WELCOME A WHAT A STORY! A lucky pilot 1
1.02 Complete the conversation with the verbs in the correct tense. Then listen and check.
crash | hit | find | add | end | pull | keep take | destroy | scream | manage | dive MIKE ANDY MIKE ANDY MIKE
ANDY MIKE
ANDY MIKE
ANDY
Did you see that story about the plane that 0 crashed in the Gulf of Mexico? No, I didn’t. What happened? Well, this guy 1 off from Miami in a singleengine plane and headed toward New Orleans. Wow. That’s a long way. Exactly, and it’s normally too far for a plane like that, but he had 2 extra fuel tanks. After he had begun his journey, however, he realized he didn’t have enough fuel to 3 on flying, so he radioed New Orleans and told them that he was in trouble and had to land in the ocean. In the water? Yes, but luckily there was a fishing boat nearby that was able to pick him up. But here’s the incredible thing. The plane had a parachute, so the pilot opened it, but this didn’t work, and the plane started to 4 toward the water! Then, almost at the last second, the parachute pulled the plane horizontal, just before it 5 the water. The impact almost 6 the plane. And the pilot? Fortunately, he was OK. He 7 to get out of the plane and into a life raft from the fishing boat. Then the people on the boat came and 8 him out of the raft to rescue him. He was fine. I mean, he didn’t 9 up in the hospital or anything. Now experts are trying to 10 out what exactly went wrong. Wow – I would have been so scared. I would have 11 like crazy!
2 Read it again. Answer the questions. Where was the plane flying to and from? 2 Why had the pilot added extra fuel tanks? 3 What did the pilot use to land the plane safely? 4 How was the pilot rescued? 1
Descriptive verbs 1 Match the verbs with the definitions. a to hit very hard and break
2 flee
b to run away quickly
3 grab
c to destroy completely
4 rage
d to shout in a high pitch
5 scream
e to take something quickly
6 smash
f to hit
7 strike
g to burn very fiercely
2 Use the correct form of a verb from
Exercise 1 to complete each sentence. 0 1 2 3 4 5
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1 demolish
The car went out of control and struck a big truck coming in the other direction. By the time the spy was identified, he the country. The house was old and unsafe, so the town it. Come on, we’re late! your coat, and let’s go! By the time the firefighters got there, the fire for more than 20 minutes. When she reached her car, she saw that someone the windshield with a rock. I , but nobody heard me.