PEH - Unit 7 - Sixty Years of Flight

On July 25, 1909, a Frenchman, Louis Blèriot, _______ (become) the first man to complete an air journey from Calais to Dover.

• becomed

• become

• became

• becomes

People _______ (think) that such a journey was impossible

The flight ______ (not, be) easy.

• wasn't

• be not

• isn't

• didn't be

Mr Blèriot, a 37-year-old engineer couldn't swim, so he ___________ (not, want) to come down in the Channel.

On the morning of the 25th, he _________ (take off) at 4.30 from a field at the edge of a cliff.

• taked off

• taken off

• takes off

• took off

The plane ______ (fly) at 40 miles per hour at an altitude of 250 feet.

Everything _____ (go) well until he _____ (fly) into a fog.

• goed/flew

• went/flew

• goed/flied

• went/flied

When he got to Dover, he ____ (see) a French journalist waving a flag.

He ____ (cut) the engine at 60 feet and ______ (crash) into a field.

• cut/crashed

• cutted/crashed

• cut/chrash

• cuts/crashes

He ___ (win) a prize of 1000 GDB.