PP #33 – FCL.055 PRACTICE
Practice 20/03/2020
Let’s make good use of the extra free time handed over to us by Coronavirus.
Get ready for future FCL.055 exam sessions.
Read this « In English, please » article published in June 2018 explaining the importance of vocabulary and offering ways to expand it.
Then answer these questions:
a – what is passive vocabulary?
b – what is the trick?
c – what are the 4 tips to do the trick?
Put one of these tips into practice: visit www.englishclub.com and try and find a few of their vocabulary games, for example a hangman game or a crossword.
Practice the live traffic listening comprehension test of the FCL.055 exam with these two exercices.
Listen to the recordings below and find the missing words in the script .
Ex. 1
Ex. 2
First, read this dictionary.com post on Coronavirus-related vocabulary. It will help you understand the news today, and take part in the future in any conversation to come on the subject of epidemics. Check the difference between a respirator and a ventilator.
You can also go to The Connexion home page for numerous articles on the subject.
a snowdrop
However, today is March 20th, and we should not forget to celebrate the advent of spring. Check this other dictionary.com post and answer these questions:
a – In the Middle Ages, spring used to be called lent. What is the meaning of Lent today?
b – Can you think of two other meanings of the noun « spring »?
c – How do they call spring in the Northeastern US?
Try to solve this tough enigma: Riddle me this, riddle me that
You will need to listen to this recording:
PRACTICE PAPER #32 – RADAR AND FCL.055 PRACTICE
Practice 13/02/2020
Let’s polish your knowledge of radars, as they are used by ATC, and further your FCL.055 preparation.
Review the vocabulary on radar systems with a double page from « L’Anglais pour voler »
Read this June 2012 Infopilote article on the development of radar since WWII, then answer these questions:
– why is SSR a cooperative surveillance system?
– how many Mode A codes are there?
– what improvements do Mode S technology bring to VFR flights?
Find 23 words in this wordsearch grid. All the words appear in the vocabulary and/or the reading comprehension documents. Words can go horizontally, vertically and diagonally in all eight directions. When all the words have been found, the unused letters will read a description of the basic working principles of radar systems.
Practice on a full exam, with a fictional flight, an unusual situation, and a listening comprehension test. Read carefully the instructions, several times if needed, for each exercise.
– Fictional flight
scenario and audio file:
– Unusual situation
– listening comprehension
listen to the recording below and find the missing words in the article:
Everybody knows that the 14th of February is Valentine’s Day, the day when romantic love is celebrated all over the world, but here are a few facts you might want to consider:
– on wikipedia.org , in the introduction to the article, find out the other name for Saint Valentine’s Malady
– on britannica.com learn more about the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre: where and when it happened, and which gangs were involved.
– on nationalgeographic.com discover the name of the Roman annual pagan celebration on which the church pegged the legend of St Valentine.
PRACTICE PAPER #31 – FCL.055
Practice 17/01/2020
This former « In English, please » article will give you 10 tips to improve your English, both general and aeronautical, on a daily basis. It was published in 2017, and a few things have changed since then:
– 7 Learn the phraseology: the SIA has now only one document related to phraseology, the « Manuel de formation à la phraséologie ».
– 8 The UK ATIS phone numbers are still listed on page 32 of the Met Office’s booklet, but at this new address: GetMet.
– 10 Eliot’s Practice Papers are now published once a month, around the 15th, so as to fall halfway between two Info-pilote articles.
How many newsletters are mentioned in the article?
Another, more recent, « In English, please » article recaps what you need to know about language proficiency and the FCL.055 VFR exam. It also offers a FCL.055-type listening comprehension exercise.
Listen to the recording below and find the missing words in the article:
Practice on a full exam, with a fictional flight, an unusual situation, and another listening comprehension test. Read carefully the instructions, several times if needed, for each exercise.
– Fictional flight
scenario and audio file:
– Unusual situation
– Listening comprehension
Listen to the recording below and find the missing words in the article:
China is about to rejoice in the advent of the Year of the Rat. Read more about the Chinese zodiac here, and answer these questions:
a – when is the Chinese New Year falling this year?
b – which element is associated with 2020?
c – which element is the Rat’s fixed element?
d – why is there no cat in the Chinese zodiac?
Improve both your aeronautical English and your knowledge of aircraft engines with this quiz from www.boldmethod.com .