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Saturday's Facts

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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 / wordExample / meaning
bewas / were
havehad
hithit

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

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2.1 Put the verb in brackets into Past Simple.

Example: Cape Air (cancel) 115 flights on Saturday. → canceled

  1. Boston (have) many problems on Saturday.
  2. There (be) 253 cancelations at Logan airport.
  3. Nantucket airport (have) 66 cancelations.
  4. The storm (hit) the northeast on Saturday.
  5. Delta (cancel) 95 flights.
  6. Martha's Vineyard airport (have) 44 cancelations.
  7. The weather (be) very bad that day.
Answers

For open questions, these are model answers. Other answers may also be correct.

  1. had
  2. were
  3. had
  4. hit
  5. canceled
  6. had
  7. was

2.2 Choose the correct form: was or were.

Example: There (was / were) 253 cancelations at Logan. → were

  1. The storm (was / were) very strong on Saturday.
  2. Boston (was / were) a difficult place for passengers.
  3. There (was / were) 66 cancelations at Nantucket.
  4. There (was / were) 44 cancelations at Martha's Vineyard.
  5. The weather (was / were) bad at many airports.
  6. There (was / were) 36 delays at Logan airport.
Answers

For open questions, these are model answers. Other answers may also be correct.

  1. was
  2. was
  3. were
  4. were
  5. was
  6. were

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.

  1. How many flights did Delta cancel on Saturday?
  2. How many cancelations were there at Logan airport?
  3. What was the number of delays at Logan airport?
  4. How many cancelations did Nantucket airport have?
  5. How many cancelations did Martha's Vineyard airport have?
  6. Where does this information come from?
Answers

For open questions, these are model answers. Other answers may also be correct.

  1. Delta canceled 95 flights.
  2. There were 253 cancelations at Logan airport.
  3. The number of delays at Logan was 36.
  4. Nantucket airport had 66 cancelations.
  5. Martha's Vineyard airport had 44 cancelations.
  6. This information comes from FlightAware and The Boston Globe.

2.4 Write 3 facts about Saturday. Use Past Simple.

Example: Write a fact about an airline. → Delta canceled 95 flights on Saturday.

  1. Write a fact about an airport.
  2. Write a fact about a flight or cancelation.
  3. Write a fact about the weather or storm.
Answers

For open questions, these are model answers. Other answers may also be correct.

  1. Logan airport had 253 cancelations on Saturday.
  2. Cape Air canceled 115 flights on Saturday.
  3. The storm was very strong on Saturday.