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WorksheetsFocus 2 Unit 2.4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
It ________________ ( be) 13 April 1970, two days after the launch of Apollo 13.
was
was being
is
are
BBC journalist Reg Turnill (a) (PC; report) on the mission from the space centre in Houston.
He described the moment he ________________ (PS; realise) there was a problem with Apollo 13: ‘I ________________ (PS; look) into mission control just before going to bed.
(a)
I ________________ (go) through the door when I ________________ ( hear) Jim Lovell say, “Houston, we ...”.
(a)
Jim Lovell says, “Houston, we... ”.
are in danger
have a problem
are happy and it's great!
have to figure out how to solve this problem!
Instead of going to bed, the journalist ________________ (go) back to his desk and ________________ ( stay) there for the next three days.
(a)
Apollo 13’s commander Jim Lovell, together with his colleagues Fred Haise and Jack Swigert, ________________ out NASA’s third mission to the moon.
was figuring
was carrying
figured
carried
Lovell and Haise (a) (PC; plan) to walk on the moon.
But this never (a) (PS; happen).
Nearly two days into the flight, things ________________ (go) so smoothly that Joe Kerwin, on duty at mission control, ________________ ( tell) the crew, ‘The spacecraft is in real good shape (...). We’re bored to tears down here.
went, told
were going, was telling
were going, told
went, was telling
Several hours later, the crew ________________ a loud explosion.
was hearing
heard
had heard
hear
On board the spacecraft, warning lights (a) (PC; flash).
One of the fuel tanks was empty and one of them was close to zero.
What grammar tense is this?
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Че это все в Past? Это Present))
Past Perfect
Thirteen minutes after the explosion, Jim Lovell looked out of the _____.
window
door
hatch
hen
Gas (a) ( escape) into space.
NASA ________________ ( react) quickly.
was reacting
has reacted
had been reacting
reacted
They ________________ (PS; call) in all the most experienced astronauts, including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. They ________________ (PS; work) day and night with the NASA engineers and the crew of Apollo 13 to find a solution.
(a)
They were trying to _______ what happened and how to fix it.
carry out
understand
figure out
catch
Supplies of oxygen and water were _______ out but with the help of the engineers at mission control, they _______(come up) with a plan.
was running, came
were running, came
ran, were coming up
ran, came
Under parachutes, the spacecraft appeared through the clouds and exhausted workers at mission control were finally able to _______ a sigh of relief, raise their hands and _____.
Which grammar tense is used in the two first underlined verbs?
Which words are correct for the next two gaps?
Past Simple
make
die
Past Simple
breath
cheese
Past Simple
breath
cheer
Past Simple
bread
cheer
