Complete the text with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

A plane carrying 20 passengers heading for Busan (make) .......................... a emergency landing yesterday . The
emergency (happen) ........................... after the pilot (report) ........................... a technical problem. The flight (depart)
......................... Seoul and (fly) ........................ towards Busan The flight (not reach) ........................ Busan, but
(land) .......................... in Daegu shortly after departing. The pilots (believe) ........................ there (be) ................. a
fire. The passengers (not be) .............................. hurt.
Complete the conversation with questions using Past Simple.
A: Why (you / make) ............................................... an emergency landing?
B: Because we thought we could smell smoke on the flight deck.
A: When (you / notice) ............................................................ the problem?
B: About forty minutes after we left Seoul.
A: (you / decide) ...................................................... to land immediately?
B: Yes, of course.
A: Why (you / land) ..................................... at Taegu?
B: We descended at Taegu because it was our closest airfield, of course.
A: How (the fire / start) ......................................?
B: We are not really sure. Perhaps it was an electrical fault.
A: How many passengers (you / have) ........................................ on board?
B: We had 18 passengers with us.

Pair Work. Look at the

information provided and make
up a similar conversation.
A:Why / emergency landing ?
B:Run out of fuel
A:When / notice problem?
B:After 30 minutes
A:Land immediately?
B:Yes
A:How / notice problem?
B:Red light on controls
A:How many / passengers?
B:16

Complete the text with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
A plane carrying 20 passengers heading for Busan (make) .......................... a emergency landing yesterday . The
emergency (happen) ........................... after the pilot (report) ........................... a technical problem. The flight (depart)
......................... Seoul and (fly) ........................ towards Busan The flight (not reach) ........................ Busan, but
(land) .......................... in Daegu shortly after departing. The pilots (believe) ........................ there (be) ................. a
fire. The passengers (not be) .............................. hurt.
Complete the conversation with questions using Past Simple.
A: Why (you / make) ............................................... an emergency landing?
B: Because we thought we could smell smoke on the flight deck.
A: When (you / notice) ............................................................ the problem?
B: About forty minutes after we left Seoul.
A: (you / decide) ...................................................... to land immediately?
B: Yes, of course.
A: Why (you / land) ..................................... at Taegu?
B: We descended at Taegu because it was our closest airfield, of course.
A: How (the fire / start) ......................................?
B: We are not really sure. Perhaps it was an electrical fault.
A: How many passengers (you / have) ........................................ on board?
B: We had 18 passengers with us.

Pair Work. Look at the

information provided and make
up a similar conversation.
A:Why / emergency landing ?
B:Run out of fuel
A:When / notice problem?
B:After 30 minutes
A:Land immediately?
B:Yes
A:How / notice problem?
B:Red light on controls
A:How many / passengers?
B:16

Complete the text with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
A plane carrying 20 passengers heading for Busan (make) .......................... a emergency landing yesterday . The
emergency (happen) ........................... after the pilot (report) ........................... a technical problem. The flight (depart)
......................... Seoul and (fly) ........................ towards Busan The flight (not reach) ........................ Busan, but
(land) .......................... in Daegu shortly after departing. The pilots (believe) ........................ there (be) ................. a
fire. The passengers (not be) .............................. hurt.
Complete the conversation with questions using Past Simple.
A: Why (you / make) ............................................... an emergency landing?
B: Because we thought we could smell smoke on the flight deck.
A: When (you / notice) ............................................................ the problem?
B: About forty minutes after we left Seoul.
A: (you / decide) ...................................................... to land immediately?
B: Yes, of course.
A: Why (you / land) ..................................... at Taegu?
B: We descended at Taegu because it was our closest airfield, of course.
A: How (the fire / start) ......................................?
B: We are not really sure. Perhaps it was an electrical fault.
A: How many passengers (you / have) ........................................ on board?
B: We had 18 passengers with us.

Pair Work. Look at the

information provided and make
up a similar conversation.
A:Why / emergency landing ?
B:Run out of fuel
A:When / notice problem?
B:After 30 minutes
A:Land immediately?
B:Yes
A:How / notice problem?
B:Red light on controls
A:How many / passengers?
B:16