1 – Vocabulary
Let’s start with a review of some helpful vocabulary used to describe your environment as seen from above : in-flight landmarks. Download the document and open it with Adobe Reader to check each word’s pronunciation.
2 – Crossword
3 – listening comprehension
Listen to this recording from www.pilotworkshop.com explaining the meaning of the code UP:
Then answer these questions:
– What does UP stand for?
– Where is it found?
– What would be needed to make a proper determination?
Read the full script here .
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4 – Grammar
The ‘s in English serves 2 main purposes: to show possession or to make contractions. It is alo used to form plurals such as in « the 90’s », but this aspect won’t be discussed today.
In this exercise, you’ll have to decide if the ‘s stands for the verbs « have » or « be » in the third person singular (it’s Monday, she’s got the flu), the personal pronoun « us » (let’s go to the movies), or if it’s the mark of possession (Eliot’s newsletter).
If you are longing for more, read this article from www.chompchomp.com on the different uses of the apostrophe (not only the ‘s) in English.
5 – Reading comprehension
Typoglycemia is the name given to our ability to understand a sentence even if the words have been scrambled such as in: « yuo’re Albe to Raed Tihs ».
Discover why, and what the limits are at: www.dictionary.com/e/typoglycemia/
Then answer these questions:
– What has the email got right?
– In the following examples, why is the first version of the scrambled words easier to read than the second: « porbelm » vs. « pelborm », « toattl » vs. « talot », « aoccdrnig” vs “aocdircng »?
2 – Crossword
ACROSS: 1 orchard, 3 powerplant, 5 vineyard, 7 cliff, 10 shinglebeach, 11 windfarm, 13 lighthouse, 14 campsite, 15 river, 17 dam, 18 castle, 19 golfcourse, 20 suspensionbridge. DOWN: 2 canal, 4 racetrack, 6 wood, 8 shoreline, 9 tributary, 12 village, 16 island.
3 – Listening comprehension
– Unknown Precipitation
– METAR AUTO
– A human observer
4 – Grammar
1 – possession; 2 – let us; 3 – it is; 4 – what is; 5 – possession, he is ; 6 – he has; 7 – she is; 8 – possession; 9 – let us; 10 – possession; 11 – it is; 12 – he is.
5 – Reading comprehension
– Unless you have a rare brain disorder, people read words as whole units, not letter-by-letter.
– « porbelm » vs. « pelborm »: the letters that have been switched are beside each other.
– « toattl » vs. « talot »: the sound is preserved.
– « aoccdrnig” vs “ancdircng »: the double letters are preserved.