1. Decide what the main ideas of the following subgroups are: local council elections in scotland; media.

2. What do these abbreviations stand for?

• FPTP

• PR

• STV

• SNP

3. All of these collocations were taken from the text you've just read about electoral systems in UK. Can you match the collocations? ( At the lesson)

4. Find the words in the text that mean the following.

	to assign or allot to a different purpose or person from the one originally intended
	a subject that people discuss or argue about, especially relating to society, politics etc a problem that needs to be considered
	an arrangement or decision about what to do, made by two or more people, groups, or organizations
	to try to deal with a problem or question, for example by thinking carefully about it, or by doing things to improve a situation
	support that you always give to someone or something because of your feelings of duty and love towards them
	a reduction in the amount or quality of something
	to support an idea and believe that it is better than other ideas that have been suggested

5. Define the following notions.

class dealignment

manifestos

6. Analyse the following words: dominate, agreements, issues, to address, support.

7. Fill in the gaps by using suitable prepositions.

1. This followed criticisms that some councils in Scotland were dominated …… a single party.

2. STV uses multi-member constituencies of 3 or 4 councillors ……. ward.

3. This will no doubt make it difficult to get things passed if there is not agreement ……. the parties.

4. This is not a perfect classification but will explain the social class influences …..voting behaviour

5. Although there are always exceptions, party loyalty closely corresponded …….social class.

6. The electorate was becoming better educated through more access …… the media, which gave increasingly more information ……. politicians and parties.

7. The Labour party has tended to benefit …….the ethnic minority vote, especially the Afro-Caribbean vote.

8. People tend to buy the same newspaper regularly, often ………easons other than its political stance.

9. All party leaders have at some time complained ……..the BBC, which suggests that it is impartial in its coverage.

10. Letting readers know it has switched its support ……. the Labour Party …… the Conservative Party.

11. The Internet now plays an important role ………influencing voters.

8. Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings.( at the lesson)

to drop out

to turn out

to look for

to come out

run up

Then search for collocations related to these words in the dictionary. Follow the links given below.

• http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/election

• http://www.collinsdictionary.com

• http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tate-modern