Student A
What did they build?
When was Wilbur Wright born?
How many sisters did they have?
What did they do with the flying toy?
What did Wilburd read about?
When did the first plane flight take place?
How many meters did the plane fly?
Why didn’t they fly together?
Student B
Where was Wilbur born?
When was Orville born?
What did their father give them?
What did Orville make when he was at school?
How long was the flight?
Who was in the plane?
What was he worried about?
What did the National Air and Space Museum present?
9H_Unit 7 – Inventions –
Pairwork activity “The Wright brothers”
Student A
Write the questions corresponding to the missing words in the text.
1. What did ………..
…… ?
2. When was ………..…..………
?
3. …………..………..
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4. …………..………..
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5. …………..………..
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6. …………..………..
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7. …………..………..
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8. …………..……….
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Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions to find the missing words. Take turns. You start.
The Wright brothers are famous because they invented and built the first ... (object) with an engine and they made the first plane flight. Wilbur Wright was born in Indiana,
in the United States,
on ...
(date). He was four years older than his brother, Orville (born on 19th August 1871). They had one other brother and ... (number) sisters.
When Orville was 7 and Wilbur was 11, their father gave them a small flying toy.
They ... (action) with the flying toy a lot and they broke it. Their
dream was to fly in the air like their toy. When he was at school, Orville made big kites and sold them to earn money. Wilbur read about ... (object) and machines.
The first plane flight took place at Kitty Hawk on ... (date). The flight time was only 12 seconds and the plane flew about ... (number) metres. Orville was in the plane and his brother was on the ground. They didn’t fly together because... (reason). He was worried about an accident. The National Air and Space Museum presented the original plane of the Wright brothers in Washington DC.
9H_Unit 5 – Heroes –
Pairwork activity “The Wright brothers”
Student B
Write the questions corresponding to the missing words in the text.
1. Where was ………..
…… ?
2. When was ………..…..………
?
3. …………..………..
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4. …………..………..
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5. …………..………..
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6. …………..………..
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7. …………..………..
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8. …………..……….
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Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions to find the missing words. Take turns. Your partner starts.
The Wright brothers are famous because they invented and built the first plane with an engine and they made the first plane flight. Wilbur Wright was born
in ... (city), in the United States, on 16th April 1867. He was
four years older than his brother, Orville (born
on ... (date) ). They had one other brother and two sisters.
When Orville was 7 and Wilbur was 11, their father gave them a small ... (object). They played with it a lot and they broke it. Their dream was to fly in the air like their toy. When he was at school, Orville made ... (object) and sold them to earn money. Wilbur read about birds and machines.
The first plane flight took place at Kitty Hawk on 17th December 1903. The flight was only ... (number) seconds and the plane flew about 200 metres. ... (person) was in the plane and his brother was on the ground. They didn’t fly together because their father was scared. He was worried about ... (something).
The National Air and Space Museum
presented the ……….……….. (object) of the Wright brothers in Washington DC.
