Johnson Borges Solutions for Exercise 5: Model Passages

A Patriot is a man who loves his country, works for it and is willing to fight and die for it. Every soldier is bound to do his duty, but the best soldiers do more than this: they risk their lives because they love the country they are fighting for. They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life, and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try to conquer it and destroy it.
Why is it that some nations have disappeared altogether? It has nearly always been because when the great test came when everything depended upon the most active resistance to the enemy, not enough men and women were found ready to sacrifice themselves so that their country and their fellow countrymen might continue to live.
Why is it that other nations, often small in population and power, when compared with others, remain century after century free and independent in spite of great wars that have been fought around them and even within their own borders? The answer is that nowhere in such countries have men been found willing to yield to the enemy, for a time they may have seemed to be the mercy of conquering, but they have waited, refusing to give in until at last the opportunity has come to destroy or drive out the enemy and win back their freedom.

Why do some nations remain free century after century?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows:

A patriot is a man who loves his country, works for it, and is willing to fight and die for it. Every soldier is bound to do his duty, but the best soldiers do more than this: they risk their lives because they love the country they are fighting for. They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life, and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try to conquer it and destroy it.
Why is it that some nations have disappeared altogether? It has nearly always been because when the great test came, and everything depended upon the most active resistance to the enemy—not enough men and women were found ready to sacrifice themselves so that their country and their fellow countrymen might continue to live.
Why is it that other nations, often small in population and power, when compared with others, remain century after century free and independent despite great wars that have been fought around them and even within their own borders? The answer is that nowhere in such countries have men been found willing to yield to the enemy, for a time they may have seemed to be the mercy of conquering. However, they still have waited, refusing to give in until, at last, the opportunity has come to destroy or drive out the enemy and win back their freedom.

How does a nation lose its freedom?

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A patriot is a man who loves his country, works for it, and is willing to fight and die for it. Every soldier is bound to do his duty, but the best soldiers do more than this: they risk their lives because they love the country they are fighting for. They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life, and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try to conquer it and destroy it.
Why is it that some nations have disappeared altogether? It has nearly always been because when the great test came, and everything depended upon the most active resistance to the enemy—not enough men and women were found ready to sacrifice themselves so that their country and their fellow countrymen might continue to live.
Why is it that other nations, often small in population and power, when compared with others, remain century after century free and independent despite great wars that have been fought around them and even within their own borders? The answer is that nowhere in such countries have men been found willing to yield to the enemy, for a time they may have seemed to be the mercy of conquering. However, they still have waited, refusing to give in until, at last, the opportunity has come to destroy or drive out the enemy and win back their freedom.

What do you want to do for the well-being of your country?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows:

A patriot is a man who loves his country, works for it, and is willing to fight and die for it. Every soldier is bound to do his duty, but the best soldiers do more than this: they risk their lives because they love the country they are fighting for. They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life, and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try to conquer it and destroy it.
Why is it that some nations have disappeared altogether? It has nearly always been because when the great test came, and everything depended upon the most active resistance to the enemy—not enough men and women were found ready to sacrifice themselves so that their country and their fellow countrymen might continue to live.
Why is it that other nations, often small in population and power, when compared with others, remain century after century free and independent despite great wars that have been fought around them and even within their own borders? The answer is that nowhere in such countries have men been found willing to yield to the enemy, for a time they may have seemed to be the mercy of conquering. However, they still have waited, refusing to give in until, at last, the opportunity has come to destroy or drive out the enemy and win back their freedom.

Rewrite the following sentence as instructed:
A patriot is a man who loves his country. (Rewrite the sentence by removing 'who'.)

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A patriot is a man who loves his country, works for it, and is willing to fight and die for it. Every soldier is bound to do his duty, but the best soldiers do more than this: they risk their lives because they love the country they are fighting for. They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life, and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try to conquer it and destroy it.
Why is it that some nations have disappeared altogether? It has nearly always been because when the great test came, and everything depended upon the most active resistance to the enemy—not enough men and women were found ready to sacrifice themselves so that their country and their fellow countrymen might continue to live.
Why is it that other nations, often small in population and power, when compared with others, remain century after century free and independent despite great wars that have been fought around them and even within their own borders? The answer is that nowhere in such countries have men been found willing to yield to the enemy, for a time they may have seemed to be the mercy of conquering. However, they still have waited, refusing to give in until, at last, the opportunity has come to destroy or drive out the enemy and win back their freedom.

Rewrite the following sentence as instructed:

They love their cities. They love their villages. (Combine the sentences using 'both... and'.)

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A patriot is a man who loves his country, works for it, and is willing to fight and die for it. Every soldier is bound to do his duty, but the best soldiers do more than this: they risk their lives because they love the country they are fighting for. They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life, and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try to conquer it and destroy it.
Why is it that some nations have disappeared altogether? It has nearly always been because when the great test came, and everything depended upon the most active resistance to the enemy—not enough men and women were found ready to sacrifice themselves so that their country and their fellow countrymen might continue to live.
Why is it that other nations, often small in population and power, when compared with others, remain century after century free and independent despite great wars that have been fought around them and even within their own borders? The answer is that nowhere in such countries have men been found willing to yield to the enemy, for a time they may have seemed to be the mercy of conquering. However, they still have waited, refusing to give in until, at last, the opportunity has come to destroy or drive out the enemy and win back their freedom.

Rewrite the following sentence as instructed:

Unless they are willing to defend it to the last, they will not conquer. (use 'If... not')

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows:

A patriot is a man who loves his country, works for it, and is willing to fight and die for it. Every soldier is bound to do his duty, but the best soldiers do more than this: they risk their lives because they love the country they are fighting for. They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life, and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try to conquer it and destroy it.
Why is it that some nations have disappeared altogether? It has nearly always been because when the great test came, and everything depended upon the most active resistance to the enemy—not enough men and women were found ready to sacrifice themselves so that their country and their fellow countrymen might continue to live.
Why is it that other nations, often small in population and power, when compared with others, remain century after century free and independent despite great wars that have been fought around them and even within their own borders? The answer is that nowhere in such countries have men been found willing to yield to the enemy, for a time they may have seemed to be the mercy of conquering. However, they still have waited, refusing to give in until, at last, the opportunity has come to destroy or drive out the enemy and win back their freedom.

Find the opposite word for the following from the extract:

Slavery

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows:

A patriot is a man who loves his country, works for it, and is willing to fight and die for it. Every soldier is bound to do his duty, but the best soldiers do more than this: they risk their lives because they love the country they are fighting for. They love its hills and valleys, its cities and villages, its people and their way of life, and they are willing to defend it to the last against enemies who try to conquer it and destroy it.
Why is it that some nations have disappeared altogether? It has nearly always been because when the great test came, and everything depended upon the most active resistance to the enemy—not enough men and women were found ready to sacrifice themselves so that their country and their fellow countrymen might continue to live.
Why is it that other nations, often small in population and power, when compared with others, remain century after century free and independent despite great wars that have been fought around them and even within their own borders? The answer is that nowhere in such countries have men been found willing to yield to the enemy, for a time they may have seemed to be the mercy of conquering. However, they still have waited, refusing to give in until, at last, the opportunity has come to destroy or drive out the enemy and win back their freedom.

Find the opposite word for the following from the extract:

Traitor