HOMEWORK N° 5

WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN RED

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I.- Read the article about a new train tunnel. Complete the specification
chart.

Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT)

Location of tunnel. In Switzerland, under the Alps
Posible completion date they will finish the project in
2016-2017
Number of tunnels there will be two tunnels
Lenght of tunnels each tunnel will be about 57 km long
Depth below old tunnel 600 metres below the old st gotthard
railway tunnel
Maximun speed of trains at 250 kph
Source de power for trains The new trains will use electricity.
Number of trains per day about 200-250 trains per day

II.- Change the long forms to short forms.

1. They are building a new tunnel. : They´re building a new tunnel.
2. There will be two new tunnels. : Ther´will be two new tunneles
3. They will finish the tunnel in 2017. : they´re finish the tunnel in 2017
4. The trains will not use magnetism. : the trains will´t use magnetism
5. There will be more than 200 trains per day. : ther´will be more than 200 trains per
day
III.- Underline seven mistakes in this report. Then rewrite the report.
The GBT will be the longest road tunnel in the world. It will connect Italy and France.
Engineers will finish the project in 2011. The new tunnel will be above the old railway
tunnel. There will be over 300 trains per day. The new trains will use diesel. All of them
will run at 250 kph.

The GBT will be the longest railway tunnel in the world

The tunnel will connect Zurich in Switzerland with Milan in Italy.
Engineers will finish the project in 2016-2017
The new tunnel will be under the old gotthard railway tunnel
There will be over 200-250 trains per day
The new trains will use electricity
The fast passenger train will run 250 km / h

IV.- Find nouns for these adjectives.

Long- Longness…(longitud) high- highness (alteza) wide- wideness…(amplitud)
deep- deepness (profundidad)

V.- Make phrases from the words in the box. Write them below.
Bottle Cement
Tube Oil
a Bag of Paint
Packet Glue/superglue
tin Screws

A bottle of oil
A tube of glue
A bag of cement
A packet of screws
A tin of paint

VI.- Choose a verb and complete these phrases.

1. Lay the foundations
2. Visit the piers
3. Built the pylons on the piers
4. Put the cables to the pylons
5. Remove the deck
6. Take off the deck to the cables
7. Cross the road.

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