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to find traditional not alive
coastal to favor
area
5 Find antonyms in the text for the following words.
simple employee
quiet to wait
sky behind
land rigs to lose
to oppose incapable
weak immobile
6 Say whether the following statements are true or false.
1 Most drilling rigs are large and quiet.
2 A rig has only one purpose: to drill a hole in the ground.
3 Rigs operate both on land and sea.
4 It is better to visit an offshore rig first.
5 Most of masts and derricks are close to 45 metres high.
6 Another name for a rig manager is a “pushtooler”.
7 PPE stands for personal protective equipment.
8 The crown block is the main work area of the rig.
9 The bit is a hole-boring device.
10 A loud screech coming every time the friction brake bands
ease their grip means the brakes are broken.
7 Fill in the gaps.
a) toolpusher d) sense g) toolpush
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