Question

A. Rearrange the sentences in the order in which the actions took place.

1. Tom suddenly wakes up at night and sees a beautiful sight in the distance.
2. Two Germans cross the no-man's land and come over, unprotected.
3. The German soldiers start singing Christmas carols.
4. The German soldiers had placed Christmas trees in front of their trenches lit by candle or lantern.
5. They mingle happily with each other around a bonfire and exchange stories about their families.
6. The British soldiers join them in singing the carols.
7. The British and the German soldiers meet on no-man's land and shake hands with each other.
8. The officers decide to stop the fighting for a few hours.
9. They even exchange gifts and sing more songs together with promises to meet the day after.
10. There are also some plans to play a football match together.

( chapter - 14 )
( the christmas truce)​

Answer 1

1. at night suddenly Tom woke up and saw beautiful sight in the distance

2.the no mans road was crossed by two germans and come over unprotected

3.the Christmas carol was sung by german soldiers

4.the christmas tree was placed by the german soldiers in front of their trenches lit by candleor lantern

5.around a bonifire they mingled happily each other and exchanged their stories about their familiar

6.in singing the carols the british soldiers joined them

7.on non man's land British and german soldiers met and shake their hands with each other

8.for few hours the officers decided to stop fighting

9. with promise to meet the other day they even exchange gifts and sing song together.

10. to play football match together there are some other plans