WAR AND VIOLENCE ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 59 WAR AND VIOLENCE

 

A The job of the army   These men are soldiers, and they are carrying guns1. They are members of an army, and part of the responsibility of an army is to defend their country from attack2 and to protect the people3. Sometimes this means they have to fight the enemy4. A long period of fighting is called a war, e.g. the First World War, 1914–1918, and during a war there will be a number of battles5. Language help     Violence is when someone tries to hurt or kill someone; the adjective is violent. The violence has increased in recent weeks; There have been a number of violent attacks.   B Reporting in war   EXERCISES 59.1 Are these words nouns, verbs, or nouns and verbs? protect ______ verb _________ search _____ noun and verb ______________ die _________________ attack _________________ death _________________ shoot _________________ war _________________ defend _________________ escape _________________ hide _________________ 59.2 Complete the sentences with the correct verb. 1 The soldiers have been ____fighting____ for days, and so far three have been injured. 2 The woman was ____________ with a small handgun, but wasn’t seriously injured. 3 One of the soldiers managed to ____________ under the house where no one could find him. 4 There are 20 soldiers surrounding the house, so the men inside cannot ____________. 5 The bomb ____________ inside the café. Nobody was ____________ but several people were injured. 6 I understand the army are ____________ houses in an effort to find the gunman. 7 The bomb completely ____________ the building, but fortunately no one was inside at the time. 8 My men had to ____________ the village from outside attacks. 9 Were the police ____________ guns when they saw the men? 59.3 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences. Sometimes both are correct. 1 One man was found but the other is still lost / missing. 2 The battle / war lasted for two hours. 3 The attack happened in the heart / centre of the city. 4 One of the buildings was completely damaged / destroyed. 5 Three of the men are died / dead. 6 One woman escaped / got away. 7 The boy was badly injured and later died / killed. 8 Some of the policemen are not allowed to hold / carry guns. 9 They don’t know who shoot / shot the man. 59.4 Complete the text. The 1.___ attack____ happened early this morning. The 2.___________ were out on patrol when they saw the 3.___________ about half a mile away. Moments later a 4.___________ exploded quite close to them, and was followed by a 5.___________ gun battle which lasted two hours. Two soldiers were 6.___________ and several were injured. An 7.___________ captain said that they have now taken control of the area where the attack 8.___________ . 59.5 Use a dictionary to develop these word families, and write example sentences for the new words.

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