WARM-UP VIDEO FOR PRESENT PERFECT

Instructions. Listen to the story and type in verbs in Present Perfect and Past Simple and continuous

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

I can't hear you." Wow, that's just horrible. So what's the scariest thing you'(1) …………..? - I was on a plane to Russia, and the engine (2) ………….. . I (3) ………….. out the window and the entire engine just (4) ………….. into a fireball. It was right after Sully (5) ………….. that incident happen to him where the geese (6) ………….. into both engines. - Right. And he landed on the river. - Yeah. This (7) ………….. in one of the engines, and I was the only person there that (8) ………….. to see this, but it was a flaming fireball, and it was all Russian passengers. And I kinda (9) ………….. like I'd already died and gone to heaven 'cause no one (10) ………….. anything. And I (11) ………….. at the top of my lungs saying, "What the hell is going on here?" And the people just kinda (12) ………….. back at me and the stewardess (13) ………….. out and (14) ………….. , "We seem to have a slight problem here." And the Russian guy finally (15) ………….. , "What is the problem?" And he (16) ………….. , "Well, we--we (17) ………….. one of our engines." [laughter] And he sa--he goes,"How many engines did we have?" He goes, "Well, we (18) ………….. two. Now we have one." [laughter] And... [applause] he (19) ………….. to say,"That is not--that is not good. That is not good." And we basically dumped fuel for 45 minutes, and did an emergency landing, and all our tires (20) ………….. and there was a hundred different ambulances there, and it was on CNN.That was another bummer.

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

I can't hear you." Wow, that's just horrible. So what's the scariest thing you'(1) (ve ever done) ? - I was on a plane to Russia, and the engine (2) (exploded) . I (3) (was looking) out the window and the entire engine just (4) (turned) into a fireball. It was right after Sully (5) (had) that incident happen to him where the geese (6) (flew) into both engines. - Right. And he landed on the river. - Yeah. This (7) (happened) in one of the engines, and I was the only person there that (8) (seemed) to see this, but it was a flaming fireball, and it was all Russian passengers. And I kinda (9) (felt) like I'd already died and gone to heaven 'cause no one (10) (said) anything. And I (11) (was screaming) at the top of my lungs saying, "What the hell is going on here?" And the people just kinda (12) (looked) back at me and the stewardess (13) (came) out and (14) (said) , "We seem to have a slight problem here." And the Russian guy finally (15) (said) , "What is the problem?" And he (16) (said) , "Well, we--we (17) (lost) one of our engines." [laughter] And he sa--he goes,"How many engines did we have?" He goes, "Well, we (18) (had) two. Now we have one." [laughter] And... [applause] he (19) (proceeded) to say,"That is not--that is not good. That is not good." And we basically dumped fuel for 45 minutes, and did an emergency landing, and all our tires (20) (exploded) and there was a hundred different ambulances there, and it was on CNN.That was another bummer.

Sources: 

Channel: TheEllenShow. Leo's Bad Luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNJI2A0v8yI

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