The Wright Brothers
Task 1:
Read the following conversation.
Interview With The Wright Brothers
In 1905, there was a TV talkshow that interview great inventors at that time. Below is a script of interview with The Wright brothers.
Host : Hello and welcome to our talkshow tonight, Great Inventors! Today we have very special guests, Orville and Wilbur Wright. We are going to ask them about their revolutionary inventions.What do you call your invention?
Orville : We invented airplane.
Host : Airplane? What is the tool for?
Wilbur : It’s a tool that will help human being to fly!
Host : Oohhh, is it like a flying car? How did you get the inspiration?
Orville : Our dad gave us a toy helicopter that flew with the help of rubber bands. We’ve been interested in the idea since then.
Wilbur : Orville has always liked to build kites, so, we have experimented with making our own helicopters for a while now.
Host : But that was only a toy, what about the actual plane?
Wilbur : Orville made the first flight with our first plane at Kitty Hawk on December 14, 1903.
Host : Why did you choose Kitty Hawk?
Orville : Kitty Hawk had a hill, good breezes, and was sandy. The condition would help soften the landings in case of a crash. The first flight lasted 12 seconds and they flew for
120 feet.
Wilbur : We have worked and experimented with gliders to perfect the wing design and controls since then.
Host : I see. So you’ve had the newest version of your airplane?
Wilbur : Yes. Recently, I took a newly designed airplane that we called the Flyer II for the first flight lasting over 5 minutes.
Host : How amazing! I think this invention will be a big thing soon.
Wilbur : Our father has asked us not to fly together. He said it’s for the safety reason.
Orville : Yes, we will continue making more experiment so that airplane will be available for everyone soon.
Host : Okay, we wish you good luck with the next experiments. ...
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http://www.ducksters.com/biography/wright_brothers.php
Task 2:
Supply the dialog with the correct expressions based on the conversation
above.
Some Question s byHost
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Answered by Wilbur Wright
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1. How did you get the inspiration?
2. Did you have any other interest that inspired you?
3.Did you make the actual plane?
4. Why did you choose Kitty Hawk for the first flight?
5. How long did the first flight last?
6. What have you worked on since then?
7. Have you had the newest version of the airplane?
8. Has your dad helped you with anything during the process?
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VOCABULARY EXERCISES
Complete the sentence using the words from the list below. You may need to use more than one word for one sentence.
inventors
tool
rubber band
experiment
broke
design
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invention
inspiration
interested
experiment
flight
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airplane
helicopter
kites
soften
glider
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1. Wright brothers were great _______________________. Airplane was their
great ______________________.
2. One of the essential ________________________ in the kitchen is a knife
which is used in almost all cooking activities.
3. “Do you see that big H on the ground?” “That’s a spot for ______________
_______landing.”
4. It’s bright, sunny and windy today. The kids must be very happy because they
can go out and play ______________________.
5. The students are in the biology lab today. They are going to conduct an
_______________________ with frogs!
6. I can tie my hair into a pony tail using a _______________________.
7. Some artists have different sources of _______________________ for their
work. It can be natural scenery, traditional dances, people’s activities, etc.
8. When the ____________________ begins to take off, its tires fold up into
their compartment.
9. I am not ________________________ in baking cakes. I like knitting better.
10. When the car hit the tree, the windshield _________________ into pieces.
GRAMMAR REVIEW
SIMPLE PAST TENSE vs PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Task 1:
Look at the excerpt from the text below. Study the sentences by paying
attention to the words in the bold-typed and bold-italic typed expressions.
Orville : Our dad gave us a toy helicopter that flew with the help of rubber bands. We’ve been interested in the idea since then.
Wilbur : Orville has always liked to build kites, so, we have experimented with making our own helicopters for a while now.
Host : But that was only a toy, what about the actual plane?
Wilbur : Orville made the first flight with our first plane at Kitty Hawk on December 14, 1903.
Host : Why did you choose Kitty Hawk?
Orville : Kitty Hawk had a hill, good breezes, and was sandy. The condition would help soften
the landings in case of a crash. The first flight lasted 12 seconds and they flew for 120
feet.
Wilbur : We have worked and experimented with gliders to perfect the wing design and
controls since then.
Can you tell what pattern is written in bold type?
What about the pattern in the bold italic type?
Task 2:
USING THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Task 1:
Think of yesterday. What did you do? What didn’t you do? List the verbs of your activities yesterday.
Things you did yesterday
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Things you didn’t do yesterday
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Task 2:
Use the words in Task 1 to make sentences in the simple past tense.
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USING PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
Task 3:
Look at the sentences you made for Task 2 of this section. Now, make
extended statements using Present Perfect Tense. Look at the example
below.
Example:
Your sentence: I helped my mom cook in the kitchen.
Extended statement: I have helped my mom in the kitchen since I was 12 years old.
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SPEAKING
Task 1:
Look at the sentences that your partners make for the simple past tense.
Ask further questions about the activities he/she did yesterday using what, where, why, who, when orhow. Look at the example below.
Example:
Your classmate’s sentence:
I ate dinner with my family last night.
Possible extended questions:
- What did you eat?
- Where did you eat?
- When did you finish eating? etc.
Task 2: Look at the sentences that your partners make for the present perfect tense. Ask further questions about him/her using what, where, why, who, when or how. Look at the example below.
Example:
Your partners sentence:
I have helped my mom in the kitchen since I was 12 years old.
Possible extended question:
How have you helped your mom in the kitchen?
Task 3:
Interview with an inventor
1. Work in pairs. One of you will be the interviewer. Another will be the interviewee.
2. Discuss a popular person (it can be an inventor, popular people in the past like actresses,
actors, athletes, etc.) who is going to be interviewed. The interviewee will pretend to be this
person.
3. As an interviewer, you are going to prepare some questions that cover questions about his/her past activities (for example past experiments, albums, films, etc) and the recent and continuing activities.
4. As an interviewee, prepare to answer the questions with some accurate details. While the interviewer is preparing the questions, you can find information about the person you are pretending to be. Of course you can add any fun details to the answers.
WRITING
Write the interview report in the form of a paragraph in the form below. Look at the example below:
Interview form:
Host : How did you get the inspiration?
Orville : Our dad gave us a toy helicopter that flew with the help of rubber bands. We’ve
been interested in the idea since then.
Wilbur : Orville has always liked to build kites, so, we have experimented with making our
own helicopters for an while now.
Paragraph form:
The Wright brothers got an inspiration when their dad gave them a toy helicopter that flew with the help of rubber bands. They had been interested in the idea since then. Also, Orville had always liked to build kites, so, they had experimented with making their own helicopters for a while now.
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REFLECTION
At the end of this chapter, ask yourself the following questions to know how effective your learning process is.
1. Can you identify the forms and uses of the simple past tense and the present perfect tense?
2. Can you make statements or questions using the simple past tense and the present perfect
tense?
3. Can you write/do a interview? If your answer is ‘no’ to one of these questions, see your
teacher and discuss with him/her on how to make you able to carry out conversation
about the completed past events and those that started in the past but you can still feel the
impact.
FURTHER ACTIVITIES
Independently, read newspaper or Internet articles about a biography and pay attention to the uses of the simple past tense and the present perfect tense. Also, you can ask your classmates about their past activities and activities that started in the past but continues until
now.
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