19 Past Simple - regular and irregular past • Time expressions
• Past Continuous • Pronunciation - consonants
• have + noun = activity
What's in the news?
Past Simple
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Complete the text with the Past Simple form of the verbs in the boxes.
Across the Channel in a chair
There are many ways to cross from England to
France - by boat, plane or Eurostar, for example.
But one man chose another form of transport.
travel set off become tie reach
Jonathan Trappe tied 54 balloons to a chair and
floated across the Channel. He
the first person
to cross the Channel with balloons filled with helium.
Mr Trappe
Не
top speed of 40 km/h.
from an airfield near Ashford at 5 a.m.
a height of 1,200 metres and
at
plan land control take have fly
The journey was 22 miles, and it
over four hours.
in a field in northern France.
his landing by cutting away some of the balloons.
the trip carefully. He needed permission
from aviation authorities, and he was equipped with sat-nav,
a radio, and oxygen.
Mr Trappe, 36, thinks it's a wonderful way to fly. 'A gas
balloon flies in complete silence, ' he says. 'I could hear the
waves from a height of 300 metres.
'As a child, I always
a dream of holding a bunch
of balloons and floating away into space. Didn't everybody?"
The first balloon crossing of the Channel was in 1785.
A Frenchman, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, and an American
doctor, John Jefferies,
from Dover to Calais.
It took two and a half hours.
Jonathan Trappe floats across the Channel
1.Painkiller - обезболивающее
2.Matches. Спички
3.Musical instrument.? Либо whistle-свисток Музыкальный инструмент?
4.Fire. Огонь.
5.Gas stove. Газовая плита
6.Rope. Верёвка.
7. Clothes. Одежда
8. Knife. Нож
9. Fishing Rod. Удочка
10. Fridge. Холодильник.
Перевод предложений.
Вы используете это, когда вам больно.
2 Вы используете это, чтобы развести огонь.
3 Вы делаете звук, когда используете это.
4 Вы можете согреться рядом с этим.
5 Вы можете готовить на этом.
6 Вы можете использовать это, чтобы связать что-то.
7 Вы используете это, когда вам холодно.
8 Вы можете использовать это, чтобы резать вещи.
9 Вы можете использовать это, чтобы ловить рыбу.
10 Вы можете хранить свою еду в этом.
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