Check Your Vocabulary for Military English

A Workbook for Users

Bloomsbury Publishing

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Information
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781901659580
• eBook ISBN: 9781408121139
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: English Language
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This workbook provides material to learn English with military vocabulary. It contains a range of activities, including word games, puzzles and quizzes to help improve specialist English vocabulary. It covers British, American and international military terms and includes: military personnel; manoeuvres; equipment; vehicles; weapons; tactics; and commands.

Word association 1: missing links

Each of the sets of four words below can be linked by another word. All the words are related to military matters. What are the missing words? Write them in the centre of the charts. The first one has been done for you as an example.

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Two-word expressions

Make 14 two-word expressions connected with military matters by combining words from the two boxes: A and B. Then match each expression with the appropriate phrase. Use each word once. The first one has been done for you as an example.

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Box A.

compassionate • voice • exclusion • supply • harrassing • home • shock manoeuvre • field • pincer • distress • observation • static • flight

Box B.

zone • gun • defence • signal • leave • post • action • dump path • procedure • line • fire • warfare • movement

1. Defence of a State’s own territory in the event of war.

2. Area or region, which the armed forces or shipping of another State are not allowed to enter.

3. Holiday granted to a service man who has problems at home.

4. Standard words and expressions which are used when talking on the radio.

5. Sign or message signifying that a person, ship or aircraft is in danger.

6. Covert position from which an area of ground may be watched.

7. Temporary store of ammunition, food, fuel, etc., in the field.

8. Method used to open a parachute as the parachutist jumps out the aircraft.

9. Tactical manouevre, in which two groupings attack an enemy force at the same time, but from different directi...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Introduction
• Contents
• Using the workbook
• 1. Word association 1: missing links
• 2. Two-word expressions
• 3. Word formation: nouns
• 4. Word marriages: nouns
• 5. Word association 2: partnerships
• 6. Three-word expressions
• 7. Word association 3: mind maps
• 8. Nouns 1
• 9. Nouns 2
• 10. Adjectives
• 11. Verbs: present continuous
• 12. Verbs: present perfect
• 13. Verbs: mixed tenses
• 14. Verbs: active/passive
• 15. Phrasal verbs 1
• 16. Phrasal verbs 2
• 17. Prepositions
• 18. Word stress
• 19. Present simple
• 20. Past simple/past participle
• 21. Timings
• 22. Odd one out
• 23. Multiple meanings
• 24. Opposites
• 25. What do I do?
• 26. Orders 1
• 27. Offensive and defensive operations
• 28. Combined operations
• 29. Radio conversations
• 30. Commands and warnings
• 31. Orders 2
• 33. Abbreviations
• 34. British and American English 1
• 35. British and American English 2
• 36. Slang
• 37. Armoured fighting vehicles
• 38. Positions and locations
• 39. Categories 1: armoured fighting vehicles
• 40. Categories 2: aircraft
• 41. Categories 3: missiles
• 42. Communicative crossword 1
• 44. Word search
• 45. Anagrams 1
• 46. Military trivia 1
• 47. Communicative crossword 2
• 49. Anagrams 2
• 50. Communicative crossword 3
• 52. Military trivia 2
• 53. Military crossword
• 54. Vocabulary Record Sheet
• 55. Answer key
• eCopyright