READING ACTIVITY

NAME: DOMENICA CUNALATA

LEVEL: 5C
DATE: MARCH 30TH, 2020
Read the article on page 99.
Write the exercises 3 and 4 in a Word document, answer the questions and upload the
document here.
1. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F). 1 Burkill’s copilot was at the controls when
the engines failed.
2 Some passengers were badly hurt. F
3 At the time of the accident, Burkill was a single man who liked to enjoy himself. F
4 Burkill’s crew read BA’s internal report. F
5 Burkill was praised in the AAIB report. T
6 He was too loyal to BA to work for another airline. F
Complete the sentences with words from the article.
1 Burkill went from being a hero to being a (opposite of hero) villain . (para 1)
2 When the plane crash-landed, (incredibly) miraculously it stayed upright. (para 2)
3 Perhaps his colleagues believed he was (no good at his job) incompetent.
. (para 3)
4 The press portrayed Burkill as irresponsible: he (failed) had let down
the people he was supposed to be responsible for. (para 4)
5 Burkill felt (completely unsupported) betrayed by his colleagues. (para 5)
6 After the official report was published, Burkill was (given as a prize) awarded for his
actions. (para 7)