LESSON15-USAGE OF PAST SIMPLE IN THE ENGLISH FOR AVIATION

A plane carrying 80 passengers heading for San-Francisco (1)_______(make) an emergency landing yesterday.The emergency(2)____________(happen) after the pilot (3)_______(report) a technical problem.The flight (4)_________(depart) Las Vegas at 0800 and (5)_______(fly) towards San-francisco.The flight (6)________(not reach) SF,but (7)__________(land) in Reno shortly after 0900.The pilots (8)_______(believe) there (9)__________(be) a fire.The passengers (10)_______(not be) hurt.

2.Complete the conversation with questions.

REP. (1)_________(you/make) an emergency landing?
Captain. Because we thought we could smell smoke on the flight deck.
Rep. (2)_______(you/notice)the problem?
Captain. About 30 minutes after we left Las Vegas.
Rep.(3)_______(you/decide)to land immediately?
Captain.Yes,of course
REp. (4)______(you/land) at Reno?
Captain. We descended to Reno because it was our closest airfield.
Rep.(5)_______(the fire/start)?
Captain. We´re not really sure-perhaps it was  an electrical fault.
Rep. (6)__________(you/have) on board?
Captain. We had 80 passengers on board

Regular verbs in the past tense have three different sounds at the end of the verb.
/d/ We received your transmission
/t/ The aircraft stopped at the taxiway B.
/id/I wanted to have new stand.

Put the verbs into groups according to the sound of their ending:

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contacted departed established tried calculated followed tasked arrived approached

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1./d/_____________________________________________

2./t/______________________________________________

3./id/_____________________________________________

Now listen and check

Regular verb pronunciation in the past tense

Please don´t forget that irregular verbs  change completly:

Example:

Present Simple    Past Simple

Do                     Did

Buy                    Bought

...and so on