Northeast storm · Level A · Unit 2
Name: __________________________ Date: ______________
Unit 2. Saturday's Facts
Practice note: Grammar examples and role-play details may be hypothetical. Questions explicitly about the article use the reported facts. This is a historical report, not current travel advice.
Words from the text: cancel, have a problem, number, information comes from, storm, flight, cancelation, delay, airport, passenger, weather, waiver
A Use Past Simple for actions that finished in the past, for example on Saturday. For most verbs, add -ed.
Cape Air canceled 115 flights on Saturday.
Delta canceled 95 flights on Saturday.
The airport canceled many flights because of the storm.
Past Simple используем для законченных действий в прошлом (например, в субботу). У большинства глаголов добавляем окончание -ed.
B Some verbs are irregular. be → was/were, have → had. Learn these forms.
| Form / word | Example / meaning |
| be | was / were |
| have | had |
| hit | hit |
Boston had many problems on Saturday.
There were 253 cancelations at Logan airport.
The weather was very bad that day.
Некоторые глаголы неправильные: be → was/were, have → had. Их формы нужно запомнить.
C We often use Past Simple with numbers to report facts about a past day.
Nantucket airport had 66 cancelations on Saturday.
The number of delays at Logan was 36.
This information comes from FlightAware and The Boston Globe.
Past Simple часто используется с числами, чтобы сообщить факты о прошедшем дне (например, сколько рейсов отменили).
Exercises
2.1 Put the verb in brackets into Past Simple.
Example: Cape Air (cancel) 115 flights on Saturday. → canceled
- Boston (have) many problems on Saturday.
- There (be) 253 cancelations at Logan airport.
- Nantucket airport (have) 66 cancelations.
- The storm (hit) the northeast on Saturday.
- Delta (cancel) 95 flights.
- Martha's Vineyard airport (have) 44 cancelations.
- The weather (be) very bad that day.
2.2 Choose the correct form: was or were.
Example: There (was / were) 253 cancelations at Logan. → were
- The storm (was / were) very strong on Saturday.
- Boston (was / were) a difficult place for passengers.
- There (was / were) 66 cancelations at Nantucket.
- There (was / were) 44 cancelations at Martha's Vineyard.
- The weather (was / were) bad at many airports.
- There (was / were) 36 delays at Logan airport.
2.3 Answer the questions about Saturday. Use Past Simple.
Example: How many flights did Cape Air cancel on Saturday? → Cape Air canceled 115 flights.
- How many flights did Delta cancel on Saturday?
- How many cancelations were there at Logan airport?
- What was the number of delays at Logan airport?
- How many cancelations did Nantucket airport have?
- How many cancelations did Martha's Vineyard airport have?
- Where does this information come from?
2.4 Write 3 facts about Saturday. Use Past Simple.
Example: Write a fact about an airline. → Delta canceled 95 flights on Saturday.
- Write a fact about an airport.
- Write a fact about a flight or cancelation.
- Write a fact about the weather or storm.
Answer key
Northeast storm · Level A · Unit 2. Open-ended responses are model answers, not the only correct responses.
Unit 2. Saturday's Facts
2.1
- had
- were
- had
- hit
- canceled
- had
- was
2.2
- was
- was
- were
- were
- was
- were
2.3
- Delta canceled 95 flights.
- There were 253 cancelations at Logan airport.
- The number of delays at Logan was 36.
- Nantucket airport had 66 cancelations.
- Martha's Vineyard airport had 44 cancelations.
- This information comes from FlightAware and The Boston Globe.
2.4
- Logan airport had 253 cancelations on Saturday.
- Cape Air canceled 115 flights on Saturday.
- The storm was very strong on Saturday.