Unit 8 paper Reading & Grammar

Unit 8 Reading

The planemakers

​Watch & summarize

Why are planes usually painted white?

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- Watch the video (link in chat); speed x1,5 (4 mins)

​- Summarize the reasons in simple words (2 mins)

Open Ended

Why are planes usually painted white?

​Skim Reading: The planemakers

​In your opinion, what is the gist of this passage?

​Skim the text in 2 mins

​Summarize the gist of this passage in ONE sentence / phrase

Do the reading exercise​

7 minutes​

Multiple Choice

The two main requirements for aircraft design are

• speed and cheapness

• reliability and passenger comfort

• making things both light and dependable

• ability to stay up in the air and avoid breakdown

Multiple Choice

The maximum possible weight of an aircraft is determined by

• by engine power

• the amount of freight room

• the number of passengers

• international regulations

Multiple Choice

The stress man's job is to calculate

• how safe the plane is

• how strong each part must be

• what height the plane will fly at

• the amount of luggage each passenger may carry

Multiple Choice

The first three aeroplanes of a new type

• are all destroyed

• do not fly

• are later broken up for spare parts

• are used for testing purposes

Multiple Choice

The passenger cabin test in water is designed to

• make sure the plane would be safe if it landed in water

• test fatigue strength

• see if the cabin will burst like a bomb

• keep the cabin cml

Multiple Choice

All equipment in an aircraft must

• work especially well at high temperatures

• be tested to destruction

• not be too light in weight

• work perfectly within a wide range of tempratures

Multiple Choice

Certificates of airworthiness are issued by

• the aircraft industry

• workers

• stress men

• governments

Multiple Choice

Research workers

• are employed in large numbers by the aircraft industry

• seldom find solutions to practical problems

• also test houses

• do not need laboratories

Multiple Choice

New materials are

• expensive to use in aircraft

• avoided if possible

• put to a variety of tests

• tested at a constant temperature

Multiple Choice

Except for experimental flights, no new aircraft leaves the ground

• after completely tested for safety

• without having a stress man on board

• until it has been thoroughly tested and approved

• unless flown by a govemment official

​👄In summary,

​What are the difficulties planemakers face?

👄In your dream career,

• ​​What difficulties will you face?

• ​How do you expect to solve them?

• ​Take brief notes of your classmates' talks for later use

​Break time

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Unit 8 Grammar

​Reported speech

Multiple Choice

1. She asked me___the seat___or not.

• if — had occupied

• whether— was occupied

• if — has been occupied

• whether — occupied

Multiple Choice

2. The policeman asked us

• had any of us seen the accident happen

• If had any of us seen the accident

• whether any of us had seen the accident happen

• that if any of us had seen the accident happen

Multiple Choice

3. I asked him___but he said nothing.

• what the matter was

• what was the matter

• the matter was what

• whats the matter was

Multiple Choice

4. James___him up when the bus reached the square.

• told me wake

• asked me to wake

• said me to wake

• requested me waking

Multiple Choice

5. Excuse me. Could you tell me___?

• what time is it

• what time it is

• what is the time

• it is what time

Multiple Choice

6. We wonder___from his office after that scandal.

• why did he not resign

• why he did not resign

• why he not resign

• why didnt he resign

Multiple Choice

7. Jeff wanted to know___

• that why were his friends laughing

• why were his friends laughing

• why his friends were laughing

• the reason why his friends laughing

Multiple Choice

8. Mr. Hawk told me that he would give me his answer the___ day

• previous

• following

• before

• last

Multiple Choice

9. "What a beautiful dress you have, Mary!" Peter said.

• Peter complimented Mary on her beautiful dress.

• Peter said what did Mary have a beautiful dress.

• Peter asked Mary to have a beautiful dress.

• Peter advised Mary to have a beautiful dress.

Multiple Choice

10. Could you please tell me___

• It is how far to the nearest bus stop

• how far is it to the nearest bus stop

• how far to the nearest bus stop is it

• how far it is to the nearest bus stop

Multiple Choice

11. Marigold wondered ___ Kevin and Ruth would be at the party

• that

• whether

• if

• B&C

Multiple Choice

12. He asked me___

• how long I have studied English

• how long had I studied English

• how long I had study English

• how long I had studied English

Multiple Choice

13. "Hurry up! Do it quickly!" the group leader

• advised

• urged

• agreed

• promised

Multiple Choice

14. "Go on, Susan! Apply for the job," said the father.

• The father invited Susan to apply for the job.

• The father encouraged Susan to apply for the job.

• The father denied applying for the job.

• The father wanted Susan not to apply for the job.

Multiple Choice

15. "l didn't take your calculator', Bob said to Mary.

• Bob told Mary he hadn't taken her calculator.

• Bob told Mary I didn't take your calculator

• Bob told Mary he havent taken her calculator.

• Bob told Mary he had taken her calculator.

Multiple Choice

16. "You are an accountant, aren't you, Daisy?" said Jon

• A. John asked Daisy was she an accountant.

• John asked Daisy if she wasn't an accountant.

• John asked Daisy whether she was an accountant or not.

• John said that Daisy was an accountant.

Multiple Choice

17. Peter said that he had lived in London four years___

• then

• ago

• before

• later

Multiple Choice

18. "___", my father advised me

• I would rather work harder

• You ought to work harder

• It is my duty to work harder

• it is worth working harder

Multiple Choice

19 The host asked her ___tea or coffee

• whether she liked

• B. that she liked

• if she likes

• whether she like

Multiple Choice

20. Mary asked me___

• A. whether I would watch the football match on TV the day before

• whether I watched the football match on TV the day before.

• If I watch the football match on Tv' the day before.

• whether I had watched the match on TV the day before

Speed interviews

​- Groups of 4 in Break Rooms

​- In turns, ask & answer:

• ​What is a TV show you're watching / book you're reading right now?

• Do you enjoy it?

• ​What's the best advice you've ever received?

​- Report what your friends said to the whole class using reported speech. ex: A said he felt fine, B told me she was going camping,...