1. Listen and write the numerals (years) words.

_______— The first kites were invented by the Chinese 11th Century — Oliver of Malmesbury, a Benedictine Monk, is the first person to fly for some distance (125 paces) with the aid of wings.

________— Leonardo da Vinci designed the ornithopter, a wing-flapping aircraft that would use almost every muscle of the human body.

_ _______— A glider designed by Sir George Cayley lifted a ten year old boy briefly into the air.

________— Russians launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite.

________— Russian Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She orbited earth 48 times, traveling 1.2 million miles.

________— United States Apollo11 astronauts landed on the moon.

2. Fill in the gaps with prepositions.

1.The first kites were invented ___ the Chinese.

2.Oliver of Malmesbury, a Benedictine Monk, is the first person to fly ___some distance (125 paces) __ the aid __wings.

3. Leonardo da Vinci designed the ornithopter, a wing-flapping aircraft that would use almost every muscle ___ the human body.

4.A glider designed ___Sir George Cayley lifted a ten year old boy briefly ___ the air.

5. Russian Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman__ space.

6.United States Apollo11 astronauts landed ___ the moon.

PAST SIMPLE TENSE AND PASSIVE

Watch grammar videos “Aviation English 5 : Past Simple”

and passive and then proceed to Exercise #1

1. Put a tick (√) next to the correct forms of the Past Simple, and cross out those which are incorrect. You can look at Appendix 1, page , before you do the exercise.

walked

taked

drank

gave

met

won

leaved

drinked

wrote

asked

meeted

passed

cryed

swimmed

went

cooked

flew

took

flew

stopped

left

followed

spent

sended

found

swam

fined

buyed

winned

eated

brought

crossed

2. Put in the correct form of the verbs in brackets ( ).

Fiat (>) was started (start) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899.The Antonov An-225 Mriya _______ (to be) a strategic airlift cargo aircraft that______ (is designed) by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1980s. It______ (power) by six turbofan engines and is the longest and heaviest airplane ever______ (build), with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes (710 short tons). It also____ (have) the largest wingspan of any aircraft in operational service. The single example built has the Ukrainian civil registration UR-82060. A second airframe with a slightly different configuration____ partially ____( build). Its construction ______ (to held) in 1994because of lack of funding and interest, but______ (revive) briefly in 2009, bringing it to 60%-70% completion. On 30 August 2016, Antonov______ (agree) to complete the second airframe for Aviation Industry Corporation of China as a prelude to AICC commencing series production.

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