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Major English Speaking Countries

country

capital

type of government

status

Europe

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK)

London

a constitutional monarchy

Ireland

Dublin

a republic

Gibraltar

Gibraltar (City)

a British colony

Malta

Valletta

a republic

America

the United States of America (the USA)

Washington

a federal republic, a union of 50 states

Canada

Ottawa

A federative state, a member of the Commonwealth headed by the British monarch

Australia

The Commonwealth of Austra­lia (Australia)

Canberra

a federative state, a member of the Commonwealth headed by the Queen

New Zealand

Wellington

an independent state, a mem­ber of the Commonwealth headed by the British Queen

9. Make a few sentences with the words from the table above. You may give additional information if you know.

10. Study the table and make sentences with these words.

political system

politician

political party

conservatism

conservative

conservative

socialism

socialist

socialist

social democracy

social democrat

democratic

liberalism

liberal

liberal

communism

communist

communist

e.g. People who believe in social democracy are social democrats.

It is a democratic government, with liberal beliefs.

  1. Rewrite the sentences using the words on the right. The meaning must be the same. Make any necessary changes.

1.

It’s in every part of the world……………………………ALL

It’s all over the world.

2.

Elections take place every five years…………………...HELD

Elections………………………………………………..

3.

The government is socialist……………………………WING

The government is……………………………………

4.

I’m a democrat…………………………………….BELIEVE

I …………………………………………………..

5.

Who controls the country at the moment?..................POWER

Who…………………………………………………

12. Fill the gaps in this text about the political system in the United Kingdom using the words from the box.

votes Prime leader party policies vote majority elections

In the UK (1) ………… take place every five years. The (2)………. Minister may decide to have one after four years, but five years is the maximum. The country is divided into 652 areas and people in each area can only (3) ……. for one person from one political (4)…… . The person with the most (5) …..is the winner, and that person becomes one of the 652 members of parliament.

The political party with a (6) ……… of the seats in parliament then forms the government, and the (7) …… of that party becomes Prime Minister. His or her job is then to decide on a number of different (8) …………… to run the country.

Grammar

First Conditional (See Grammar Reference on page …)