The Blitz

Check your vocab

1. To surrender 7. To rescue people

2. A raid 8. To put out a fire
3. A target 9. To be evacuated /ɪˈvækjueɪtid/
4. To drop bombs /ˈbɒmz/ 10. Rationing cards
11. Shortages /ˈʃɔːr.t̬ ɪdʒiz/
5. Sirens /ˈsaɪərənz/
12. Blackout
6. A shelter ( an Anderson shelter) 13. To strengthen

Complete the sentences with words from the list.

1- The German’s failure to invade Britain ……………………. the determination of the British to
defeat Nazi Germany.
2- If an air ………… attack was approaching, people were warned by loud ……………….. And
they had to run to the closest …………………. .
3- People had …………………. allowing them to buy only a small quantity of food each week.
4- Volunteers would …………………… wounded people and ………………… small fires.
5- Life was very hard during the Blitz: Families were split up as the children were
………………….. to the countryside.
6- As the German U-boats destroyed merchant ships in the Atlantic, there were food
…………………… .
7- The Germans hoped the bombardments would get Britain to ……………………
8- At night, civilians had to turn off all the lights (in their homes and in the streets) to confuse
German bombers. This is called a …………………….. .
9- London was the main …………………… of the bombing raids but the Germans also
…………………………………. on other cities such as Manchester, Sheffield or Coventry.