Discuss the following questions with your partner.

 

1. Have you ever flown? Where did you go the first time?

2. Do you like flying? Why / Why not?

3. Have you ever flown business class? Do you think it’s good value?

4. What is the best / worst airline you’ve flown? Why?

5. Also, ask your own questions about duty free, your local airport, airline food.

Read the text below. Faster than the speed of sound

 

Concorde is the world’s fastest plane. French and British inventors invented it together. In 1950s, both countries dreamed of having a supersonic plane. They made a project in 1962 and spent £1.5 billion on developing Concorde. It was tested for over 5,000 hours, which makes it the most tested plane in history. In 1976, British Airways and Air France introduced their first passenger plane. It holds many world records, including the fastest crossing of the Atlantic from New York to London, which was achieved in 2 hours 45 seconds!

Flying at twice the speed of sound means that flying time is reduced by half. Business people and film stars use the Concorde flight between London and New York a lot. Twenty planes have been built up so far. But there are no planes to build any more. Each plane costs about £55 million, which makes it very expensive!

 

Complete the following questions, then practice them in pairs.

1. French and British inventors invented Concorde in 1962.

When did French and British inventors invent Concorde.

2. They spent £1.5 billion on developing Concorde.

How much______________________________________?

3. In 1976, British Airways and Air France introduced their first passenger plane.

When _____________________________________________?

4. Flying at twice the speed of sound means that flying time is reduced by half.

What _________________________________________________?

5. Twenty planes have been built up so far.

How many ___________________________________________?

 

 

Correct the following sentences. Listen to the tape and check your answer.

1. Astana is the capital of China. Astana isn’t the capital of China. Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan.

2. Concorde, the world’s slowest plane._________________________________

3. German and American inventors dreamed of having a supersonic plane._________________________________________________________.

4. It was tested for over 7,000 hours, which makes it the most tested plane in history.________________________________________________________.

5. Each plane costs about £55 million and is very cheap.

____________________________________________________________.

Grammar: used to 1.We can use the present simple to talk about present situations or habits, situations: My sister works as a travel agent. She lives in London. habits: Askar usually travels by plane.. I often eat a sandwich for lunch. Kanat doesn’t smoke anymore. Does Marat drive to work every day?   2. Look at these sentences in the past simple: situation: My sister worked as a travel agent for many years.. habit: When I was young, I ran three miles every day. The verbs are in the past simple and the sentences are about past situations or habits.     3. Look at these sentences with used to: My father used to travel by train. Many people used to make their own bread.My husband used to work at home.   We use used toto talk about a past situation or habit that continued for months or years, and to emphasize that the situation today is different: My father doesn’t travel by train now. Nowadays people usually buy bread in shops. My husband doesn’t work at home now.   Compare the past simple and used to: past simple: When he was young, he ran three miles every day. (He may or may not run three miles every day now.) used to: When I was young, I used to run three miles every day. I don’t do that now. (I don’t run three miles every day now.) We make negative sentences and questions with did + use to: Saule didn’t use to like black coffee. Askar didn’t use to smoke a pipe. Did Zhalgas use to ride a bike to school? Did your parents use to read to you? 4 We do not use used to for present situations or habits; we use the present simple: Ann sings in a band. (not Ann uses to sing in a band.) Joe doesn’t ride a bike to school. (not … doesn’t use to ride…)

Here is a list of people who have changed what they eat or drink.

Name	In the past	Now
Raigul Aigul	Meat tap water	fish bottled water
Samat Saule	coffee tinned fruit	tea fresh fruit
Sayat Zhanat	white bread margarine	brown bread butter

 

Now make up sentences following the examples below.

Raigul used to eat meat, but now she eats fish.

Samat drinks tea now, but he used to drink coffee.

 

1. Sayat …………….white bread, but now ……………….brown bread.

2. Aigul ……………tap water, but now ………………….bottled water.

3. Saule ……………fresh fruit now, but …………………tinned fruit.

4. Zhanat ………… butter now, but …………………….margarine.