Malta at War - Collocations and Expressions 8

Gap-filling exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Text © Copyright - 2001 BIEB BIEB Exercise prepared by Michael A. Riccioli (2001). Many thanks to John A. Mizzi, Editor of 'Malta at War'.
   and      battle      cable      coastal      combined      dry      fleet      for      horse      hospitals      in      increase      Independence      last      lines      most      of      on      period      programmes      prosperity      ship      sick      submarine      undergo      War      with      wounded  
(1) the up-to-date
(2) to grow size importance
(3) the Turco-Egyptian
(4) the of Greek
(5) the sea
(6) the was fitted a transport
(7) to take board
(8) to major development
(9) the first -dock
(10) in support
(11) the expedition
(12) to sail
(13) a of unprecedented
(14) the and the
(15) an in
(16) ran parallel
(17) defence
(18) barriers
(19) barracks and
(20) a telegraph