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MILITARY ENGLISH 1

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INDEX
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UNIT 1 START POINT….……………………………………………………. 3

UNIT 2 BOOT CAMP..………………….……………………………………. 14

UNIT 3 TO BE A SOLDIER………………………………………………….. 27

UNIT 4 MILITARY ORGANISATION….……...…………………………….. 38

UNIT 5 SPORT AND FITNESS……………………………………………… 52

UNIT 6 A VISITOR TO THE BASE…………………………………….……. 63

UNIT 7 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY………………………………………….. 75

FILES…………………………………………………………………………… 87

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Unit 1 - Start point

My name’s Hanif
(1) Task 1 Listen and complete.

Hello | Good morning

1.………., I’m Peter Brown.


2.……….., my name’s Fatima.
3.……….., my name’s Hanif .

Activity 2 Say your name.

Hello, I’m…………… .
Hello, My name’s…………. .

Functional English - Introductions and Introducing Others

(2) Task 3 Listening and Read.

Fatima: Hello, my name’s Fatima Boulmerka


Peter: Pleased to meet you. I´m Peter Brown.

Now practise in pairs.

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(3) Task 4 Listen and Read


Barbara: I’m Barbara Warmer and this is Max Bell. We’re f rom CNN.
John: Pleased to meet you.
Max: Pleased to meet you.

Now introduce your partner to another student.

Grammar - am/are/is

Activity 5 Study examples.

I am: I’m George Davis.


You’re: Barbara Walter.
My name is: my name’s Astrid.
He/She is: he/she’s f rom BBC.
We are: we’re f rom BBC.
You are: you’re British.
They are: they’re f rom BBC.

Now complete the sentences.

1. Good af ternoon. I’m George Davis.


2. Hi, my name’ ________Barbara.
3. I’_______George Davis and this______Barbara Walter.
4. We’_______’British.
5. You’_______f rom BBC.

Speaking - Activity 6 Complete the dialogue.

George: Hi, I (1)_________George Davis.


Astrid: Nice to meet you, my name (2)______Astrid Pacheco. This (3)_____my f riend Mary.
Paul: Nice to meet you.
George: Nice to meet you.

Now please work with your group and engage in a conversation.

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He’s American
Activity 1 Look at the map. Find the countries.

Chile Peru Uruguay


Brazil Bolivia Argentina

Activity 2 Write the nationality.

Chile: Chilean
Brazil:
Peru:
Bolivia:
Uruguay:
Argentina:

(4) Listening – Task 3 Listen and complete the


sentences.

1. My name’s Elaine. I’m …………. .


2. I’m Peter. I’m not American. I’m …………… .
3. This is Rayna. She’s …………….. .
4. This is Barbara and this is Max.
5. They’re not British, they’re…………… .
6. This is Hanif . He’s not French, he’s…………… .

Grammar - am not / are not / is not

Activity 4 Study the examples.

I am not Chilean. I´m not Chilean.


You are not Argentinian. You´re not, or You aren´t Argentinian.
He/she is not American. He/She/ It´s not/ or He isn´t American.
We/You/They are not Ecuadorian. We´re/You´re/They´re not or We/You/They aren’t
Ecuadorian.
Subject +be +not

Now complete the sentences.

1. Beyonce is American. She isn´t (not) Chilean.


2. Paul……………British. He’s ……..not Argentinian.
3. Jacob……..(not) Peruvian. He’s………..f rom Bolivia.
4. Lidia……. Chilean. She…………f rom Brazil.
5. Camilo and Felipe……..(not) Colombian. They’re……….Chilean.

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(5) Pronunciation - The alphabet

Task 5 Listen and repeat the alphabet and vowels.

(6) Task 6 Listen and write the names.

Speaking – Activity 7. Work with your partner. Student 1 say and spell the name.
Student 2 write down the names.

Are you in the Army?


Activity 1 Label the pictures, choose from the following words.

airman police of f icer soldier sailor doctor


teacher journalist engineer

Now complete the sentences:

1. Patricia’s in the army. She’s a…………… .


2. Paul is in the navy. He’s a ………………. .
3. Camilo is in the air f orce. He’s an ……….. .
4. Veronica’s an …………….. .
5. Bob and Diana are………….. .

Pronunciation - a/an

Task 2 Listen and repeat. When do we say an or a?

Listening - Task 3 Complete the sentences.

1. A Is Tim a soldier?
B No, he’s an………… .
2. A Is Jane a Police Of f icer?
B No, she isn’t. She’s a………. .
3. A Are Barbara and Max in the army?
B No, they’re not. They’re……….. .

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(8) Now listen and check.


Grammar - be yes/no questions and short answers

Activity 4 Study the examples.

A. Is Lidia a police of ficer?


B. No, She isn’t. She’s a soldier.

Am I…..? Yes, I am. No, I’m not.


Are you….? Yes, you are. No, you’re not.
Is he/she/ it…? Yes, he/she/it is No, he /she /it’s not.
Are we….? Yes, we are No, they’re not.
Are they……? Yes, They are. No, they’re not.

Now write answer.

1. Are you a member of the Armed Forces?


2. Are you f rom Chile?
3. Are your classmates Argentinian?
4. Is your teacher a sailor?
5. Is his/her name Barbara?

Speaking – Activity 5 Write questions using yes or no.

Example: Are you Chilean?

Now work with your partner and answer the questions.

Off-duty: greetings and goodbyes


Activity 1 Complete the greetings and goodbyes.

morning af ternoon evening night

(9) Task 2 Listen and complete.

Jane Hello, Fatima.


Fatima (1)…………, Jane.

Sergeant Minter Good morning


Captain White (2)………..morning, Sergeant Minter.

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Elaine Hi, Hanif .


Hanif Hi, Elaine. (3)…………. Are you?
Elaine I’m very (4)…………, thanks. And you?
Hanif I’m (5)………….., thanks.
Elaine How’s your (6)………….?
Hanif They’re very well, thanks.

Now practise the conversations.

Functional English - Greetings

Activity 3 Study the examples.

Formal Good morning | afternoon | evening.


Informal Hello | Hi

How are you?


I’m fine, thanks. And you?
I’m very well thanks.

How are your parents?

Now complete the conversations.

A Hello, Peter.
B Hi, Rayna.

A Good………….. .
B Good evening.

A Hello Peter, ……………. …………….. ……………….. ?


B Hello Fatima. Very well, thanks. ……………… ……………….. ?
A I’m f ine, thanks. How’s your f amily?
B They’re …………. ……………….., thanks.

(10) Task 4 Listen and check.

Speaking - Task 5 Work with your partner. Practise the conversations in Activity 3.

Now practise with other students.

(11) Listening - Task 6 Listen and complete the conversations.

Bye Goodnight Goodbye

A (1)…………….Jane. See you tomorrow.


B Goodnight.

A Bye.
B (2)……………. . See you tomorrow.

A (3)…………… . Have a nice weekend.

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B Thank you. You too.


Functional English - Goodbyes

Activity 7 Study the examples.


Have a nice day | night | weekend.
See you tomorrow | this morning | next week.

Have a nice + period


See you + point in time

Now match the conversations.

A B
See you tomorrow morning. Goodbye. Have a nice day.
Goodbye. Have a nice weekend.
See you next Saturday. Have a nice af ternoon.

Speaking - Activity 8 Work in pairs. Practise the conversations in task 6.

Personal identification

Activity 1 Read and answer the following questions.

1 What is his job? He’s a soldier.


2 What’s his f irst name? Alan.
3 What’s his last name? ……………….. .
4 Where is he f rom? ……………….. .
5 What’s his rank? ……………….. .

Grammar - be Wh- questions

Activity 2 Study the examples.

What is his / her job?


What’s his / her name? (What’s= What is?
What’s his / her phone number?
Where is he / she from?
What’s his/ her address?

Now write questions.

1 What’s her name? Barbara Warner.


2 ………………… ? She’s a journalist.
3 ………………….? 7 Wall Street.
4 ………………….? She’s f rom New
York.
5 …………………..? It’s 515 2157.

(12) Task 3 Listen and check.

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Grammar - Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives.

Activity 4 Study the examples.

I my
You your
He his
She her
It its
We our
You your
They their

Now complete the sentences.

Josh is a sailor. (1) ……………… is American.


He’s f rom Chicago. (2) …………… wif e is British.
(3) ……………….name is Kerry.

My name is (4) ……………………. (your name). I am (5)…………………. (your nationality).

Activity 5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

1 What is your f irst name?


2 What is your last name?
3 Where are you f rom?
4 What is your job?

Military vehicles

Activity 1 Label the pictures.

jeep tank plane helicopter truck

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Activity 2 Put the words in groups.

Vehicles Aircraft

Jeep

Grammar - Plural forms with- s

Activity 3 Study the examples.

Singular Plural

A truck three trucks


Helicopter helicopters

Now write the plurals.

1 plane ………………….. 3 vehicle ………………..


2 tank ………………….. 4 jeep………………….

Functional English - 0-20

(13) Task 4 Listen and repeat.

0 zero 7 seven 14 f o urteen


1 one 8 eight 15 f if teen
2 two 9 nine 16 sixteen
3 three 10 ten 17 seventeen
4 f our 11 eleven 18 eighteen
5 f ive 12 twelve 19 nineteen
6 six 13 thirteen 20 twenty

(14) Task 5 Listen and mark the stress.

eighteen ten sixteen seventeen twenty

Speaking – Task 6 Work with your partner. Student 1 turn to File 2. Look at the table for ten
seconds. Say the numbers of vehicles and aircraft.
Student 2 write the numbers.

Review and language tactics

Review Activity 1 Study the business card. Write


answers to the questions.

1 What is her name? Jane White.


2 What is her rank? ……………. .
3 Where is she f rom? ……………. .
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4 What is her address? ……………. .


5 What is her phone number? ……………. .

Activity 2 Complete the sentences.

army police f orce air f orce navy

1 sailor She’s in the ……………. .


2 police of f icer She’s in the ……………. .
3 soldier He’s in the ……………… .
4 airman He’s in the ……………… .

Activity 3 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

1 Are you a teacher?


2 Are you a student?
3 Are you in the police f orce?
4 Are you in the army?
5 Are you in the air f orce?

Language tactics - Asking for help with language

Activity 4 Study the examples.

Can you say that again, please?


Please, speak slowly.
What is this in Spanish?
Sorry, I don’t understand.
How do you spell your last name?

(16) Now listen and complete the conversations.

A John, that’s J-O-H-N.


B (1) Please, ……………… ………………. .
A J-O-H-N.

A Peter Jones.
B (2) …………… ……………… …………….. ………………., please?
A Yes. Peter Jones.

A Parlez-vous anglais?
B Sorry, (3) ……………… ……………….. ……………. .
A Do you speak English?

A (4) ……………….. …………………. ……………….. ……………….your name?


B Hanif . H-A-N-I-F.

A (5)………………. ……………….in English?


B We say helicopter.
A Thank you.

Activity 5 Work with your partner. Practise the conversations in task 4.

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Integrated skills: an interview.

(16) Activity 1 A United Nations official interviews a journalist. Listen and complete.
Writing Activity 2 Write questions for the application form in Activity 3.

1 What is your last name?


2 ………………….
3 ………………….
4 ………………….
5 ………………….
6 ………………….
7 ………………….
8 ………………….
9 ………………….
10 …………………

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Speaking - Activity 3 Work in pairs. Complete the application form.

Now introduce your partner to the class.

Unit 2 - Boot Camp

US army basic combat training

Activity 1 Match the words with the pictures.

Weapons training
NCO intructors teach drill
Recruit barracks
Recruits in basic training

Reading – Activity 2 Complete the text.

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graduation basic training unif orm barracks


recruits instructors

Activity 3 True or false?

1 Recruits don’t live in barracks. True


2 Basic training is 5 weeks.
3 In the US army, soldiers are volunteers.
4 Recruits wear military unif orm.
5 Recruits see their f amily during basic training.
6 The main basic training unit is Fort Benning in Georgia.
7 Recruits don’t go home during basic training.

Now correct the false sentences.

Recruits live in barracks.

Grammar - Present simple 1st and 2nd person statements and negatives

Activity 4 Study the examples.

Recruits live in barracks. They don’t go home during training.


You live in barracks. You don’t go home during training.

We use the present simpke to talk about things that are generally true.

I I
You live in barracks You do not (don’t) go home during training.
We We
They They

Now tick the sentences that are true for you.


1 I eat at the school. 4 I live at home.
2 I sleep in barracks. 5 I’m not a volunteer.
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3 I wear a unif orm.


Activity 5 Make the other sentences true for you.

Pronunciation - The military alphabet

(17) Task 6 Listen and repeat.

A alpha F f oxtrot K kilo P papa U unif orm Z zulu


B bravo G golf L lima Q quebec V victor
C Charlie H hotel M mike R romero W whiskey
D delta I india N nomvember S sierra X x-ray
E echo J juliet O oscar T tango Y yankee

(18) Task 7 Listen and write the US Army basic training units.

1 Fort Jackson in south Carolina.


2 Fort K-o-_ in Kentucky.
3 Fort L-o-a-d w-o-in Missouri.
4 Fort M-c-e-l-n in Alabama.
5 Fort S-l- in Oklahoma.

Now work in pairs. Say and write the names of places in your country.

Speaking - Activity 8 Choose the words for basic training in your country.

In my country, recruits are volunteers | concripts. Recruit training is ……………… weeks. Recruits
live in barracks | live at home and they go home | don’t go home during basic training. Their
f amilies go | don’t go to the graduation ceremony.

Now work in pairs. Add more information and tell your partner.

From civilian to soldier

Activity 1 Answer the questions.

1 What is the day today? It’s ……………. .


2 What is the day tomorrow? It’s ……………. .
3 What days do you work? I work on …………….. .
4 What days do you rest? I rest on ……………… .

Vocabulary and Listening

Activity 2 Name the activities. Choose from these words.

communications training map reading obstacle course 5 kilometre (km) f oot march
f ield training exercise (FTX) NBC (nuclear, biological and chemic al) training drill
Weapons training f irst aid training

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(19) Activity 3 Listen and complete the schedule.

Activity 4 Work in pairs. Check the answers.

A Do they have first aid training on Monday afternoon? B No, they don’t. They have a
map reading class.
A Do they have a field training exercise on Friday morning? B Yes, they do.

Grammar - Present simple yes/ no questions and short answers

Activity 5 Study the examples.

Do you have a French class? Yes, I do / No, I don’t.


Do they have exercise on Monday? Yes, they do.

Now write the questions in full.

1 live in barracks Do you live in barracks?


2 sleep in barracks on Friday and Saturday.
3 wear a uniform everyday.
4 live at home.
5 have a French class every week.

Speaking - Activity 6 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in Activity 5.

Weapons and equipment

Activity 1 Label the pictures.

compass rif le antenna map pistol radio

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Activity 2 Put the words into groups.

Weapons Map reading Communications

Grammar - Plural forms with -es

Activity 3 Study the examples.

A antenna four antennas


Add -s to most nouns.

A compass four compasses


Add-es to nouns that end -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x.

Now write the plurals.

1 map We have three ………………. .


2 bus There are f ive …………..in the f ield.
3 march Recruits have two………….f or week.
4 radio Do you have the …………….?
5 compass No, but I have f our ………………… .

Pronunciation - Plural endings

(20) Task 4 Listen and complete.

/s/ /z/ /IZ/

Now listen and repeat.

Functional English - Numbers 21 – 100

Task 5 Study the examples.

21 twenty-one 27 twenty-seven 60 sixty


22 twenty-two 28 twenty-eight 70 seventy
23 twenty-three 29 twenty-nine 80 eighty
24 twernty-f our 30 thirty 90 ninety
25 twenty-f ive 40 f orty 100 one hundred
26 twenty- six 50 f if ty

(21) Now listen and repeat.

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Activity 6 Say the numbers.

34 38 43 46 58 59 67 68 73 77 85 87 94 97

Grammar - there is, there are

Activity 7 Study the examples.

There’s one / a compass. There are three maps……………


We use there is for singular and there are for plural nouns.

Speaking – Task 8 Work in pairs. Turn to File 3. Find five differences.

Off-duty: a visit to the PX


Activity 1 Label the pictures.

padlock batteries shampoo soap towel sun cream


toothbrush deodorant electric razor toothpaste

Activity 2 work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

1 How much is the deodorant?


2 How much are the towels?
3 How much are the batteries?
4 How much are de soaps?
5 How much is the shampoo?

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(22) Listening - Task 3 Listen and answer the questions.

Grammar - Countable and uncountable nouns

Activity 4 Study the examples.

An electric razor, one battery, two soaps


We can count countable nouns.

Deodorant, shampoo
We cannot count uncontables nouns.

The shampoo costs eighty cents.


Uncountable nouns have a singular verb. We do not use a number or a or an.

Now look at the pictures. Write C for countable and U for uncountable nouns.
Functional English - Shopping 1

Activity 5 Study the examples.

I’d like some shampoo. How much is it?


Do you sell soap? How much is this deodorant?
Do you have a toothbrush? It’s 30 dollars 80.
Here you are.

Now complete the conversations.

Conversation 1 Conversation 2

A Good morning . A Good af ternoon.


B Good morning. B Good af ternoon.
A (1) …………….shampoo? A (3)………………soap?
B Yes, I do. B It’s 11 dollars.
A (2)……………….? A (4)………………. .
B Four dollars 30.

Activity 6 Work in pairs. Choose and practise a conversation.

Listening – Task 7 Complete the table. Use the sentences.

Do you have any batteries f or this radio?


How much is it?
I think so. Do you want nine-volt batteries?
I’m sorry. I have some nine-volt batteries but I don’t have any six-volt batteries.
It’s one dollar 90.

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Oh. Do you have any shampoo?

(28) Now listen and check.

Grammar - some and any

Activity 8 Study the examples.

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns


Statements I have some eighty-volt batteries. There’s some deodorant in the bathroom.
Negatives I don’t have any five-volt batteries. I don’t have any soap.
Questions Do you have any batteries? Do you have any soap.

Now complete the sentences. Use some or any.

1 I don’t have …………… deodorant.


2 I’d like ……………..shampoo.
3 Do you have…………..shoe polish?
4 There aren’t…………….batteries.
5 There’s…………….soap in the bathroom.

Speaking - Task 9 Write the conversation.

A Good morning.
B I’d/ a razor and / shampoo.
A I’m sorry. I / have / shampoo.
B / you have /soap?
A Let me see. Yes / do.
B How / is that altogether?
A It/ $1.20.
B Here/ are.

(24) Now listen and check.

Task 10 Work with your partner. Practise the conversation


in task 9.

A day in the life

Activity 1 Work in pairs. Put the words in order.

Dinner…………….

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Wakeup … 1……….
Lunch…………….
Breakf ast…………….
Lights out…………….

(25) Listening - Task 2 Listen and write the times.

Wendy Phillip’s Day


4.30 a.m. wakeup
(1)……………. – 6 a.m physical training (PT)
7 a.m. breakf ast
(2) …………… - 12 p.m. classes
12 p.m. lunch
1 p.m. – (3) ………… classes
5.30 p.m. dinner
(4)………….. – 9 p.m. personal time
(5) …………. Lights out

Now work in pairs. Check your answers.

Functional English - The 12-hour clock

(25) Task 3 Listen and study the examples.

12 p.m. It’s twelve o’clock. 5.30 p.m. It’s f ive thirty. 7.45 p.m. It’s seven f orty -f ive.

Grammar Present simple - Wh- questions

Activity 4 Study the examples.

When do they have dinner? What time do you wake up?


Where do you have lunch? What do you do in the afternoon?

Now write the questions in full.

1 What time / have breakf ast? What time does he have breakfast?
2 What time / start PT?
3 What time / start the classes this week?
4 When / have lunch?
5 When / f inish the classes this week?
6 What / so in the af ternoon?

Activity 5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about Wendy’s day.

A What time does he get up?


B He gets up at half past four.

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Speaking - Activity 6 Ask your partner about his/ her day. Use these questions.

What time do you start work? / Where do you have breakfast?

Activity 7 Describe your partner’s day to the class.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

The 24- hour clock

Activity 1 Read the advertisement and complete the sentences.

In the morning, the NCO Club serves breakf ast on Monday through
Friday f rom (1) …………… to 09.00. It serves lunch f rom (2)
…………….to (3)…………….. . The NCO Club closes at the
weekend.

Functional English - The 24- hour clock

Activity 2 Study the examples.

1.00 a.m. 0100 zero one hundred


2.30 a.m. 0230 zero two thirty
11.00 a.m. 1100 eleven hundred
7.45 p.m. 1945 nineteen forty-five
8.15 p.m. 2015 twenty fifteen

(27) Task 3 Listen and write the times.

1 The English class starts at 0800.


2 The class f inishes at …………… .
3 PT in the morning is at ……………. .
4 The PX opens at ……………… .
6 It closes at ……………… .

Now say the times.

Grammar - Present simple 3rd person singular statements and negatives, yes / no questions
and short answers

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Activity 4 Study the examples.

The Fort Jackson Museum opens on Mondays. It doesn’t open on Sundays.

I / you / we / they open / close / f inish


He / she / it opens / closes / f inishes

Does the Museum open on Friday morning? Yes, it does.


Does the NCO Club open for breakfast? Yes, it does.

Speaking - Activity 5 Work in pairs. Student 1 check the


information for The Retail Zone with Student 2 and correct
the errors. Student 2 turn to File 4. Answer Student 1
questions.

A Does The Retail Zone open at 0900 on Monday?


B No, it doesn’t. It opens at 08.00.

Now Student 2 check the information for Thomas Lee Hall


Library with Student 1 and correct the errors. Student 2 turn to
File 5. Answer Student 1 questions.

Review and language tactics

Review - Activity 1 Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 At Fort Steven recruits lives | live in barracks.


2 Lidia has | have personal time on Sunday af ternoon.
3 The PX sells | sell electric razors but it doesn’t | don’t sell toothpaste.
4 Private Lidia Skinner doesn’t | don’t go home during basic training.

Activity 2 Write the questions in full.

1 the NCO club | open on Friday? Does the NCO club open on Friday?
2 he | go to sleep at 21.00?
3 she | lives in that country?
4 they | have to go to the gym every Saturday?
5 the PX | sell shampoo?
Now write the negative sentences with 1-5.

1 The NCO Club opens on Friday. The NCO Club doesn’t open on Friday.
………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………..
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Activity 3 Look at this checklist for the FTX. Write C for countable or U for uncountable
nouns.

Now complete the sentences.

are aren’t a an some any is isn’t

1 There’s a rif le. 4 There ………….. …………… compasses.


2 There ……………. …………….batteries. 5 There …………. ……………..ammunition.
3 There ……………three radios. 6 There ………….. ……………..f ood.
Activity 4 Match the times.

02.00 half past f our in the af ternoon.


21.00 quarter to six in the evening.
16.30 nine o’clock.
08.15 quarter past eight in the morning.
17.45 two o’clock in the morning.

Language tactics - Learn words together

Activity 5 It is a good tactic to learn words together. Put the words into groups.

helicopter radio truck plane bus pistol compass rif le

aircraf t vehicles equipment weapons

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Integrated skills: hours of operation

(28) Task 1 Listen and write the hours of operation.

Activity 2 Answer the questions.

1 Is the George’s gym open on Sunday?


2 Does George’s gym open on Satuday af ternoons?
3 Is Magruder’s open f or lunch?
4 Whay time does Magruder’s close on Friday evening?

(29) Listening - Task 3 Listen and complete Bill’s diary.

Now work with your mate and check the answers.

Speaking - Activity 4 Work in pairs. Studen 1 ask


Student 2 questions and complete Angie’s diary.
Student 2 turn to File 6.

A What does Angie do on on Tuesday morning?


B She goes to the NCO club.

Now Student 2 ask Student 1 questions and complete


Paul’s diary. Student 1 turn to File 7.

Activity 5 Work in pairs. Decide where Bill, Angie and Paul meet during the week.

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Unit 3 – To be a soldier
Great military leaders
Task 1 Work in pairs. Complete the information. Use these words and dates.

Nationality: American Chinese German


Date: 1885 1729 1805

(30) Now listen and check.

Pronunciation - Saying the year

Task 2 Study the examples.

Write Say

1800 eighteen hundred


1805 eighteen oh f ive

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1945 nineteen f orty- f ive


2004 two thousand and f our
(31) Now listen and repeat.

(32) Task 3 Listen and write the correct dates.

1 The Battle of el- Alamein (1940) X 1942.


2 The Battle of Cambrai (1939) ..……….
3 The Battle of Yorktown (1775) .………..
4 The Battle of Jena (1796) …………
5 The Battle of Traf algar (1812) …………

Now write sentences.

The Battle of el-Alamein was in 1942.


…………………………………………..
…………………………………………..
…………………………………………..
…………………………………………..

Grammar - was / were statements and negatives

Activity 4 Study the examples.

George S. Patton and George Washington were American Generals.


Erwin Rommel wasn’t Russian, he was German.
Erwin Rommel was born in 1891.

Now complete the following table.

Present Past
I am was (1) was not wasn’t
You are were were not weren’t
He/She/It is (2)…………. was not (3)………….
We are were (4)…………… weren’t
You are were were not weren’t
They are (5)………….. were not (6)………….

Activity 5 Work with your partner. Correct the sentences.

1 The Battle of Combrai was in 1939. (1917) No, it wasn’t. It was in 1917.
2 Julius Caesar was Greek. (Roman)
3 Sun Tzu was a Japanese military writer. (Chinese)
4 Montgomery and Churchill were American leaders in World War 2. (British)
5 The Battle of Traf algar was in 1806. (1812)

Activity 6 Work in pairs. Write about famous military people and events in your country.

General …………………. Was born in…………… (place) in…………….(year)


Admiral
Field Marshal

The Battle of ……………. Was in ………………….(year).


………………….. (person) was f amous………………(job).

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The fighting Pattons

Activity 1 Label the pictures with the underlined sentences.

Was your grandf ather in the army / navy / air f orce / police f orce?
f ather

Reading - Activity 2 Label the pictures with the underlined senteces.

Activity 3 Answer the questions about General Patton.

1 Was he American? Yes, he was.


2 When was he born?
3 Where was he born?
4 Was his grandf ather in the army?
5 Who was his wif e?
6 Was his son in the army?

Grammar- was/were/ no Wh- questions

Activity 4 Study the examples.

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When was he born? He was born in 1885.


Was he British? Yes, he was | No, he wasn’t.
Were they British? Yes, they were. | No, they weren’t.

Speaking - Activity 5 Work in pairs. Student 1 turn to File 8. Choose a military leader from the
list. Do not tell your partner the name. Student 2 ask yes / no questions and find the person.

B When was he born? A I don’t know.


B Was he American? A No, he wasn’t.

A career in the military

Activity 1 Complete the phrases. Use these words.

join enter attend

1 join the army, navy or air f orce.


2………. A training course.
3 ……….a school or military academy.

Listening – Task 2 Read and complete the text with the verbs.

graduated (x2) promoted deployed served

(33) Now listen and check.

(34) Pronunciation - Past simple /d/ or / d/

Task 3 Listen and write /d/ or / d/


(1) deployed …/d/… (2) graduated …/ d/… (3) promoted /………/ (4) entered /……/ (5) served
/……/ (6) attended /…../ (7) joined /……./ (8) posted /……../

Now listen again and repeat.

Grammar - Past simple statements and negatives

Activity 4 Study the examples.

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I joined the navy as a sailor. I didn’t join the navy as a sailor.


We use past simple for completed actions.

Subject+verb+ -ed Subject + did not (didn’t) + verb

Spelling: deploy + ed, serve + d

Writing – Activity 5 Write a description about you.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Enlistment I joined the army / navy / air f orce / police f orce in …………… (year) when I was
…………(age).
Training I graduated f rom basic training / NCO school / of ficer school in…………..(year). The
course was…………. (years/ months).
Military rank I was promoted to………..(current rank) in …………….(month and year).
Assignments I was posted to the………..(unit) in………….(year). I served in………….(country)
in………………..(year) and I’m currently posted to………….(unit).

Off- duty: the family

Activity 1 Complete the chart.

granmother son grandf ather mother daugther sister-


in-law wif e

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(39) Listening - Task 2 Listen and answer the questions.

1 Where is Maria f rom?


2 Is Paul’s sister married?
3 What does Paul’s wif e do?
4 How many children does Hassim have?

Grammar - Possessives

Activity 3 Study the examples.

My wife’s name is Leila.


What are your children’s names?
‘s means possession: Paul’s family = the family of Paul.

Now complete the sentences.

1 Michael is Paul’s grandf ather.


2 Leila is…………….sister-in-law.
3 Susan is…………..and………….daughter.
4 Leila is…………….and…………..mother.
5 Tom is………..f ather.

Speaking – Activity 4 Work in pairs. Ask your partner about his /her family.

What’s your f ather’s / mother’s name?


Are you married?
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Do you have any children?

Activity 5 Match the family celebrations with the pictures.

birthday party graduation wedding anniverary

(36) Listening - Task 6 Listen and complete the conversations.

A What did you do last weekend, Hassim?


B On Saturday I played f ootball and on Sunday I was at a (1)………………… .

A Hi, Wendy. Did you have a good weekend?


B Yes, I did. It was my brother’s (2)……………. .
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A Where did you go?


B To a new Mexican restaurant. It was great.

A What did you do last Saturday, Paul?


B I was at my sister’s wedding (3)……………. .
A How did you celebrate?
B We had a big meal and went to a club.

Grammar - Past simple yes/ no and Wh- questions

Activity 7 Study the examples.

Did you have a nice day?


did + subject + verb

What did you do yesterday?


Where did you go last Monday?

Wh- + did + subject + verb

Now put the questions in the correct order.

1 did | go | last | weekend? | Wendy | Where Where did Wendy go last weekend?
2 did | go | George | last | Monday? | Where
3 lay | you | Did | Saturday? | f ootball | last
4 did | go | What | yesterday?| you
5 did | go | last | weekend? | brother | Where | your

Pronunciation - did you

(37) Task 8 Listen to the questions. Notice hoy did you is pronounced.
Now listen again and repeat.

Speaking - Activity 9 Work with your partner. Practise the conversations in task 6.

You’re in the army now


Activity 1 Complete the sentences.

give wear carry f ollow salute

1 Of f icers and NCOs give orders.


2 Soldiers and of f icers………………weapons on
operations.
3 Military personnel……………..a unif orm.
4 Soldiers……………….orders.
5 Soldiers……………….their superiors.

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(38) Listening - Task 2 Li Feng talks about his life before be joined the army and his life now.
Listen and check.
Before Now

Get up early … ……….………..


Do exercise ……………… …………………
Follow orders ……………… …………………
Give orders ……………… …………………
Wear a unif orm ……………… …………………
Salute superiors ……………… …………………
Carry a weapon ……………… …………………

Grammar - Past simple irregular verbs – statements and negatives

Activity 3 Study the examples.

Do did I didn’t do any exercise.


Get got I got up early.
Wear wore I didn’t wear a uniform.
Go went When something went wrong, it wasn’t my problem.
Give gave I didn’t give orders.

Speaking – Activity 4 Complete the sentences for you.

Bef ore I entered...


Af ter I entered…

Now work in pairs. Talk about your experience.

Military uniform

Activity 1 Label the pictures.

epaulette cap badge shirt beret


belt badge of rank cap jacket boots
name tag trousers

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Activity 2 Match the words with the colours.

camouf lage black green blue

Now describe the pictures.

Black boots.

Reading - Task 3 Complete the text.

washed ironed put on took of f


cleaned polished brushed

Af ter the exercise he (1) took off his dirty combat unif orm. First, he (2) washed his unif orm and he
(3) …………….and (4)…………….his boots. Then he (5)……………..his shirt and (6)……………his
beret. Then he (7)…………..his unif orm again and he paraded with his company.

(39) Now listen and check.


(40) Pronunciation - Past simple /d/, /t/, / d/

Task 4 Listen and tick the chart.

Now listen again and repeat.

Writing - Activity 5 Describe your uniform.

My shirt is green. I have black boots.

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Review and language tactics

Review - Activity 1 Look at the calendar and identify the days. Today is the 17th .

last weekend last Saturday yesterday last Friday

Activity 2 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about last week.

Where did you go last Sunday?

Activity 3 Complete the phrases, Use the prepositions from the box.

f rom in to (x3)

1 graduated………………………..(+ school, f or example, officer school)


2 served………………….(+place, f or example, Bosnia, UNPROFOR)
3 deployed………………….(+place or area, f or example, Bosnia)
4 posted…………………….(+unit, f or example, an infantry regiment)
5 promoted…………………..(+rank, f or example, captain)

Now complete the following sentences.

1 George graduated………………..USS school at the age of 23.


2 He deployed……………………Cambodia in 1993.
3 He was posted………………….a cavalry regiment.
4 He was promoted……………….sergeant last year.
5 He served……………….UNTAC f rom 1991 to 1995.

Activity 4 Complete the chart. Use these words.

husband sister daughter mother grandf ather

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Language tactics - Parts of speech

Activity 5 Study the example.

Noun verb adjective noun preposition

George joined the US army in 1994.

Now work in pairs. Identify the parts of speech.

1 Josh is German. Adjective German.


2 Isaac took of his boots. Noun ……………. ……………..
3 You joined the navy in 2000 Preposition………………………….
4 On Sunday, I rest. Verb………………………

Integrated skills: military history quiz

Activity 1 Work in groups. Ask and answer the questions.

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Activity 2 Work in groups. Write more questions.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Activity 3 Ask the other groups your questions.

Unit 4 – Military Organisation


Army organisation
Activity 1 Match the words with the military symbols.

section platoon company battalion

1……………. 2…………… 3…………… 4…………….

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Reading - Activity 2 Complete the text with words from task 1.

Activity 3 Are the sentences true or false?

1 The company OC is a lieutenant. True


2 A company has three platoons.
3 A section has f ive men.
4 The section commander is a sergeant.
5 A battalion has nine platoons.

Now correct the false statements.

A section doen’t have four men. It has eight and ten men.
…………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………..

Activity 4 Make sentences about the British Army.

A section has………….men. The commander The 2IC (two-I-C)


platoon is a…………… . is a ……….. .
company
battalion

Activity 5 Read the text in Activity 2 again and underline the ranks.

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Now complete the British Army ranks.

Pronunciation - Military ranks

(41) Taks 6 Listen and write the ranks.

1 This is Captain White.


2 I’m ……………….Parks.
3 He’s………………Minter.
4 Is……………….Brown here?
5 My name is………………Chen Lin.

(42) Now Listen and repeat the ranks.

Speaking - Activity 7 Work in pairs. Complete Activity 5 with the ranks for your country.
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Now ask and answer questions about your rank.


What’s your rank? I’m a sergeant.
My rank is captain.

Armour, artillery and engineer formations


Activity 1 Match the words with the symbols.

artillery inf antry armour engineer

Reading - Activity 2 Read the text and complete the table.

Activity 3 Work in pairs. Write the name of the unit.

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Functional English - Ordinal numbers

Activity 4 Study the examples.

Write Say
3rd Artillery Regiment 2nd Artillery Regiment

We use ordinal numbers for divisions, bridgates, regiments and battalions.

(43) Now listen and repeat.

(44) Pronunciation - Compound nouns

Task 5 Listen and mark the stress. Which word is stressed?

1 8th Engineer Regiment 2 14th Signal Regiment 3 3rd Armoured Regiment

Now listen again and repeat.

Speaking - Activity 6 Describe the organisation of your country’s army.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Modes of address
Activity 1 Label the photo. Use these words.

salute superior subordinate

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(45) Listening - Task 2 Listen and complete the sentences.

salute superior subordinate

1 A Excuse me ma’am, can I have a word please?


B What is it, Private Thomas? I’m very busy at the moment.

2 A Corporal Smith.
B ………………. .

3 A Lance Corporal Duncan reporting, ma’am.


B Good morning, …………………. . At ease.

Functional English - Modes of address

Activity 3 Study the examples.

When you ask an officer or an RSM questions, say sir / ma’am at the beginning. When you
answer an officer or RSM, say sir/ ma’am at the end.

Task 4 Complete the conversations. Lt Walker is female; all the others are male.

Maj Hargevik (1)……………….Walker, the Colonel wants the list of new recruits as soon as
possible.
Lt Walker Right away, (2)……………… .

Lt Walker Get me the new list f or the colonel, please sergeant.


Sgt Muller Yes, (3)…………….. .

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Sgt Muller Excuse me, (4)……………… . The lieutenant wants the list of new colonels.
CSM Ellis What?

(46) Now listen and check.

Speaking - Activity 5 Practise the conversations in task 4.

Off- duty: a drink with friends

Activity 1 Match the names with the pictures.

NATO The United Nations OXFAM


Médecins Sans Frontières

(47) Listening - Task 2 Listen to the conversation and complete the table.

(48) Task 3 Listen and answer the questions.

1 When did Carmen arrive in the country?


2 When did Stan arrive in the country?
3 How long is she there f or?
4 Is this Stan’s f irst visit?
5 What does he think of the country?

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Functional English - Social conversation

Activity 4 Study the examples.

Social questions
When did you arrive?
Is this your second time here?
What do you think about…?
How long are you here for?

Return questions

And what about you? And you?

Agreeing

A I really like the people. B Me too.

Now complete the conversation.

Krista When (1)……………. …………………. ………………., Alan?


Alan I arrived last January.
Krista And how long (2)……………… ……………….. …………….f or?
Alan My contracy is f or two years. (3)…………….. ……………… you?
Krista Me? I was born here. So, (4)……………….. ……………… ………………. ……………time
here?
Alan No, I was here last year.
Krista So, what (5)………………. ……………………. …………………. …………………my
country?
Alan I really like it.

(49) Speaking - Task 5 Listen and check.

Now work with your partner. Practise the conversation.

Functional English - Civilian titles

Activity 6 Study the examples.

Hi, George. Hello, Doctor Jackson.

Formal

Female, married. Good morning, Mrs Reinbold.


Female, single. Good afternoon, Miss Nummela.
Female, married or single. Good evening, Ms Bennet.
Male, married or single. Good evening, Mr Gomez.

Now complete the rules.

Informal situations

1 Use a person’s f irst name | last name only.

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Formal situations

2 Address medical doctor by……………………………. and their last name.


3 Address single women by Mrs | Miss and their last name.
4 Address married women by Mrs | Miss and their last name.
5 Address men by…………..and their last name.
Grammar - Prepositions for, in and at

Activity 7 Study the examples.

For + organisation
She works for the UN. You work for NATO.

In / at + place of work
He’s a doctor in the hospital. He works at the HQ.

In + country, section or department at work


She worked in Africa last year. She works in the intelligence section.

Note: You are in the navy | army | air f orce | police f orce.

Now complete the senteces.

Doctor Reinbols works (1)………………. Médecins Sans Frontières.


This is Corporal Jef f . He’s a cleck (2)………………..the Operations Centre.
Captain Jones works (3)………….NATO. He wo rks (4)…………….the NATO HQ
(5)…………….Italy.

(50) Pronunciation - Correcting

Task 8 Listen and underline the stressed word.

A Did you say Lieutenant Meyer?


B No, Capatain Meyer.

Now listen and repeat.

Activity 9 Work in pairs. Student 1 check the ranks and names with Student 2. Student 2 turn
to File 9. Correct Student 1.

1 Ms / Mrs Evans? It is Ms Evans or Mrs Evans?


2 Colonel | Major Skinner?
3 Mr | Dr Forbes?
4 Private | Sergeant Reinbols?
5 General | Brigadier Jackson?

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Arms and services

Activity 1 Match the branches and insignia with branches from Task 1.

The Royal Artillery The Army Air corps The Royal Army Medical Corps

Reading – Task 2 Complete the text

(51) Now listen and check.

Activity 3 Complete the sentences with arms or services from task 2.

1 The mission of the………………is to buils roads and bridges.


2 The mission of the………………is to operate the Army’s communication systems.
3 The mission of the………………is to collect inf ormation about the enemy.
4 The mission of the………………is to provide medical support.

Grammar - Infinitive complements

Activity 4 Study the example.

The mission of the Royal Engineers is to build roads and bridges.

We use infinitive complements to talk about purpose.

Subject + be + to + verb

Now complete the sentences. Use these words.

provide f ly maintain transport

1 The mission of the RA is to ………………..f ire support.


2 The mission of the REME is to…………… the Army’s vehicles and equipment.
3 The mission of the RLC is to……………..troops, equipment and supplies.
4 The mission of the AAC is to…………..the Army’s helicopters.

(52) Pronunciation - Syllables and word stress

Task 5 Listen and count the syllables in the words.

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Now listen again and mark the stresses syllables.


Artillery

Writing - Activity 6 Write about the branches in your country’s army.

In my country, the army has a / an artillery / armoured / aviation / branch. There isn’t a signals /
engineer / inf antry / branch.
The mission of …………….. is to ………………….. .

Large formations

Activity 1 Label the units. Use these words.

brigade battalion division

Activity 2 Work in pairs. Where are your country’s armed forces deployed?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(53) Listening - Task 3 Listen and complete.

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Pronunciation - Large numbers

Task 4 Study the examples.

169 one hundred and sixty-nine.


300 three hundred.
325 three hundred and twenty-f ive
2,169 two thousand, one hundred and sixty- nine
3,000 three thousand.

(54) Now listen and repeat.

Functional English - Describing a military organisation

Activity 5 Study the examples.

Weapons and equipment The 1st Armoured Division is equipped with Challenger tanks.
Composition The division is composed of | consists of three brigades.
Strength The total strength is about 18,000 personnel.
Base The 1st Armoured Division is based | stations in Germany.
Deployments British troops are deployed in more than 70 countries.

Writing - Activity 6 Write a description of a large unit in your country’s armed forces.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Review and language tactics

Review - Acivity 1 Complete the following table.

Task 2 Work with your partner. Answer the questions.

1 How many syllables do the words have?


2 Which is the stresses syllable?
Sergeant Missus (Mrs) Major Corporal Mister (Mr)

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(55) Now listen and check.

Activity 3 Complete the sentences. Use for, in or at.

1 She works for the United Nations.


2 We work………………..the UN Headquarters……………………Germany.
3 Doctor Jackson works………………the Blue Crods.
4 I’m a liaison of f icer. I work……………….the French b attalion headquarters.
5 He works………….the school.

Activity 4 Write the abbreviations in full.

1 arty…………………. 2 inf …………… 3 armd…………….. 4 engr………………...

Activity 5 Write the abbreviations.

1 major…………….. 2 general……………… 3 captain………………… 4 brigadier……………….

Language tactics - Compound nouns

Activity 6 Compound nouns have two or more parts. The first part of the noun tells you
about the second part.

Read the descriptions and make compound nouns.

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Integrated skills: organising a conference


(56) Listening - Task 1 Listen to the briefing and complete.

Activity 2 Answer the questions.

1 Where’s the conf erence?


2 What time does the conf erence start?
3 What date does the conf erence f inish?
4 How many participants are civilian?

Speaking - Activity 3 Work in pairs. Student 1 check the list of participants with Student 2
and correct the mistakes. Student 2 turn to File 10 and correct Student 1 list.

A Captain Cutler from the 1st Engineer Regiment arrives on October 14th at 21.00.
B Sorry, did you say the 1st or the 21st Engineer Regiment?
A The 1st Engineer Regiment.

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B He’s from the 21st Engineer Regiment.

Unit 5 - Sport and fitness


Sports
Activity 1 Match the words with the pictures.

karate tennis stretching exercises sit ups f ootball baseball

Activity 2 Read the text. Are the sentences true or false?

1 A Coy is winning.
2 A Coy lost last year.
3 Henry isn’t playing.

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4 Henry is watching the f ootball match f rom the hospital.

Grammar - Present continuous statements and negatives

Activity 3 Study the examples.

I’m having a very nice weekend.


My team aren’t winning.
We use present continuous for temporary actions happening now.

Subject + be + verb - ing

Spelling

Add-ing to the verb.


Play playing.

Verbs that end vowel + consonant + e: delete e


Lose losing.

Verbs that end vowel + consonant: double the consonant.


Win winning.

Note: Verbs that end vowel + w, x or y: do not double the consonant.


Play They’re playing football.

Now write sentences about the pictures in Activity 1.

Activity 4 Put the sports from Activity 1 in groups.

Exercise / Self- defence Ball games

Tennis

Now choose the correct word to complete the rules.

1 We use play / do with exercises.


2 We use play / do with ball games.
3 We use play / do with self - def ence.

Activity 5 Add more sports to Activity 4.


(57) Pronunciation - be contractions

Task 6 Listen to the sentences. Notice that pronunciation of the contractions.

Now listen again and repeat.

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Speaking - Activity7 Work in pairs. Student 1 choose a sport and mime it. Student 2 guess
the sport.

What are you doing?


Activity 1 Work in pairs. What are the people in the pictures doing?

Task 2 Complete the conversations with the present continuous.

go to the gym play f ootball play golf use this machine

1 Jane Hi, Peter. Where are you going?


Peter I’m………………….. . I have a f itness test next week.

2 Mario Hello.
Paul Hello Mario, It’s Paul. What are you doing?
Mario I’m ………………………….at the club.

3 Fernando Are you………………?


Lisa No, I’m not.

4 Maj Brown Good morning, Lieutenant Smith.


Lt Smith Good morning, sir.
Maj Brown Where are your men this morning?
Lt Smith They’ re ………………………. . They are practising f or the match with the Italians
on Saturday.

(58) Listening: Now listen and check.

Activity 3 Answer the questions.

1 where is Peter going?


2 Why is he going there?
3 What is Mario doing?
4 What are Lieutenant Smith’s men doing?
5 What are they practising f or?

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Grammar - Present continuous yes / no ans Wh- questions

Activity 4 Study the examples.

Are you visiting the doctor? Yes, I’m.

be + subject + verb - ing

What is Mario doing? He’s playing golf.


Where is Peter going? He’s going to the gym.

Wh- + be + subject + verb- ing

Now write questions and answer in full.

1 They | play | tennis ? No | they | play | baseball.


Are they playing tennis? No, they’re not. They’re playing baseball.

2 Where | he do | exercise? He | do | exercise | at the gym.


3 She | running? No | play | basketball.
4 Why | he | practise? He | practise | f or the competition.
5 | They do | karate? No | they | .

Speaking - Activity 5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions to find five differences in the
pictures. Student 1 turn to File 11. Student 2 turn to File 12.

PT kit
Activity 1 Label the pictures.

trainers shorts bat ball


sport bag tracksuit T-shirt
tennis racket

Activity 2 Complete the sentenes about the picture.

Josh is wearing (1) shorts and a (2)…………………. . He’s


carrying a (3)………………….. . Mary is wearing a
(4)…………………. . She’s carrying a (5)………………… .
They are both wearing (6)…………………….. .

Activity 3 Put the words from Activity 1 in groups.

Equipment Clothes

tracksuit

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Now choose the correct word to complete the rules.

1 We wear | carry equipment.


2 We wear | carry clothes.

(59) Listening - Taks 4 Listen and point to the picture in Activity 1.

Now match the words with the colours.

red black brown khaki white green blue yellow grey

Speaking - Activity 5 Describe the people in your class.

He | She’s wearing a grey T- shirt.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Off- duty: free time activities
Activity 1 Answer the questions. Use these words and phrases.

relax go to bars read books/ magazines go shopping

1 What do you do with other people?

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2 What you do alone?

(60) Listening - Task 2 Listen and complete the conversation.

Grammar- Frequency adverbs

Activity 3 Study the examples.

I usually go to gym on Friday Morning. She doesn’t usually do sport.

Subject (+ don’t / doesn’t) + always / (never) / usually / often / sometimes + verb

sometimes | usually I read a magazine.

Now make sentences about Peter and Mario.

On Friday evening Peter always goes to the cinema.


On Saturday morning Mario usually .……………………..
On Saturday af ternoon of ten ……………………...
On Sunday evening sometimes ………………………
never ………………………
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Speaking - Activity 4 Work in pairs. Ask yout partner what they usually do at the weekend.
Choose from these things.

wash the car watch TV do sport listen to music do the housework


go to the cinema play computer games relax at home go shopping
read a book or magazine meet f riends go out

A What do you usually do on Saturday evening?


B I usually read a book.

Now tell the class.

(61) Listening - Task 5 Peter and Mario are talking about the weekend. Listen and complete
the table.

Functional English - Likes and dislikes

Activity 6 Study the exameples.

You like watching TV. He/ she likes watching TV.


I don’t mind going shopping. He/ she doesn’t mind going shopping.
Do you like watching TV?

Now write the sentences in full.

1 Peter | not | like | watching TV. Peter doesn’t like watching TV.
2 Mario | like | watching TV.
3 Peter | not | mind | going | shopping.
4 Mario | not | like | going | shopping.
5 Peter | like | washing | his car.

Speaking - Activity 7 Complete the table in task 5 for you.

Now work in pairs. Ask questions and complete the table for your partner.

Sports and fitness


Activity 1 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

1 What sport do you do?


2 How of ten do you do these sports?

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Reading - Activity 2 Read the text and answer the questions.

1 How of ten do soldiers do PT?


2 How of ten do they run?
3 How of ten do they go to the gym?
4 How of ten do they go to the swimming pool?
5 How of ten do they play f ootball?

Grammar- Expressions of frequency

Activity 3 Study the examples.

Soldiers do TP every day | one a week | twice a week | three times a week.
They usually go to the swimming pool twice a week.
We can use frequency adverbs and expressions of frequency together.

Now put the frequency adverb and expressions of frequency in the correct position.

1 Do you run? (every day) Do you run every day?


2 They go to the gym. (once a wee)
3 You swim. (three times a week)
4 We play basketball. (always/twice a week)
5 Does he run? (usually/ every day)

(62) pronunciation - do

Task 4 Listen to the sentences. Notice the pronunciation of do.

1 Do you like f ootball?


2 Yer, I do.

Now listen again and repeat.

Speaking - Activity 5 Work with your partner. Ask and answer the questions.
How of ten do you… go to the cinema?
go to the gym?
play video games?
get up early in the week?
watch f ootball on TV?

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The assault course


Activity 1 Label the obstacles. Use these words.

wire f ence logs tunnel


cargo net ditch low wall ramp

Task 2 Complete the sentences. Use these words.

run (x2) crawl (x2) jump (x2)

1 Crawl through
the tunnel.

2……………… up the ramp and jump down.


3………………under the wire.
4………………into the ditch and climb out.
5………………across the logs.
6………………over the low wall.

(63) Now listen and check.

Grammar - Prepositions of movement

Activity 3 Study the examples.

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Now complete the following sentences.

1 Climb …………..the cargo net and jump down.


2 Crawl…………..the f ence.
3 Climb…………...the high wall and jump………… .
4 Run……………..the f inish line.

(64) Task 4 Listen and check your answers.

Activity 5 Work in groups. Draw an assault course.

Now give yout assault course to another group. Say how you cross the obstacles.

Review and language tactics


Review - Activity 1 Use the chart and make sentences. It’s 0730. What are A and B
companies doing now?

Activity 2 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

1 How of ten do you do sports? I usually do sports every Friday.


2 How of ten do you play baseball?
3 How of ten do you run?
4 How of ten do you go to the gym?
5 How of ten do you swim?

Language tactics - Collocations 1

Activity 3 Collocations are words that often go together.


Complete the sentences.

bat sport bag T-shirt shorts trainers tennis racket tracksuit

1 The woman’s wearing…………………….and a blue………….. .


2 She’s carrying a……………….and a ……………….. .
3 The man’s wearing a black…………….and grey……………. .
4 He’s not carrying a tennis racket, but he is carrying a…………… .

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Now complete the chart.

Integrated skills: sports and fitness


Activity 1 Label the pictures. Choose from these words.

f ootball cricket physical training baseball weights


American f ootball

(65) Task 2 Listen and say what is happening.

A I think they’re playing cricket.


B No, I think they’re playing baseball.

Activity 3 Work in pairs. Say how often you do these things.

Always eat hamburgers.


Usually take the stairs.
I Never drive to work.
Sometimes do an assault course.
Of ten take the lif t.

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(66) Listening - Task 4 Listen to Katalin and tick.

Activity 5 Add three more things and complete the chart for you.

Speaking - Work in pairs. Complete the chart for your partner.

Unit 6 - A visitor to the base

Tidworth Camp
Activity 1 Match the words with the definitions.

guardroom adjutant of f icer’s mess guard


duty of f icer

1 A room f or soldiers on guard. …………………


2 The of f icer responsible f or security and communications during 24 hours. ……………..
3 This soldier protects a building. ……………..
4 This of f icer is responsible f or administration. ……………..
5 Of f icers eat and sometimes sleep in this building. …………….

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(67) Listening - Task 2 Captain Pablo Esteban is visiting a British base. Listen and answer
the questions.

1 Who does the guard call?


2 Who is coming to welcome Capt Esteban?
3 What does the guard want to see?
4 Where does the guard ask Capt Esteban to wait?

Task 3 Put the conversation in order.

…………….. Yes, I’m Pablo Esteban.


…………….. How do you do?
…………….. Captain Esteban?
…………….. Good morning. I’m Captain Smith, the battalion adjuntant. How do you do?

(68) Now listen and check.

(69) Task 4 Listen and tick the topics Captain Smith and Captain Esteban talk.

1 the weather in England.


2 Capt Esteban’s journey.
3 the weather in Spain.
4 Capt Esteban’s opinion about England.
5 the town of Tidworth.

Functional English- Welcoming a visitor

Activity 5 Study the examples.

1 How was your flight?


2 What do you think of England?
3 Did you have any problems finding the camp?
4 How was the weather in Madrid?
5 Is this your first visit to England?
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Now match the questions and answers.

………… The f light was ok, it’s only one hour.


………… No, I got a taxi f rom the airport to the camp.
……….…No, I was here last year.
………….The people are very f riendly.
………….It’s quite cold at the moment.

Pronunciation - Question intonation

Activity 6 Read the sentences and mark the stressed words.

1 What do you think of England?


2 Is this your f irst visit to England?

(70) Task 7 Listen and match the intonation with the questions in Activity 6.

Now listen again and repeat.

(71) Task 8 Listen and mark the intonation for the questions in task 5.

Now listen again and repeat.

Speaking - Activity 9 Work in pairs. Practise the conversation in Activity 5.

A tour of the camp


Activity 1 Match the words with the sentences.

cookhouse sergeants’ mess barracks


married quarters parade square

1 Soldiers parade and practice drill here. ………………………….


2 Accomodation f or married soldiers and their f amilies. …………………….
3 Cooks prepare f ood and soldiers have their meals here. …………………….
4 NCOs eat sometimes and sleep here. ……………………..
5 Accomodation f or single soldiers. …………………….

(72) Listening and pronunciation - Task 2 Listen and complete. Use these words.

that here this (x2) these those

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(73) Task 3 Listen and repeat.

Grammar - this, that, these, those, here, there

Activity 4 Study the examples.

Here are the barracks. The obstacle course is over there.


Here and there are used with both singular and plural nouns.
This and that are used with singular nouns.
These and those are used with plural nouns.

Now complete the sentences.

1 This is the regimental shop. You can buy souvenirs……………………. .


2 Over……………is the Salisbury Plain training area.
3 These are the married quarters. Married soldiers and their f amilies live………….. .
4……………barracks over there are quarters f or single soldiers.
5 Have a look at this map. We’re………………… .

Speaking - Activity 5 Describe the buildings and places around you.

The classrooms are here. The cookhouse is over


there.

PWRR

Activity 1 Match the words with the pictures.

mechanised inf antry


airbone inf antry armoured inf antry
airmobile inf antry
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Reading - Activity 2 Read the text and answer the questions.

1 Which word means based in?


2 Where is “PWRR currently based?
3 What vehicle is 1PWRR equipped with?
4 Which word means permanent and which word means temporary: assign (line 3) or attach (line
11)?

Grammar - Present simple passive

Activity 3 Study the examples.

1 PWRR is based in Tidworth. ………..it isn’t equipped with the WARRIOR.


We use the passive to put the topic at the beginning of the sentences.

Subject + is /are + past participle

Now complete the sentences. Use these verbs.

attach station assign equip

1 The Spanish Parachute Brigade………………. ……………..in Madrid.


2 The 2nd Battalion………………not………………with the new tanks.
3 Capt Handorf ………………… ………………….to the 1st Signals Regiment f or three months.
4 The 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade……………. ……………….to NATO.

Writing - Activity 4 Write sentences about your unit or another unit. Use these words.

Attached assigned/posted equipped based / stationed

I’m currently………………to the…………….(unit). This unit is………….in…………..(place). It


is…………………with…………….(vehicles or aircraf t). The…………….(unit) is currently on
operations/ exercise in……………….(country).

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Off-Duty: the local area

Activity 1 Match the questions with the answers.

Where can you… 1 have a drink? At the… pharmacy.


2 do exercise? bar.
3 buy gasoline? supermarket.
4 buy medicines? gym.
5 receive medical treatment? gas station.
6 buy f ood products? bank.
7 go when you have problems? hospital.
8 change a cheque? police station.

(74) Listening - Task 2 Listen and answer the questions.

1 How long is Captain Esteban in Tidworth?


2 What does he want to know?

(75) Task 3 Listen and complete the map key. Use these places.

Doctor’s Surgery, Saint George’s Road


P W and J A Hedged, Pharmacy, Station Road
Ram Inn, Public House, Pennings Road.

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Grammar - Prepositions of place

Activity 4 Study the examples

There’s a pub on Pennings Road.


There’s a doctor’s surgery near Naini Tal Road.
There’s a pharmacy next to the bank.
The supermarket is behind to shops on Station Road.
The Ram Inn is opposite the Police Station.

Now look at the map and tick the true sentences.

1 The supermarket is next to the pharmacy.


The supermarket is behind the pharmacy.

2 The Ram Inn is next to the Police Station.


The Ram Inn is opposite the Police Station.

3 The bank is opposite the pharmacy.


The bank is next to the pharmacy.

Activity 5 Match the directions with the maps.

1 Go straight on f or 200 metres. It’s on the right.


2 Go along Church Street and it’s on your lef t.
3 Take the f irst right.
4 Take the second lef t.
5 When you get to the supermarket, turn right.
6 Go past the police station. It’s the next street on the right.

Functional English - Giving directions

Activity 6 Study the examples.

Go straight on. Go along Church Road. On the right. On your left.


Take the first right.Take the second left. Turn right. Turn left.

When you get to the supermarket. Turn left.


Go past the police station.
We use landmarks to make directions clear.

Now complete the conversations

A Excuse me, Is there a pharmacy near here?


B (1)……… ………. Station Road on (2)……….. ………… It’s next to the bank. You can’t miss it.

A Excuse me. I’m looking f or the doctor’s surgery.


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B It’s on Saint George’s Road. Go along Pennings Road. (3) ………. ………. ……… ……… the
petrol station, turn lef t.

A Sorry. How do I get to the police station?


B It’s on Pennings Road. (4) ……….. ……….. the f ish and chip shop and it ’s on your lef t.

(76)Task 7 Listen and check.

Listening - Activity 8 Look at the map in task 3. Find the corner of the Station Road and Park
Road.

(77)Now listen and follow the directions.

Speaking - Activity 9 Work in pairs. Give directions to these places.

1 Tidworth Service Station, Saint Andrew’s Road.


2 Lloyd’s Bank, Sation Road.
3 Elm House surgery, Saint George’s Road.

1st Battalion PWRR

Activity 1 Label the picture. Choose from these words.

f eed anti-tank of f icer mortar


reconnaissance motor transport

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Reading - Activity 2 Read the text and complete the chart. Use these words.

Rif le P1 Mortar P1 Signals P1

Activity 3 Read the text again. Are these sentences true or false?

1 There are three platoons in the Fire Support company.


2 Armoured Inf antry Companies are called 1 Coy, 2 Co y…
3 Each company has a Coy HQ.
4 There are 12 rif le platoons in the battalion.

Writing - Activity 4 Describe the structure of a military unit in your country.

Functions and responsibilities


(78) Task 1 Listen to the introductions. Match the officers with the appointments.

Captain Jones Major Warren Lieutenant Carr

1 Company Commander, A Coy…


2 Regimental signals Of f icer…
3 Assistant Adjuntant…

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Task 2 Match the ranks with the appointments.

Lieutenant or Second Lieutenant Captain Major

1 battalion 2IC…….. 3 rif le platoon commander……….


2 intelligence Of f icer……… 4 operations of f icer (Ops Of f icer)……….

(79) Now listen and check.

Functional English - Talking about responsibilities 1

Activity 3 Study the examples.

Major Warren conducts Alpha Company.


A person conducts a unit.

The Signal Officer is responsible for communications.


A person is responsible for/ in charge of a function or activity.

The Battalion Adjuntant leads the battalion office.


A person leads an office or system.

Now create sentences.

The Battalion 2IC the battalion


The Rif le Platoon conducts a platoon of 30 men.
Commander in charge of the battalion’s communications systems.
The CO leads operational planner in the Bn HQ.
The Ops Of f icer is responsible f or training in the battalion.
The Signals Of f icer

Speaking - Activity 4 Work in pairs. Talk about the differences between the American Army
and your Army.

In the American Army a ……………. is commanded by a …………….., but in my country it’s


commaded by a ……………
In the American Army a ……………. has………….. men, but in our army it has …………….
In the American Army an armoured inf antry battalion has WARRIOR vehicles, but we have ……….

Review and language tactics


Review - Activity 1 Complete the sentences. Use these words.

This that here there

1 ………. is Captain Raúl, the exchange of f icer f rom Argentina. He’s ……….f or f ive months.
2 This isn’t a public car park. You can park your car ………..
3 This is our equipment ………… , and …………. is your equipment over there.
4 One British battalion is in Cyprus……….. They are serving ………….. as part of the UN mission.

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Activity 2 Complete the directions. Use these words.

turn go take get

1 When you ………….to the hospital, turn lef t.


2 ………… straight on f or one kilometre.
3 When you get to the police station, ……….. right.
4 Go straight on and ………….the second right.

Activity 3 Match the words with the prepositions.

with in (x2) to(x2)

1 stationed………….
2 provided………….
3 on operations………..
4 authorised………..
5 deployed………..

Now complete the paragraph.

The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment has one regular battalion. It is currently (1) ……………….
Catterick in North Yorkshire. It is a mechanised battalion and it is (2)……………….. SAXON APCs.
It is (3)………... …………….. 19th Mechanised Brigade.

The battalion was (4) …………………. ……………….. Bosnia en 1996. The battalion is currently on
(5) ………………. …………………. the Balkans.

Languages tactic - Learning vocabulary

Activity 4 Answer the questions.

How do you learn vocabulary?

1 Write the translation.


2 Learn words in groups. WEAPONS: rifle, knife, pistol.
3 Learn words together. Single soldier, on operations, park a car.
4 Mark the stressed syllables. Infantry.
5 Draw pictures.

Now work in pairs. Discuss your answers.

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Integrated skills: a day out

Activity 1 Work in pairs. Ask and aswer these questions.

Last year did you visit…..

1 a church? 3 a department store?


2 a museum? 4 the castle?

Reading - Activity 2 Read the tourist guide. What places do you want to visit?

(80) Listening - Task 3 Listen and mark the route on the map.

Speaking - Activity 4 Work with a partner. Describe the following routes.

1 Warminster to Tidworth. 3 Tisbury to Warminster.


2 Tidworth to Salisbury. 4 Salisbury to Tisbury.

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Unit 7 - Military technology


Military Inventions

Activity 1 Label the picture. Choose from these words.

machine gun aircraf t carrier radio submarine


helicopter tank atomic bomb jet f ighter radar

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Listening - Task 2 work in pairs. Choose the correct date.

1 The f irst helicoper was f lown by Paul Cornu in 1485/ 1907.


2 The f irst portable machine gun was invented by Hiram Maxim in 1883/1893.
3 The world’s f irst atomic bomb was exploded in 1939/19945.
4 The f irst radar station was established in Britain in the 1920s/ 1930s.
5 The submarine was used in combat f or the f irst time in 1776/1901.

(81) Now listen and check your answers.

Grammar - Past Simple Passive

Activity 3 Study the examples.

Topic Information

Active Hiram Maxim created the f irst portable machine gun in 1883.
Passive The first portable machine gun was created in 1883.

Topic Information

The passive focus on the action, and not the agent.

The first portable machine gun was created by Hiram Maxim in 1883.

We use by to identify the agent.

Subject + was/were (not) + past participle (+by + agent)

Now make sentences.

1 The f irst parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci. (invent)


2 Radio communication …………….. by Guglielmo Marconi. (create)
3 The world’s f irst aircraf t carrier …………….. in 1917. (launch)
4 Helicopters……………….in combat f or the f irst time in 1944. (use)
5 The f irst Royal Navy submarine …………………. in 1902. (build)

Speaking and Pronunciation - Activity 4 Work in pairs. Student 1 read all the sentences.
Student 2 correct student A’s sentences. Stress the correct date.

1The machine gun was created in 1893.


A The machine gun was created in 1893.
B That’s not right. It was created in 1883.
2 Tanks were used in combat f or the f irst time in 1917.
3 Submarines were employed in combat f or the f irst time in 1917.
4 The f irst helicopter was f lown in 1485.

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Aircraft, vehicles and naval ships


Activity 1 Label the picture. Choose from these words.

helicopter tank submarine bomber destroyer


aircraf t carrier IFV transport aircraf t f ighter f rigate

Now put the words in groups.

fixed-wing aircraft rotary-wing aircraft armoured vehicles naval ships

Reading - Activity 2 Complete the definitions with words from task 1.

1 An……….. is a type of naval ship. Aircraf t can take of f and land on the ship.
2 An………... is a type of armoured vehicle. It can carry a section of soldiers.
3 A…………. is a type of ship. It can travel underwater.
4 A…………. is a type of military aircraf t. It can attack the enemy with bombs.
5 A…………. is a type of aircraf t. It can take of f vertically, but it can’t f ly very high.

Grammar - can/can’t

Activity 3 Study the example.

It can take off vertically, but it can’t fly very high.


We use can/ cannot (can’t) to talk about ability.

Now complete the sentences with can or can’t.

1 The US SPRUANCE-class destroyer………… f ight submarines, ships and aircraf t.


2 Transport aircraf t……………move men and equipment long distances.
3 Fighters…………attack enemy aircraf t in the air but they…………f ly long distances.
4 The stealth bomber…………. Fly 6,000 miles and radars………..see it.
5 A f ighter-bomber is a f ighter that………..carry bombs and rockets.

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Writing - Activity 4 Write sentences about the C 130.


Hercules transport aircraft.

1 The C130 | transport 92 soldiers. The C 13 can transport 92 soldiers.


2 It | transport small vehicles, but it | transport tanks.
3 It | f ly 2,049 nautical miles.
4 It | f ly at 374 mph (602 km/h).

Armoured Vehicles

Activity 1 Label the picture. Use these words.

main gun hull turret tracks

(82) Listening - Task 2 Listen and complete the specifications.

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Grammar - Questions with How

Activity 3 Study the examples.

Width How wide is it?


Speed How fast is the Leopard 2?
Weight How heavy is it?
Height How high is it?

How + adjective + is/are

Crew How many crew does it have?

How + much is/ many are

Now match the questions and answers.

1 weight 55,150 kg
2 ………… 4
3 ………… 72 km/h
4 ………… 2.48 m
5 ………… 3.7 m

(83) Pronunciation - Decimal points

Task 4 Listen and notice how we say decimal points.

Now listen again and repeat.

Speaking - Activity 5 Work in pairs. Student 1 turn to File 13. Atudent 2 ask Student 1
questions and complete the specifications.

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Off- duty: gadgets


Activity 1 Label the pictures. Use these words.

mobile phone GPS receiver PDA laptop (portable


computer) short wave radio digital camera

Activity 2 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

1 Do you have any of these gadgets?


2 What brand/ model did you buy?
3 Where did you buy it?
4 When did you buy it?
5 How much did it cost?
6 Why did you choose this model?
7 What can it do?

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(84) Listening - Task 3 Listen and tick.


Yes No Don’t know

Connect to a computer
Connect to Internet
Send e-mails
Make phone calls
Locate your position with GPS
Play games
Listen to the radio
Watch TV
Play movies
Help with the shopping

(85) Pronunciation - can/can’t

Task 4 Listen and notice the pronunciation of can and can’t.

Now listen and repeat.

Grammar Questions with Can

Activity 5 Study the examples.

Can you browse the Internet? Yes, you can.


No, you can’t.

Now ask and answer questions about the PDA in task 3.

(86) Task 6 Listen and answer the questions.

1 What does he buy?


2 How much does it cost?
3 Where is the man shopping?

Functional English - Shopping 2

Activity 6 Study the examples.

I’d like (to buy) to…


Does it have a guarantee? / How long is the guarantee?
That’s too cheap.
Can I get after-sales service?
Is that with tax?

How about the other model?


How much do you want to spend?

Now complete the conversation with the phrases.

Customer Good morning. (1)………………… a handheld computer.


Assistant These are our PDA’s. This is our top range model. It’s $895.

Customer That’s (2)…………. Actually, I’m looking f or a cheaper mod el.


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Assistant How (3)…………..?


Customer Well, really no more than about $650.
Assistant How (4)…………..? It’s a very compact device but it’s very powerf ul. It’s $590.
Customer Is (5)………….?
Assistant There are no taxes in Duty Free shops.
Customer Can (6)………..?
Assistant You can get service through dealers anywhere.
Customer (7)………..?
Assistant It’s got 2 years standard and you can buy an extra 12 months f or $25.

(87) Task 8 Listen and check.

Speaking - Activity 9 Work with a partner. Practise the conversation in task 7.

Military technology then and now

Activity 1 Match the units of measurement.

1 f oot 0.3048 metres.


1 inch 1,852 metres per hour.
1 knot equals 1.609 kilometres.
1 mile 2.54 centimetres.

(88) Listening - Task 2 Listen and complete the specifications.

Grammar - could/could not (couldn’t)

Activity 3 Study the examples.

The ME 262 could fly at 870 km/h but it couldn’t fly at the speed of sound.

We use could/ could not (couldn’t) to talk about ability in the past.

Subject + could/ couldn’t + verb

Now complete the sentences with can/ can’t or could/ couldn’t.

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1 Submarines can travel underwater.


2 In 1902 submarines…………….only dive to 100 f eet.
3 In 1914 planes…………..f ly at the speed of sound.
4 The Seawolf class of submarines…………..travel at 35 knots.
5 Currently, planes…………travel at Mach 4.

Writing - Activity 4 Write about military technology in World War 2 and


today.

In World War 2 we couldn’t see the enemy at night. Now we can


see the enemy with night vision devices.

Submarine

Activity 1 Work in pairs. Describe the picture.

Reading - Activity 2 Read and answer the questions.

1 What was the f irst submarine called? 4 What was it made of ?


2 When was it f irst used? 5 What did it look like?
3 Who invited it?

Functional English - Describing and defining

Activity 3 Match the words with the descriptions.

class comparison material origin purpose shape

1 A submarine is a type of naval ship. …………….


2 It was Amercian. …………….
3 It looked like an egg. …………..
4 It was oval. …………..
5 It was made of wood. …………...
6 It was used to transport a bomb to the enemy ship. …………..

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Activity 4 Put the words in groups.

wood white square round red rectangular plastic oval metal f abric
blue black

Colour Material Shape

(89) Listening - Task 5 Listen to the descriptions. Choose from these words.

beret helmet tank tracksuit truck

Speaking - Activity 6 Work in pairs. Student 1 choose an object in the room. Describe the
object to your partner. Student 2 guess the object.

Review and language tactics


Review - Activity 1 Read the descriptions and complete the specifications.

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Activity 2 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about the WARRIOR and the FV 432.

Language tactics - Collocations 2

Activity 3 Learn words that often go together. Complete the table with the words. Some
words can go in both groups.

park load drive f ire carry maintain aim repair

A vehicle: 1 maintain 2 ………….. 3 …………. 4 …………….


A weapon: 1 load 2…………… 3 ………….. 4 …………….

Activity 4 Complete the sentences. Use the verbs from Activity 3.

1 Don’t park your car on the grass.


2 On a range you can ………….. dif f erent kinds of weapo ns.
3 Corporal Smith can ………… a truck but she can’t ………….. a tank.
4 United Nations civilian personnel don’t usually …………. weapons.
5 There’s a problem with this vehicle. Can you ……….. it?

Integrated skills: describing and defining


Activity 1 Match the items with the descriptions.

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1 It’s an item of unif orm.


2 It’s made of f abric.
3 You use it to communicate.
4 It’s a type of amoured vehicle.
5 You use it to cover your head.
6 It has tracks.
7 It’s an item of equipment,

(90) Task 2 Listen to the descriptions. Choose from these words.

anti- tank weapon GPS receiver f ighter helicopter tank radio


mortar tracksuit APC beret.

Activity 3 Work in pairs. Student 1 turn to File 14 and describe the objects on your list.
Student 2 complete the chart.

Aircraft Weapon Vehicle Equipment Uniform

Now Student 2 turn to File 15. Student 1 complete the chart.

Aircraft Weapon Vehicle Equipment Uniform

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Files
File 1 (Unit 1 bravo) File 5 (Unit 2 foxtrot)

1 Am Rong Student 1
2 Cyril Arnett
3 Pierre Baquier
4 Joshua Senghor
5 Tran Xuan

File 2 (Unit 1 foxtrot)

File 6 (Unit 2 golf: integrated skills)

Student 2
File 3 (Unit 2 charlie)

Picture 1

File 7 (Unit 2: integrated skills)


Picture 2
Student 1

File 4 (Unit 2 foxtrot)

Student 2 File 8 (Unit 3 bravo)

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File 9 (Unit 4 delta) File 12 (Unit 5 bravo)

1 Mrs Evans
2 Major Hart
3 Dr Ford
4 Private Fox
5 General Hastings

File 10 (Unit 4 golf: integrated skills)

File 13 (Unit 7 charlie)

Fuchs NBC reconnaance vehicle

armament 7.62mm machine gun


crew 2
maximum road speed 105 km/h

File 11 (Unit 5 bravo)


height 2.30 m
width 2.98 m
weight 17,000 kg

File 14 (Unit 7 golf: integrated skills)

boots f ighter machine gun map tank

File 15 (Unit 7 golf: integrated skills)

bomber grenade truck compass


helmet

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