Confusingly related words

 Exercise 1

 Confusingly related words

There are words in Aviation English which are often confused.

Some of them sound similar, others can be confused because of similar spelling. Pay particular attention to the context in which the word is used. Try to learn its spelling.

• Recommendations for pilots:

When in a doubt about the meaning of the word, or find it difficult, take the initiative to ask a controller again. Request the message confirmation, word spelling, saying in other words or in a different way.

Listen to the tape and tick the word you hear.

	accept	except
	excess	access
	confirm	conform
	proceed	precede
	ingestion	injection
	congestion	conjunction
	converging	diverging
	crash	crush
	occur	incur
	successive	successful
	enable	unable
	derive	drive
	rise	raise
	arise	erase
	product	produce
	receipt	recipe
	expand	extend
	expire	impair
	expect	except
	access	assess
	assign	align
	excessive	accessing
	exhaustion	explosion
	insure	issue
	intercept	anticipate
	succeeding	subsequent
	adhere	inhere
	enjoin	enjoy
	deploy	deplete
	deplete	delete
	win	wing
	angle	angel

 Exercise 2

Listen to the tape and choose the word you hear.

1. The RW is closed accept/except for taxiing.

2. You’ll be re-sequenced in the departure flow if you fail to respond to two successful /successive calls of the controller.

3. The lock nuts on the seat assembly came loose/lose and had to be tightened.

4. Lateral deviation is shown by runway indicator on an expended/expanded scale.

5. Caution: cattle/kettle are in the vicinity of the airport

6. During approach, the runway indicator will begin to rise/arise at approximately 200 feet above ground level.

7. Should any problems arise/erase, report to the controller immediately

8. True airspeed indicator derives/drives inputs from pitot system.

9. Reduced separation. Cleared to land after the preceding/ proceeding aircraft.

10. The computer information has been depleted/deleted.

11. The sun’s rays raise/rise the temperature of the surface.

12. There was a shift in frequency between the transmitted and anticipated/intercepted radio signals.

13. The flight crew must unsure/ensure push and engine start at issued time.

14. Severe icing can be encountered/countered in wave cloud.

15. You should conform to/ confirm hold pattern procedures as depicted on the appropriate charts.

16. Heavy passenger baggage can cause the aircraft excess/access weight.

17. We encountered a flock of birds and may have had a bird injection/ingestion.

18. Request immediate assistance due to fuel conjunction/consumption system failure.

19. We are informed about a bomb on board. A chance of explosion/exhaustion can not be excluded.

20. Emergency landing. We are going to deploy/deplete escape slide.

Exercise 3

Look through the list of confusingly related words. Pay particular attention to the word transcription.