When will the galley open again?
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Nauti Test ProIndependent practice · Marlins English Language Test for Offshore Workers · free test 2 of 3
Marlins offshore workers practice test 2
ten new questions, none repeated from test 1.
Ten new questions: two more recordings from the installation, and the grammar and vocabulary that come up around the work — the deck, the workshop, the camp. Some employers ask for a minimum in every section, not only overall, so notice which section each question belongs to before you read the explanation.
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01Practice test 2
Tap the option you think is right and the answer appears at once, with the reason. Each recording can be played twice before you answer, as on Marlins' own free practice test, and freely afterwards — with the transcript. Questions have three options, as the real Marlins offshore workers test does.
Always hold the handrail when you walk ____ the stairs to the cellar deck.
Dropped objects are one of the ____ risks on a drilling rig.
What do you use to check the air for dangerous gas before you go into a tank?
When the general alarm sounds, stop work and go straight to your ____ station, where your name will be checked.
What should people who were going home today do about their cabins?
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The steel cable is 12.4 mm thick. How do you say it?
I'll call you as soon as the supply vessel ____ alongside.
The camp boss is the person ____ job is to organise the cabins.
Look at the black smoke coming from that generator — it ____!
02Answers and explanations
The answer to every question above, and why the other options are not it.
Q1 — Listening
C · At 14:00
The announcement says the galley 'will stay closed until fourteen hundred', which is 14:00. The fire happened at 'twelve twenty' (12:20), and 'eighteen hundred' (18:00) is dinner time.
Transcript: Attention, all personnel. There was a small fire in the galley at twelve twenty. It is out, and nobody was hurt. The galley will stay closed until fourteen hundred. Hot lunch is cancelled; sandwiches are in the cinema room. Dinner will be served as normal at eighteen hundred.
Q2 — Grammar
C · down
To go lower on a staircase we use 'down': 'walk down the stairs'. 'Below' describes a lower position, not movement on the stairs, and 'across' means from one side to the other.
Q3 — Grammar
C · most serious
After 'one of the' we use the superlative, and long adjectives form it with 'most': 'one of the most serious'. 'More serious' is a comparative, and 'the most serious' would repeat 'the'.
Q4 — Vocabulary
B · a gas monitor
A 'gas monitor' measures dangerous gases in the air and gives an alarm. A 'smoke detector' finds smoke, not gas, and a 'pressure gauge' measures pressure.
Q5 — Vocabulary
A · muster
The 'muster station' is the emergency meeting point where names are checked when the general alarm sounds. A 'work station' is where you normally work, and the sentence says you must stop work.
Q6 — Listening
B · stay in the ones they have now
The announcement says 'please keep your cabin for now', so they stay in the same one. They see the camp boss 'about your meals', not for a new cabin, and the new crew will not arrive before Friday.
Transcript: Attention all personnel. Because of the storm, today's crew change is cancelled. If you were going home today, please keep your cabin for now, and see the camp boss about your meals. The new crew will not arrive before Friday.
Q7 — Time and numbers
B · twelve point four millimetres
The decimal is read as 'point' followed by each digit: 'twelve point four'. 'and' does not mark decimals in English, and 'one hundred and twenty-four' ignores the point.
Q8 — Grammar
B · comes
After time expressions like 'as soon as', English uses the present simple even when talking about the future: 'comes'. 'will come' and 'is going to come' are future forms, and they are not used in this kind of clause.
Q9 — Grammar
A · whose
We use 'whose' to show possession: 'the person whose job is…'. With 'who' the sentence would read 'who job', which makes no sense because the idea of 'his' or 'her' is missing, and 'which' is for things.
Q10 — Grammar
A · is going to catch fire
When there is visible evidence at the moment of speaking (the black smoke), 'be going to' is used to predict what is about to happen: 'is going to catch fire'. 'will catch fire' is for predictions with no evidence or based on opinion, and 'is catching fire' would mean the fire is already happening, not something about to happen.
03The other practice tests
3 free tests, 30 questions, none repeated. They are ours, written in the format of the Marlins test for offshore workers.
- Practice test 1the drill floor, the crane and the helideck — ten questions, explained.
- Practice test 2you are here
- Practice test 3the last free one — then the 85-point simulation scored per section.
Taking a different Marlins test? There are free practice tests for the Marlins test for seafarers and the Marlins test for cruise ship staff too, and the speaking test (TOSE) has its own free pack.
04After the free tests
The real test is 80 screens worth 85 points, with 60 minutes recommended and the result is a percentage, with no pass mark — the score you need is the one your employer asks for (see what score you need, by rank). Nauti Test Pro has 874 questions in that format, 180 of them recorded, and a timed simulation with the weighting Marlins publishes, scored section by section against the minimum for your rank.
- Create an account — international accounts start with 10 free tokens, plus 5 when you verify your email and phone.
- One token = one practice — a unit of up to 50 questions, a drill or the full simulation.
- Buy tokens when you need more — small packs by card, no subscription.
Before the real one, read how to pass the Marlins test, section by section and what it costs, how to book it and how long it is valid.