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Language Exercises

I. NEW TERMINOLOGY: Oral Exercises
1. Select words from the list below to complete the following sentences. Some of the
words may be used more than once, and you may have to make the word plural or
change the tense. Do not try to write the words in the spaces.
bump intermittent extreme

jolt reaction
eddy attitude

a. The front of the aircraft is the nose. When the aircraft is climbing it usually has a
nose-up __________________________.
b. When we say an area has a moderate climate, we mean that it doesn't have
______________ cold in the winter or ____________ heat in the summer.

c. If a strong wind is blowing across an obstacle,___________ currents are formed
downwind from the obstacle.
d. They really should repair this road; it's old and has a lot of _________________.

e. This has been an unusual day; we have had _____________ rain and sun all day.
f. Since you can't see wind, it is difficult to know how strong it is; but you can watch
trees to see the ______________ of the trees to the wind.
g. There was a strong _____________ when the car hit the bus, but no one was hurt.
h. The pilot puts the plane in a nose down ________________ when he is descending
to land.
i. The turbulence was like a series of small _____________ ; it was just strong
enough to feel but it didn't cause any problems.

j. Roll clouds and lenticular clouds often form in the ____________ currents
downwind from a mountain.
k. A gusty wind is a wind that has _______________ increases of speed that don't
last very long.
l. Unless it is corrected, the _____________ of an aircraft to an updraft is to increase
altitude.

m. When turbulence is classified as ___________ , it is very dangerous to aircraft.