2. Fill in the gaps using necessary forms of the verbs in brackets Drama in the air at 2,000 ft

An Oxford amateur pilot (1) _____ (proclaim) a hero after his propeller flew off in mid-air.

The drama began at 9,000 m as Hugh Smallwood (2)_____ (take) his six-year-old son for a half-term treat in his single-engined Fokker light aircraft. He told the Oxford Review how he brought his plane down safely in a field after going through every pilot's nightmare.

'My son Max (3) _____ (pester) me for ages to take him up. It was a nice day so we derided to go sight-seeing over Oxfordshire,' said Mr Smallwood. Everything (4) _____ (look) rosy as we (5) _____ (turn) for home, but then I noticed the propeller (6)_____(disappear).

'I reassured Max that we (7) _____(be) okay, and then did what any pilot (8)_____(do) - we went into a glide and I looked around for somewhere to land.

'I didn't have any time to make a mayday call, and spiraled down for the approach. Luckily the field was big enough.^’

The cause of the mid-air mishap (9)_____ (remain) a | mystery as Mr Smallwood (10) _____ prepare) a report for the Air Accident Investigation Branch.

'For a moment I thought I (11)_____(choose) the wrong place to land, but it turned out fine. I kept wondering 'What (12) _____ my wife (think)?' Fire engines rushed to the scene, but both of them and the plane were unscathed.

Advertising director Mr Smallwood (13)_____ (own) the plane for seven years. The plane (14) _____ (date) from the 1950s, but Mr Smallwood said it (15) _______ (service) regularly and (16)_____(fly) perfectly. The propeller (17) _____(find) in the paddock of a nearby farm.

Irene Smallwood said. 'I don't think I (18)_____ (let) the children fly again.^’

Brave Max said he wasn't frightened at the time. 'I knew my dad (19) _____(get) us down.

Air Accidents Officer Alan James said 'Hugh is obviously an accomplished pilot. I (20) _____never (hear) of a propeller coming off like this, but he (21) _____ (cope) with it very well.

Said Mr Smallwood 'I (22) _____ (make) a forced landing before, but it's unusual to have two in a lifetime. In a way I (23) _____(feel) quite privileged.'

And why (24) _____ he (25) ________ (take) up flying? 'For the excitement!'

1. Correct all possible mistakes:

1. There were seven police dramas on TV so far this week - and it’s only Thursday.

2. She has been playing with the symphony orchestra three times this season.

3. He told that his mobile phone had been out of action all day.

4. I’ve spoken to her just now – she looked very excited.

5. Hardly we had left the house when it started raining.

6. She used to working fourteen hours a day when she had her first job.

7. We are going to study tonight until we will finish this chapter.

8. Where you will be staying when you go to Greece?

9. I has snowed and the ground was while.

10. I’ve been studying English since I’ve started school.

Points to Think of

a. Look at the three pieces of text and say what time (past/ present/ future) the underlined verbs refer to:

1

I suppose I am quite a sporty person.(1)I play tennis and badminton quite a lot.(2)I’m also learning judo, though I’m not still very good at it. Unfortunately, I haven’t got much time to practice as (3)I’ve been very busy with my exams. Anyway, when I (4)finish school (5)I’m going to do an intensive summer course that they’re organizing at my local club.

2

Hi Chris

How (6) are you getting on?(7) Has anything happened at home while (8) I’ve been away?(9) Have you been doing anything interesting?(10) We are getting the boat to Athens and flying back from there on Saturday. The plane(11) leaves quite late, so(12) we’ll probably get home after midnight.

Yesterday, we went to a street market and I(13) bought some really nice things and I bargained a bit! It was fun! By the way, (14) I’ve bought that bracelet you wanted. (15) I’ll see you when we (16) get back.

Love,

Ruth

3.

One of the worst experiences that(17) has ever happened to me was last year. I was riding my horse Toby in the woods.(18) It had rained a lot the night before and the ground was very wet. We (19) were going down the steep path when(20) I saw a huge snake…

b. Match the examples underlined in the text (1-20) with these tenses and verb forms (a-i):

1. Present Simple

2. Present Continuous

3. Present Perfect

4. Present Perfect Continuous

5. Past Simple

6. Past Continuous

7. Past Perfect

8. ‘Going to’

9. ‘Will’

c. Match the tenses and verb forms from Section b) with the uses (1-9):

1. activities going on at the time of speaking/ personal arrangements for the future/ temporary routines or habits

2. activities that are repeated regularly/ future facts

3. intentions for the future

4. actions that happened at a specific time in the past

5. activities that form a background to events in the past

6. events that happened before other past events

7. activities in the past where the time is not important/ states that started in the past and are still true

8. activities that started in the past and continue up to now

9. predictions based on opinion, belief or knowledge/ decisions about the future taken at the moment of speaking

d. Using the information from Section c) and your knowledge fill in the missing parts of the table: