Winds of Change – exercise 2

1. [Multiple choice]

The Helm Wind helped a French army to win a victory over the English.

(- it helped the Saxons attacking an invading Norman army led by William the Conqueror by ‘blowing the French cavalry off their horse’. So it was the Saxons who were helped by the Helm Wind, not the French!)

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

2. [Multiple choice]

The Helm Bar is a long roll of cloud.

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

3. [Multiple choice]

The Helm Wind is particularly fierce in the valleys below Cross Fell.

(By the time it reaches the valley bottoms the wind is exhausted.)

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

Chinooks originate in North Africa.

(They are native to Western Canada and NW America.)

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)

5. [Multiple choice]

Cross Fell is a mountain.

(The term ‘mountain’ is not an exact one. It is usually used for peaks and hills over 2,000 feet (609.6 m) At 893 m Cross Fell is the highest point in the Pennine hills of Northern England, and the highest point in England outside the Lake District. In the north of England we would refer to Cross Fell as a hill.
)

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

6. [Multiple choice]

You can identify the Helm Wind from a particular way clouds form over the top of some hills.

(The bank of clouds is a ‘telltale’ sign that the wind is present. Telltale – adj – describes sth that automatically gives a visual indication of the state or presence of sth. Eg Joanna’s nervousness and forced laughs were telltale signs she wasn’t enjoying the evening.)

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False

7. [Multiple choice]

Helm originates from the word ‘helmet’.

(Winds of change are large-scale developments in world history. The British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan used the phrase in 1960 in speeches about colonialism in his famous ‘wind of change’ speech. It indicated that the British government intended to grant independence to its British colonies – “The wind of change is blowing through this continent.”
Winds of change are the early signs of impending developments in the life of a society, nation or world. If you see the beginning of radical changes afoot (= in preparation, in progress) you might say ‘We’re seeing some winds of change in the field of education / in our hospitals / in our banking system.”
The phrase ‘a sea change’ is a lterary term for a complete change – eg
For public transport to improve here there will have to be a sea change in people’s attitudes.
a change of air = a change of climate, particularly for health reasons
)

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False