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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.
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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…
Roleplay
Roleplay: Engine Failure After Takeoff from Dublin
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…
Listening Library
Listening: Lightning Strike on Approach to Frankfurt
A Lufthansa Airbus A319 on approach to Frankfurt is struck by lightning, losing weather radar. A sentence-reorder dictation set during a stormy approach.
Roleplay
Roleplay: Severe Turbulence and Diversion to Bucharest
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…
Listening Library
Listening: Tailstrike on Approach to Nairobi
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.
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