2. Scan the text and mark the information True or False. Correct the information.

1. Airships are carried across the landscape by the winds aloft. ……..

2. Powered parachutes use hot air and/or lighter-than-air gases to generate lift. ….

3. There are five different types of airships. …………….

4. The Wright Brothers’ original airplanes were all homebuilts. ………

5. Gyroplanes use an airplane engine and small propeller to push or pull themselves forward. …….

6. Biplanes have one main wing. ……

LISTENING

1. Listen to classification of air transport and write them.

a. ……………………………………………..

b. . ……………………………………………

c………………………………………………

d………………………………………………

e……………………………………………….

2. Listen to the continuation of the task 1 and mark the sentences True of False

a.All the modern commercial transport planes use jet engines which allow them to fly at a speed as high as 500-600 miles per hour. ________________

b. A famous example of a commercial passenger plane is Boeing 747, a one jet plane.______________________

c.General aviation planes are different types of airplanes that are commonly utilized for pilot training purposes. ___________________

d.Military planes are the most sophisticated and fastest planes used by people. _____

e.Sea planes cannot be divided into different categories. _________________

f.Amphibians are a peculiar kind of plane which are shaped as frogs. _____________

VOCABULARY

1. Write names of the air transport and describe each of them to your partner

GRAMMAR

1. Write down 3-5 questions about the text.

2. Supply indefinite and definite articles where necessary.

a) These airplanes use __gas turbine engine, coupled through a transmission, to drive __ blades of ___conventional propeller.

b) They combine __reliability of __ jet engine with __short takeoff and landing performance of __propeller-driven airplane.

c)___Pilots who are certificated to fly these airplanes will have___ single- or multiengine seaplane rating (SES or MES).

d) ___ vast majority of biplanes are also taildraggers.

e) They make excellent aerobatic airplanes and can be seen at picturesque grass airstrips throughout ____America.

f) Hot air balloons were___ first used by the pre-Incan Nazca civilization more than 2,000 years ago.

g) Balloons use hot air and/or lighter-than-air gases to generate lift. They are carried across___ landscape by ___ winds aloft.

h) There are three different types of airships:__ non-rigid,__ semi-rigid, and_ rigid.

i) ___ Wright Brothers’ original airplanes were all home builts, meaning that they were built at home by ___aviation enthusiasts and entrepreneurs.

j) Gyroplanes use ___airplane engine and small propeller to push or pull themselves forward.

k) __ world’s first successful airplanes were all gliders, including many built by __Wright Brothers.