Structure: ‘Past perfect’
Use the past perfect to step back in a past-tense story. Practise with error-correction items drawn from the collapse of Spirit Airlines.
Use the past perfect to step back in a past-tense story. Practise with error-correction items drawn from the collapse of Spirit Airlines.
Spirit Airlines, once one of the biggest budget airlines in the United States, stopped all flights on May 2, 2026. The airline’s sudden collapse left thousands…
Pre-brief Aircraft: Boeing 737-800 Callsign: Ryanair 834 Route: Dublin (EIDW) to Faro (LPFR) Current state: You have just taken off from Dublin and are climbing through…
A Lufthansa Airbus A319 on approach to Frankfurt is struck by lightning, losing weather radar. A sentence-reorder dictation set during a stormy approach.
Pre-brief Aircraft: Boeing 787-9 Callsign: Speedbird 215 Route: London Heathrow (EGLL) to Dubai (OMDB) Current state: You are cruising at flight level 390 over south-eastern Europe…
A Boeing 747 freighter approaching Nairobi makes tail contact with the runway on its first landing attempt. Write down everything you hear in this full-dictation exercise.