Personal Pronouns
The Gorch Fock is a sail training ship. ________ is a German navy vessel.
She
A location in the barracks where you take your military vehicles to be fixed.
motor pool
I live IN OBERHAUSEN.
Where do I live?
Which nouns do NOT form a typical plural s-ending and are considered singular? Name 4
information, data, advice, furniture, evidence, accommodation, training, entertainment
Which ones are NOT keywords for Simple Past:
last month, later, on my first day of school, in a year, at the beginning of this year, when I was younger, a while ago, currently, when I was in basic training, when I die, since the beginning of last month
later (Future), in a year (Future), currently (Present Continuous), when I die (Future, since the beginning of last month (Present Perfect)
Private Perfect, Sergeant Pinsel and I coordinate our tasks at the hangar. _________ enjoy working together.
We
WIA is another way of saying you have ________ .
casualties
Klaus and I write QUARTERLY REPORTS.
What do we write?
What is special about the noun "news"?
It is singular. (This is great news for you.)
Form the negative sentence: I was in the mess hall earlier today.
I wasn´t in the mess hall...
There are a few people at the meeting. _______ started at 0800 hours sharp.
It
When you are a military service member of a conscription army, you are a ___________________
draftee / conscript
There is ONE restaurant in the city center.
How many restaurants are there in the city center?
Check these Auxiliaries: can, could, should, may, might, must, have to, need to etc.
Is there a special form for he/she/it for ANY of them listed here?
NO. (I can work from home, you can work from home, he can work from home, she can work from home, we can work from home, you can work from home, they can work from home)
EXCEPTIONS: have to => she has to work from home / don´t have to => she doesn´t have to work from home AND need to => he needs to get permission to switch guard duty / doesn´t need to => he doesn´t need to finish the report by tomorrow
Form a question in Simple Past:
march/yesterday/the recruits/to the barracks
Did the recruits march to the barracks yesterday?
My tasks at work are difficult. ______ require hard thinking and competency.
They
____________ have joined the military and must first undergo basic training to become soldiers.
Recruits
Dave drives a SMALL convertible Jaguar.
What kind of Jaguar does he drive?
When asking questions in Simple Present with normal verbs, do you use a form of "BE" or "DO"?
You use a form of "DO".
Example: normal verb "work"
Do you often work overtime? Does your superior sometimes delegate his workload? When do you work on Fridays?
Form a negative Simple Past sentence:
careless / not drive / into the mud / the tank / the instructor
The instructor didn´t carelessly drive the tank into the mud.
SVOPT / word order
adverb "carelessly" describing the verb "drive"
Sergeant Fun and Sergeant Pinsel, can I talk to you, please? Are ______ interested in joining our soccer team?
you
As a ____________ you join the army for a fixed period of time only, e.g. 4 or 12 years.
short-service soldier
I didn´t see THE SOLDIER`S rank.
Whose rank didn´t I see?
In which two cases do you use the Present Continuous (in present context)?
When you are speaking about something going on right now/at the moment AND when you are speaking about something current/present/at the time.
I am playing jeopardy right now. /I am currently attending an English course OR We are working on a military project this month.
Wir sind letzte Woche nicht auf der Arbeit gewesen.
We were not at work last week. SV (O) PT
OR
Last week we were not at work.
TSV (O) P => highlighting the time aspect