Underground soldiers page 34

Underground soldiers page 34















New words


canaries -


Carbon monoxide - its an invisible gas with no smell that can kill you


Sandbags - Bags that on sand.


Distinctive - special, unique, obvious, something that stands out.


Detonated - It obvious


Poisonous - Poison.


Haul -


Off-duty -


Ancient -


Quarries -


Cathedral-sized -


Reinforced -


Wounded -


Chapels -


Navigation -


Horse-drawn railway -


New words






My summary


My summary



Comprehension Questions


What was the ground made of in Arras?Sandstone?Add a picture to help explain.


What did miners use to dig the tunnels? Add pictures.


How would an enemy plane be able to spot where a tunnel was being dug?


Why was tunneling “a race against time”?


Why did miners block the tunnel with sandbags after putting explosives in the end of the tunnel?So they can not die.


In what ways could miners or soldiers be killed because of the tunnels? (more than one answer)Mines,gans and oxgas.


What was the reason miners kept a canary or mouse in a cage inside the tunnel? So if they stop singing then they would have died.


Comprehension Questions


1`) What does “worked around the clock in 8 hours shifts” mean?


2) How big were the caverns? How do you know this?


3) Why did the tunnels connecting the caverns need to be very wide? How wide would you estimate they were?


4) Why were these caverns kept a secret?so the enssthi would


5) What was the purpose of naming the caves?Help when






Mariah - The ground was made of sandstone.So if the other team thak for ever and ever but if they did the enemies would have had a coat.miners block the tunnel with sandbags after putting explosives in the end of the tunnel.miners kept a canary or mouse in a cage inside the tunnel.if they stop singing then they would have died.worked around the clock in 8 hours shifts.the tunnels connecting the caverns need to be very wide.