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1. Look at the paragraphs quickly and first decide which paragraphs go with which story.

a) He tried to turn around and go back to the airport, but the loss of at least one of the engines caused him to lose control of the plane

f) A Boeing 747-200F crashed in a working-class district of the Dutch capital tonight, 15 minutes after take- off from Schipol Airport

b) TWA flight 843 to San Francisco began its take-off roll shortly after 5:30 p.m.

g) Seconds later, the 275 passengers and 16 crew aboard the Lockheed L 1011 felt the aircraft lurch violently to one side, as dense smoke filled the cabin

c) The flight attendants then went into action, leading the passengers to the two escape chutes behind the cockpit

h) The flight had left at 6:21p.m. from New York, and only a few minutes later the Israeli pilot, Isaac Tuchs radioed the control tower, reporting a fire in the jet's engines

d) Almost immediately after, he reported a second engine fire

i) The impact demolished two nine-story buildings, inhabited mostly by immigrants from Suriname and the Antilles. Estimates put the number of deaths at 150 to 200

e) The pilot was aborting take-off. With its rear engine ablaze, apparently because of a ruptured fuel line, the speeding jetliner crashed through a runway barrier and skidded to a stop

j) In less than two minutes all aboard the blazing Tristar were safely on the tarmac. The near catastrophe left 67 people with minor injuries

2. Put the paragraphs in the right order.

El Al Boeing 747 crashed All 291 people aboard into Amsterdam apartment stricken TWA Tristar es- blocks cape inferno

1 1

2 2

3 3

4 4

5 5

3. Here are the answers to some questions. Work out the questions.

EL AL Boeing 747

1) In a working-class district of the Dutch capital tonight.

2) 15 minutes after take-off.

3) From Schipol Airport.

4) Two nine-story buildings.

5) Immigrants from Suriname and the Antilles.

6) At 6:21p.m.

7) A fire in the jet' s engines.

8) Yes, he did. But the loss of at least one of the engines caused him to lose control of the plane.

TWA Tristar

1) Shortly after 5:30p.m.

2) The aircraft lurch violently to one side.

3) Apparantly because of a reptured fuel line.

4) Into the runway barrier.

5) Yes,they did. Leading the passengers to the two escape chutes behind the cockpit.

6) In less than two minutes.

7) 67 people.

4. There are three different pronunciation of the -ed in the regular past tenses.

/d/ travelled /t/ watched /id/ wanted

Put these past tenses from the articles on the right lines below according to the pronunciation of -ed.

crashed demolished radioed

reported tried caused

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