Accidents happen
Reading about safety
Task 1: Reading a manual
Read these instructions about accidents and first aid from a health and safety handbook,
then answer the True/False questions:
First aid
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All injuries must be treated.
In an emergency, telephone 3555 and speak to a first aider. Tell him/her your whereabouts and what has happened.
There is a list of first-aid-trained staff in your office/workroom.
There are first aid boxes on every corridor. These must be used by first-aid-trained
staff.
Accidents
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All accidents must be reported to the health and safety officer, or to your manager.
You must complete an accident report form as soon as possible after the accident.
This must be given to Health and Safety not more than two weeks after the
accident.
Are these statements true or false?
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By phoning 3555 you can speak to a health and safety employee.
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The first aider needs to know where you are and what happened.
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First aid boxes can only be used by first aiders.
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You must complete an accident report form two weeks after the accident. □
1. It is important to treat injuries.
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True
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False
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Accidents happen
Task 2: About must
Must is used in two ways in the texts to give instructions
Example 1:
Example 2:
Accidents must be reported
You must complete an accident report form
This is must + be + past participle
This is must + verb (without ‘to’)
In this sentence accidents are very
important and come first in the sentence.
We don’t need to say who reports them.
In this sentence the person (you/first aiders/
your manager) who completes the form
is very important and comes first in the
sentence. This is normal word order.
Read the instructions from the health and safety handbook again. Underline all
examples of the use of the verb ‘must’.
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Accidents happen
Task 3: Using must
The sentences in Task 2 can be written in two ways to give instructions:
Accidents must be reported.
or
An accident report form must be completed. or
You must report accidents.
You must complete an accident report form.
Re-write the following sentences to show that you can use both ways of writing
instructions with must:
1. All injuries must be treated.
You ..............................................
2. First aid boxes must be used.
You ..............................................
3. An accident report form must be
given to Health and Safety.
You ..............................................
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Accidents happen
Answers
Task 1
True, false, true, true, false
Task 2
First aid
• All injuries must be treated.
• In an emergency, telephone 3555 and speak to a first aider. Tell him/her your
whereabouts and what has happened.
• There is a list of first-aid-trained staff in your office/workroom.
• There are first aid boxes on every corridor. These must be used by first-aid-trained staff.
Accidents
• All accidents must be reported to the health and safety officer or to your manager.
• You must complete an accident report form as soon as possible after the accident. This
must be given to Health and Safety not more than two weeks after the accident.
Task 3
1. All injuries must be treated.
2. First aid boxes must be used.
3. An accident report form must be given to Health and Safety. You must treat all injuries.
You must use first aid boxes.
You must give an accident report form to
Health and Safety.
© The Quality Improvement Agency for Lifelong Learning (‘QIA’) 2008.
ESOL Learner Route, Entry 3, Topic 0 3