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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6 - Vocabulary for the textbook New Headway Advanced - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Complete the sentences with a verb (in the correct form) or a noun from the chart.

Answer

  1. The Roman conquest of Britain was about AD 43 under Emperor Claudius. However, prior to this Julius Caesar had already invaded the country twice in 55 BC and 54 BC.
  2. The French Revolution started in Paris in July 1789 when an angry mob attacked the Bastille.
  3. My great-grandfather was badly wounded / injured in WWII. He finally died of his wounds / injuries in 1945.
  4. My great-grandma never got over the loss of her husband, but she brought up her family alone without any complaint.
  5. She can remember the Blitz in London - she saw the destruction of a number of houses in her street. Her house survived, but later had to be demolished because it was unsafe.
  6. My mum can remember exactly what she was doing when President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Doctors fought hard for his survival but failed.
  7. Terrorists belonging to extreme groups pose a major threat to our world today.
  8. My dad says sometimes it's brave not to fight. Many pacifists in WWI had to face the wrath of society.

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