PRACTICE PAPER #12 – EMERGENCIES

1 – vocabulary

The « Incidents » chapter in L’Anglais pour voler has 13 sections. Review the vocabulary on engine and systems emergencies with this extract from the book.  

2 – crossword

Thirty words that spell trouble  

3 – reading comprehension

Read this « In English, please » article- published in Info-pilote in October 2010 – on in-flight medical emergencies, then answer the questions below: 1 – How many in-flight medical emergencies are likely to happen? 2 – What is an rpk? 3 – What are the contributing factors to the occurrence of unexpected medical problems? 4 – What problems can arise because of low pressure in the cabin? 5 – What is a pinch hitter course?  

4 – listening comprehension

We worked on the first half of the video in the PP #5. Let’s tackle the second half now.

Go back to this AOPA’s Air Safety Institute video: Engine Out! From Trouble to Touchdown. Listen to the second half, starting 5 mn and 20s into the video, and find the missing words in the transcript here . As a bonus, there are also a few questions to answer at the end of the article to check your reading comprehension.  

5 – grammar

Go to www.dictionary.com to check the difference between whose and who’s. Watch the short video, then make sure you read the attached text to the end to also learn about its and it’s. Practice here.    

2 – crossword

solution

3 – reading comprehension

1 – 14 for every billion rpk. 2 – revenue passenger kilometer . 1 rpk = 1 passenger carried 1 km. 3 – stress, anxiety, jet lag, low pressure, and dry air. 4 – ear and sinus pains, decompression sickness, enhancement of the effects of alcohol. 5 – a training that gives non pilots some basic theoretical and practical knowledge to land an airplane if the pilot is incapacitated.

4 – listening comprehension

Engine out, part 2

5 – grammar

1 – whose, 2 – who’s, 3 – it’s , 4 – whose, 5 – who’s, 6 – it’s, 7 – who’s, 8 – who’s, 9 – its, 10 – whose.