Exercise 39. Rewrite the sentences

Exercise 36. Work with a partner. Follow the steps below and practise making enquiries and giving advice. Use phrases from this unit.

A B

Exercise 37. Listen to a shipping agent describing one of the containers available. Complete the missing details and label the drawing with the words from the box.

height, payload, length, tare weight, width, gross weight

Type of container: 40 ft open top

1 __________: 4,030 kg

2 __________: 32,500 kg

3 maximum ________: 28,470 kg

Internal measurements:

4 _________: 12.02 m

5 _________: 2.35 m

6 _________: 2.32 m

Exercise 38. Listen again and note the non-metric measurements the agent mentions.

1 tare weight: __________

2 internal length: __________

3 internal height: __________

example: The container is 6 metres long.

The length of the container is six metres. (Or: The container’s length is 6 metres.)

1 The package weighs 45 kg.

2 This seagoing vessel is about 30 m wide.

3 The case we need to ship is 1 m long, 50 cm wide and 35 cm high.

4 Its depth is nearly 3 cm.

5 The ship’s length is more than 65 m.

6 The open container’s door height is 7 ft 10 in.

Exercise 40. What do these abbreviations stand for?

1 ft ___________

2 kg ___________

3 oz ___________

4 cm ___________

5 lb ___________

6 cu yd ___________

7 m² ___________

8 1” ___________

9 pt ___________

10 gal ___________

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