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Video: ‘A380plus cabin enablers’

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This week’s video describes the new A380plus cabin enablers. Watch the video to find out what they are.

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. What’s the first modification mentioned in the video?
  2. What’s the second cabin enabler in the video?
  3. What can be replaced at the rear of the main deck?
  4. What was the biggest change at the front of the plane?
  5. What was the effect of this change?
  6. What changed at the front of the upper deck?
  7. With all of the changes, how many extra seats can be added?

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Structure: ‘Future continuous’

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This time in our structure help we talk about the future continuous. Let’s look at an example;

Two hours from now we will be flying over the ocean.

will be flying is the future continuous.

Let’s look at how to create the structure;

will/won’t be + verb-ing

This structure is used to talk about something which will be in progress at a future time.

Let’s look at another example.

I can’t call you at 2am, I will be sleeping.

This example again expresses the idea of an action in progress / happing at a time in the future (2am in this example).

All continuous tenses relate to actions in progress.

For example;
I was reading a manual when the captain arrived. (past continuous)
He is making a speech to the passengers. (present continuous)
They will be sleeping in an hour. (future continuous)

All of these tenses express the idea of something in progress at a specific time, in the past, the present or the future.

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Video answers: ‘Commercial widebodies at the Paris Air Show’

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. The A350-1000 and the 787-10 were at the show for the first time.
  2. One of the new features is the new Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engine.
  3. It was very smooth, which is normal for the second derivative of a plane. They are on schedule for their delivery date at the end of the year.
  4. The A330neo program hasn’t been so positive, with Rolls-Royce having a delay with the new engine.
  5. It’s expected to be resolved before the plane flies at the end of the summer.

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Video: ‘Commercial widebodies at the Paris Air Show’

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This week’s video reports on commercial widebodies at the Paris Air Show. Watch the video to find out more!

Try to answer the following questions about the video and come back on Monday for the answers.

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. Which widebodies were at the show for the first time?
  2. What is a new feature of the 787-10?
  3. How was Airbus’ testing of the second version of the A350?
  4. What hasn’t been so positive for Airbus?
  5. When is this situation expected to be resolved?

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Commercial Widebodies At The Paris Air Show

Boeing’s new 787-10 was on static display at Le Bourget for the first part of the Paris Air Show. Aviation Week’s Guy Norris takes a look at some of the key features on the new aircraft. Meanwhile, Airbus has brought the A350-1000. Jens Flottau discusses the progress of the flight test programs underway in Toulouse.

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Structure: ‘Negative infinitives’

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This time in our structure help we talk about negative infinitives. Most people are familiar with the idea of infinitives and we saw some structures which use infinitives in our post on verbs + verbs 1.

Take a look at the following normal infinitive structure;
I decided to fly on Friday.

To make infinitives negative, we usually use not before the infinitive, so from our previous example to make it a negative we say;

I decided not to fly on Friday.

We also use infinitives with ‘infinitive of purpose’ structures. See our link here to review that.

Let’s look at an example;

I went to the airport to meet a friend.

And again, to make this a negative we say;

I went to the airport, not to have lunch but to meet a friend. (in this kind of sentence there is a sense of clarification)

There are other situations when we use infinitives and to make them negative we follow the same structure as shown above.

Try to write some more examples of your own.

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Video answers: ‘Paris Air Show 2017’

Here are the answers to last Friday’s video, enjoy!

Suggested ICAO level for video: 5+

  1. According to the video, there are over 2,300 exhibitors at the show this year.
  2. The F-35A is the military jet that everyone wants to see.
  3. It’s proposing new winglets and other wing refinements that will be on display this week.
  4. It has the 787-9 and launched the 737 MAX at the show this year.

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