You are given answers. Make up questions. (all possible types)

a. The first artificial Earth satellites and spaceships.

b. After acquaintance with K. Tsiolkovsky and his ideas Korolyov became an enthusiast of space-rocketry engineering.

c. In 1933.

d. Yes, he was. He was a talented research worker.

e. Yes, it did. It earned him the gratitude of the people.

f. Yes, it was. It was named after academician S.P. Korolyov.

Agree or disagree with the statements using phrases.

(I am afraid that’s wrong; you are quite right/ you are not right; that’s not quite so; I think you are mistaken; as far as I know; I don’t agree with you (I can’t agree with you), according to the text.)

1. The first artificial Earth satellites and spaceships were made under Lomonosov’s guidance.

2. S.P. Korolyov graduated from Samara State Aerospace University.

3. Korolyov devoted himself entirely to developing space-rocketry engineering.

4. S.P. Korolyov reared many leading scientists and engineers who we are proud of.

5. Our University was named after Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.

Complete the following sentences without consulting the text.

1. Korolyov was born ….

2. From 1927 he worked ….

3. After acquaintance with Tsiolkovsky ….

4. Korolyov was a talented ….

5. When mentioning the name of S.P. Korolyov we ….

Vocabulary Focus

Discuss with your classmates and check in the dictionary if all your translation guesses were correct.