE INGENIERIA TOPOGRAFICA Y AGIMENSURA

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Workshop past simple and past of be
Instructions: Work in small groups to solve these exercises.
A: What did you do yesterday? Write the verbs in simple past.

Yesterday, I (1) …………………up early, (2)……………………….a coffee, and

(3)……………….to the gym. After the gym, I (4)……………………..breakfast and
(5)………………to work by bus. For lunch, (6)I……………………. a sandwich with a friend.
After work, I (7)………………… shopping at the supermarket, then I (8)…………….. Home. I
9)……………dinner with my family, then my wife and I (10)…………………….. Housework.
After that, I (11)…………………..to bed early. I was tired.

B: Complete the safety report with the past form of the verbs in brackets.

On 24th August last year, I inspected the Nautilus shipyard. I (1)…………………………(find)

many safety hazards. Here are the main points of my safety report.

The emergency exit (2)……………… (be) locked. There (3)……………(be) some ropes on the
ground, between two boats. Two fire extinguishers (4) …………………(be) damaged. Five
workers (5) ………………..(have) no hard hats or safety gloves. One elder (6) ………………….
(not wear) his safety boots. A high-voltage cable (7)………………….(be) coiled. There
(8)……………….(be) many tools on the ground.

A supervisor (9)…………. (tell) me about a near miss. The incident (10)……..…………….(take

place) in July last year. A repair man (11)………………… (put on) his hard hat and safety
boots. He then (12)…………………..(climb) a ladder 8 metres up to an electrical cable. The
cable (13)………. (be) damaged. It (14)……………………(have) some bare wires.

The repair man (15) ………….. ….(shout) to a worker: “switch off the power”!. The worker
(16)………………. (Switch off) the main electricity supply and shouted: “OK, I`ve
(17)………………..(switch) it off”. Then the repair man (18)………… (touch) the cable. But the
cable (19)…………………………(not be) connected to main supply. It (20)……………(be)
connected to a generator. There (21)……………(be) a spark. The repair man was very lucky. He
(22)……………….. (not receive) a shock. But this was a very serious incident.
II. READING AND TRANSLATING. Read the text and translate into your language.

ANALYSIS OF DATA QUALITY ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS

ABSTRACT

The data quality of topographic maps involves a degree of deviations of geometric and thematic content
from their actual position and status in nature, respectively. For determining the geometric accuracy,
comparative way of testing is usually applied, namely the comparison of measured values of topographic
maps with "true" or "conditionally true" values (numeric data of positional and elevation network or data of
a map in a larger scale, where the content errors of individual elements could be neglected in comparison
due to differences in the scale of mapping).

This method gives a direct accuracy assessment of printed maps and reproduction originals, as opposed to
the experimental method which considers and determines errors in certain phases in the process of making
topographic maps. Geometric, and to a large extent thematic accuracy of topographic maps are not always
reliable enough and depend on the way of surveying and the type of contents, i.e. from geodetic control
points, which are more accurate, to vegetation whose positional accuracy is the worst.
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