Air Sports Vocabulary Exercises: Level A2-B1 (with Answers)

⏱ Time: 07:30 📝 Questions: 15 📊 Level: A2, B1 📚 Type: Vocabulary ⭐ XP: up to +15 (on pass)

Track your Air Sports progress with 15 exercises at Level A2-B1. Take the quiz today, note your score, and retake it next week to see how much you have improved. Every question includes a full explanation so each attempt teaches you something new.

⏱ You have 07:30 to answer 15 questions. The timer only starts when you click Begin.

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Question 1: What does SKYDIVING mean?

Question 1 options
Skydiving means jumping from a plane and falling through the air before opening a parachute. The other options describe different activities unrelated to jumping from aircraft.
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Question 2: He felt a strong ___ of excitement just before jumping out of the plane.

Question 2 options
Rush fits here because 'adrenaline rush' is a natural collocation meaning a sudden feeling of excitement or energy. Kick, wave, and hit can sometimes collocate with excitement but 'adrenaline rush' is the most natural and common phrase at this level.
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Question 3: The word GLIDER refers to a type of aircraft that flies without an engine.

Question 3 options
True. A glider is an aircraft with no engine that uses air currents to stay in the sky, which is why glider flying is considered an air sport.
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Question 4: Which word is closest in meaning to THRILLING?

Question 4 options
Exciting is the closest synonym to thrilling, as both describe something that gives you a strong feeling of pleasure or energy. Peaceful, boring, and tiring have different or opposite meanings.
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Question 5: Match each air sports word to its correct short definition.

Question 5 options
parachuting
aerobatics
hang gliding
paragliding
flying through the air using a large rigid wing frame
jumping from a plane and using a large cloth to land safely
performing exciting tricks and movements in a plane
flying with a soft, parachute-like wing from a high place

Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

Parachuting involves using a parachute to fall safely; aerobatics means doing stunts in a plane; hang gliding uses a large wing-shaped frame; paragliding uses a soft parachute-like wing to fly.
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Question 6: Which word naturally goes with RACE to describe a competition between aircraft?

Question 6 options
Air naturally collocates with race to form 'air race', which is a real competition where pilots fly aircraft along a set course. Sky, wind, and fly do not form standard compound nouns with race in this context.
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Question 7: A: What sport did you try on holiday? B: I tried hot air ___. It was amazing to float slowly above the mountains!

Question 7 options
Ballooning completes 'hot air ballooning', which means flying in a large balloon filled with hot air. Gliding, flying, and soaring do not complete this fixed compound noun phrase.
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Question 8: Only ONE word correctly completes this sentence: Before you jump, you must learn how to ___ your parachute so it opens at the right time.

Question 8 options
Deploy means to open or release equipment when it is needed, and 'deploy a parachute' is the correct technical collocation. Release is close but less precise; throw and drop suggest uncontrolled actions and are not used with parachutes in this way.
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Question 9: Put the chunks in the correct order to make a natural English phrase:

Question 9 options
  • rush
  • an adrenaline
  • get

Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.

The correct order is 'get an adrenaline rush' because this is the standard collocation: 'get' is the natural verb, 'adrenaline' is the noun modifier, and 'rush' is the head noun describing the feeling of sudden excitement.
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Question 10: Wingsuit flying is considered one of the most ___ air sports because one small mistake can be very dangerous.

Question 10 options
Risky is the most natural and precise adjective here, meaning something involves a high chance of danger or harm. Fun and popular do not match the meaning of danger; high is not used to describe sports directly in this way.
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Question 11: A pilot is writing an official report about an air race. Which word should they use?

Question 11 options
Commenced is the formal word meaning 'started' and is appropriate for official written reports. Started, began, and kicked off are more informal or neutral and would not suit a formal aviation report.
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Question 12: The pilot watched the clouds ___ below as she climbed higher in the hot air balloon.

Question 12 options
Disappear is correct because clouds do not literally 'go' somewhere below — they fade from view as the balloon rises. Disappear fits naturally with this image. Go, move, and walk are less precise or unnatural in this context.
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Question 13: The word LAUNCH is commonly used in air sports to mean the moment when a pilot or glider begins flying by moving forward into the air.

Question 13 options
True. Launch is a natural collocation in air sports contexts, used to describe the start of a flight — for example, 'launching off a cliff' in hang gliding. It means to send or move something into the air.
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Question 14: The instructor told her to stay ___ during the freefall, not to panic, and to trust her training.

Question 14 options
Calm is the most precise word here, meaning relaxed and in control in a difficult situation. Happy describes a positive emotion, not self-control; quiet refers to sound; still refers to not moving physically, which is not possible during freefall.
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Question 15: After the long flight, the pilot said the experience had really helped to CLEAR his head. What does CLEAR mean HERE?

Question 15 options
Clear his head means to stop thinking about worries and feel mentally refreshed. In this context, clear does not mean tidy a space, become transparent, or give permission — those are other meanings of the word used in different contexts.