This chapter provides unique firsthand accounts from non-combatants during the two major global conflicts: World War I and World War II. The historical context and key events leading to the outbreak of World War I are initially......
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The three texts are taken from:
a. autobiographical novels
b. personal journals
c. personal letters
b. personal journals
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The authors of the texts were:
a. soldiers or other direct participants in the wars described
b. civilians at the time of writing the texts
c. journalists reporting on the wars
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Unlock now 🔓In the blank space provided below, write the name of the author of the text that is being described below:
a. Arrival at Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp …
b. The day World War I began …
c. Hardships in the lives of civilians in England during World War I …
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Unlock now 🔓How does the first diarist describe the feelings of people just before Germany declared war on Russia and immediately after the declaration?
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Unlock now 🔓Place a tick (✅) next to the statements that are a true reflection of the hardships suffered by the civilian population in England during the World War I, as described by Ethel Bilbrough:
a. British soldiers were dying in large numbers on the battlefield.…
b. They could not enjoy the beauty of the spring weather because of the ever-present sounds
of nearby canons, which reminded them of the war going on. …
c. Shortage of food and the fear of famine. …
d. Enemy air raids that killed innocent people. …
e. Air pollution due to the air raids. …
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Unlock now 🔓Arrange the following in the correct sequence to track Helga’s arrival at the concentration camp:
a. She realized that they would have to walk to the Birkenau work camp.
b. She couldn’t understand why they had been brought there as they had done nothing wrong.
c. Helga was on a train and had been travelling for 24 hours.
d. She realized that they had been brought to a concentration camp.
e. The train had travelled across Poland for the last 12 hours.
f. Helga was appalled at the brutal way people were being treated in the camp.
g. The train stopped and it became clear to Helga that they were at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
h. Helga realized that the pajamas were actually prison clothes.
i. The train arrived at a place with a lot of buildings and people who seemed to be wearing pajamas.
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Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the correct form of the past perfect tense.
We were given a test based on the lessons that the teacher ....................................... (teach) last week.
We almost missed our flight because we ............................................... (forget) our passports.
She told me that she ............................................... (meet) me at the school concert last year.
If you ............................................... (listen) to me when I advised you last week, you would not have been in trouble today.
Our cable TV service was discontinued as I ..................................... not ................................... (pay) the bill for two months.
We were given a test based on the lessons that the teacher had taught last week.
We almost missed our flight because we had forgotten our passports.
She told me that she had met me at the school concert last year.
If you had listened to me when I advised you last week, you would not have been in trouble today.
Our cable TV service was discontinued as I had not paid the bill for two months.
Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with a verb in either the simple past tense form or in the past perfect tense form. (Use words like just, already, never or the negative form of the verb wherever you think they may be needed.)
When we ................................. (arrive), the match ................................. (start). So we .............................. (miss) the toss.
I ................................. (meet) Rani yesterday and she ................................. (tell) me that she ................................ (hear) from Ravi for the last three weeks.
Driving along the road we ................................. (see) a car that ................................. (break)down. So, we ................................. (stop) to see if we could help.
The house was very quiet when I ................................. (reach) home. Everyone ...................... (go) to sleep.
If Mohan ................................. (leave) the party early, he would have met the actor who ................................ (turn) up unexpectedly towards the end of the show.
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Unlock now 🔓Rewrite the following sentences correctly if you think there is an error in the use of the past perfect or simple past tense form of the verbs.
He had been to Singapore for higher studies.
When she arrived in school, her friends crowded around her.
If you attended college classes regularly, you would not have been prevented from taking your exam.
No one was in the hall when the chief guest arrived. Everybody went home as the programme was cancelled.
My teacher had told me that she studied in the same school as my father had thirty years ago.
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Unlock now 🔓Write a formal letter, as if you are Ethel, to the Mayor of Folkstone, expressing the sympathy of the people of Elmstead Grange for the suffering of the people of Folkstone as a result of the recent bombing attack.
You may include the following points in your letter:
- Share with the mayor some of the hardships your own townspeople are enduring because of
the war.
- Express your determination – and that of your townspeople – to face these hardships
bravely and without complaint as this makes you feel you are a part of the war effort and
inspires feelings of patriotism in you.
- Mention the steps that need to be taken to put up with the food shortages and other
difficulties that are being faced.
- Express the love you feel for your country and for the brave soldiers who are fighting on
behalf of the citizens.
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1. Fear and Anticipation:
Fred Albright's diary reflects the fear and anticipation shared by many civilians at the backdrop of mobilizing troops and escalating conflict. The passages reflect the dread creeping into their everyday life as the conflict moved beyond...........
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1. The Outset of War:
The chapter initiates by setting the historical and geopolitical context leading to World War I, explaining the reasons behind its escalation and .......
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1. "Now however, events in European politics have reached such a crisis that I feel sure in after years I’ll reproach myself if a brief record of the daily events is not kept." - This line emphasizes how significant these global events were, and....
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Unimaginable - unable to be imagined or understood
The atrocities committed during the war were unimaginable.
Hardships - difficult or challenging situations or conditions
The soldiers endured many hardships on the battlefield.
Horrors - extreme fear or disgust
The survivors of the.........................
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