Answers

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.