Look at the pictures on this page. There is a word which corresponds to each number. Decide which of the words you know and fill in the table below.

a Look at the picture, listen to the tape and repeat the words.

b Now test yourself. How many of the words do you remember? Listen to the tape, look at the picture and say the correct word when you hear the number. Then you will hear the right answer. Remember, do not repeat the words; try to say them before you hear them on the tape. Listen to an example.

2 Look at these words for parts of a plane:

wing tip door ailerons

trailing edge wheel rudder

window fuselage nose windshield

engine nacelle slats stabiliser

flaps tyre tail airbrakes

elevators landing gear leading edge

wing tail-fin nose gear

spoilers

Now fill in the ‘word tree’ below by putting a term in each box. (Some words are filled in for you.)

1 Discuss with your partner the following questions:

1. Which side of the fuselage is the starboard side?

2. Where is the cockpit?

3. What is the name of the very front part of the fuselage?

4. What is attached to the horizontal stabilizer?

5. What is the rudder attached to?

6. What is the flight compartment?

7. Is the nose wheel controllable?

8. Is the fin movable?

9. What can the nose contain?

10. Where is the toilet?

2 Fill in the blanks with the suitable words and answer the questions:

1. ………... consists of five structural units?

2. What ………... the engine and some systems?

3. What contains ………...?

4. What ………... a fin and a horizontal stabilizer?