Підготовка до модульної контрольної роботи

Revision of topics discussed in lessons 1-7. Every students of the group makes a report devoted to the structure of airplanes, history of aviation, and related fields.

Вправи для самостійної роботи

Нижче наведені типові вправи, що можуть бути використані під час підготовки до письмового тесту.

Exercise 1. Give plurals to the following words if possible:

A house, a knife, a lady, a child, a tooth, a key, a city, a fly, a man, a chair, a box, a chief, potato, people, a mouse, a tomato, a life, a goose, a formula, a radius, a salmon, an index, a play, a deer.

Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences with pronouns little / a little и few / a few – небагато/майже нема.

It allows the flow of electricity with ______ or no resistance, greatly improving the speed of information flow.

The lifespan of the satellite was expected to be only _______ months.

Every ______ seconds at least a bit of space dust burned harmlessly into the atmosphere. The brightest flares left shimmering trails that hung for ________ seconds.

In the ensuing years, ______ engineers made other significant advances.

Astronomers delivered _____ piece of good news on Wednesday – we are much less likely to get wiped out by a big asteroid than previously thought.

We've got a lot to do for the first _______ weeks.

Exercise 3. Make up comparative degrees with the following adjectives.

Example: fast – faster – the fastest

Big, little, good, bad, long, fine, active, comfortable, hot, thin.

Exercise 4. Insert articles whenever required.

1) We have... new gladder... is quite big.

2) There is... old plane in front of the building.

3) On... 17^th of... December, 1903,... brother Wright,... Americans, flew... first propeller-driven heavier-than-air... aircraft... first... flight had... distance of... 120 feet, at... altitude of... 10 feet, and... duration of only... our country.

4)... Black Sea is in... south of... our country.

5) Kyiv is to... south of... Moscow.

6)... Washington DC is... capital of... United States of America.

Exercise 5. Translate into Ukrainian (or Russian).

1) He shaves himself.

2) Peter is a friend of mine.

3) You and I have a car; yours is newer than mine.

4) I like this airplane more than that.

5) Gagarin and Korolev liked each other very much.

6) Football players pass the ball to one another.

7) She will do it by herself.

8) Landing requirements are the same as in your country.

Exercise 6. Make new words from the following words using common suffixes and prefixes.

symbol, to consider, to add, position, to depend, to calculate, to resist, to adopt, to possess, to multiply.

Exercise 7. Fill in each blank with a suitable term.

1) In 1841 another Britisher, by the name of William Henson, designed the first propeller-_________ airplane.

2) Special governmental programs and organizations provide the requirements for the certification of ________, ______, and other personnel who have direct influence on the safe operation of the aircraft.

3) The part of the __________for the crew is called the cockpit or _________.

4) The ___________ is a structure that supports the airplane on the ground.

5) Movable control surfaces help ________ the plane in flight.

6) The engine of most single-engine planes is located in the ______part of the _____. However, some jet planes have one or all of their engines at the ______ of the __________.

7) The _________ is like a small wing in the tail of an airplane.

Exercise 8. Explain the terms below with other words.

1) Landing gear.

2) Trim tab.

3) Flap.

4) Taxiing.

5) Fuel tank.

6) Descent.

7) Pilot.