The Extremely Loud Building Site

Boost your English reading skills with this comprehension text for B1 level all about a building site.

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Reading Comprehension Text

The extremely loud building site

A shopping centre is currently being built near my house. The crane is so high that it towers over the other buildings in the neighbourhood. Like all construction sites, this one is extremely loud. I can hear the digger banging, the dump truck unloading new materials and the radio playing all day long.

There are lots of different labourers working on the building site. The bricklayer takes cement from the cement mixer and uses a trowel to lay the bricks for the wall. The plumber installs pipes for plumbing and later an electrician will install the lights.

For safety reasons only the workers are allowed onto the building site. There is a barrier blocking it from the street and the workers all have to wear a hard hat.

Luckily the shopping centre is almost finished. It's the school holidays and I find it very hard to sleep in when there is so much noise.

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Reading Comprehension Questions B1

Read the information about the building site and decide if the statements are true or false.

  1. There is a small crane on the building site.In the text: The crane is so high that it towers over the other buildings in the neighbourhood.
  2. The construction workers always listen to the radio.In the text: I can hear the excavator chugging, the dumper truck unloading new materials and the radio playing all day long.
  3. The plumber will install the lights.In the text: The plumber installs pipes for plumbing and later an electrician will install the lights.
  4. The building site is open for visitors.In the text: For safety reasons only the workers are allowed onto the building site.
  5. The narrator will be able to sleep in again soon.In the text: Luckily the shopping centre is almost finished. It's the school holidays and I find it very hard to sleep in when there is so much noise.

Read the text again. Then, complete the sentences with one word from the text.

  1. The   is the tallest thing in the neighbourhood.In the text: The crane is so high that it towers over the other buildings in the neighbourhood.
  2. The dump truck, the radio and the   are the loudest things on the building site.In the text: I can hear the digger chugging, the dump truck unloading new materials and the radio playing all day long.
  3. The   is responsible for building the walls.In the text: The bricklayer takes cement from the mixer and uses a trowel to lay the bricks for the wall.
  4. The most important tool for laying bricks is a  .In the text: The bricklayer … uses a trowel to lay the bricks for the wall.
  5. The   is responsible for the pipes and the   deals with the lights.In the text: The plumber installs pipes for plumbing and later an electrician will install the lights.
  6. The site is surrounded by a   for safety reasons.In the text: There is a barrier blocking it from the street.

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