1. Match the words to their definitions.

1	constituency	a	a seat where a particular group of politicians sit
2	chamber	b	the title of the person whose job is to control the discussions in a parliament
3	speaker	c	a group of people who have the power to make and change laws
4	bill	d	the whole system of rules that everyone in a country or society must obey
5	noble	e	the judges of a country or a state, when they are considered as a group
6	bench	f	a district that elects its own representative to parliament
7	legislature	g	the part of a government responsible for putting laws into effect
8	executive	h	a person from a family of high social rank
9	judiciary	i	a written suggestion for a new law that is presented to a country’s parliament so that its members can discuss it
10	law	j	one of the parts of a parliament

2. Reproduce these pieces of explanation on the House of Commons choosing the right form of the words.

The House of Commons consists of 659 (popularity /popularly всеногодно /popular)

Палата общин состоит из 659 всенародно выбранных учасников членов.

elected members. Each member is elected from a constituency in the United Kingdom.

Каждый член выбран из избирательного округа в соед королевстве

Members receive a salary and hold their seats for the (durable /duration) of a

Учасники получают зарплату и заседают на свойх местах долгосрочно в парламенте

Parliament.

A general election for all members must be (held/hold держаться) at least every five

Общие выборы для всезх учасников должны держаться по крайней мере 5 лет

years.

The House of Commons is the (legislate узаконена /legislative /legislation) authority in

Палата общин узаконена властью соед корол

the United Kingdom.

Among its powers are the right to impose taxes and to vote on spending issues affecting

Среди полномочий наложения налогов голосование на что тратить ценные бумаги

на различные обшественный службы и отделы

the (vary/ various/ variety) public departments and services.

The (pass/passage) of legislation, however, is the primary function of the chamber.

Переход законодательства , тем не мение главная функц задача палаты

The speaker of the House of Commons is elected by the members and acts as the

president of the House.

Спикер в палате обшин выбран членами и действует как презид палаты общ

Members of Parliament are controlled by their party whips, who round up members before a vote and (organize/ organizer/ organizational) debates in the Commons.

Члены парламента управляемые своими партийными организаторами которые окружают учасников до голосования организовывают дебаты в палате

Members of the House of Commons belong to one of the British political parties.

Учасн палаты принадлежат одной из британских полит партий

The party that wins the (majority/major) of parliamentary seats forms a government with the party leader as prime minister.

Сторона котарая побеждает больщинством парламенских мест формирует правительство с лидером как премьер министр

Из остаюшихся стророн одна партия с большим числом мест становится офицальной аппозицией

Of the remaining parties, the one with the (largest/large) number of seats becomes the (official/officially) opposition.

3. Read the text choosing the right words from the columns. Do you agree that the House of Commons, the lower chamber of Parliament in practice dominates the upper chamber, or House of Lords, in terms of activity and political power?

The beginnings of the House of Lords can be traced back as far as the 11th century. Prior to 1999, this chamber of Parliament included hereditary peers, or nobles by inheritance or birth. That year, however, Parliament passed the House of Lords Act of 1999, which disqualified all hereditary peers for membership in the House, with the a) ... of 92 individuals who had been elected by their fellow peers and were allowed b) ... their seats on a temporary basis. The Act provided that hereditary peers in the future were welcome to run for c) ... to the chamber. Other members of the House include life peers, or individuals with nonhereditary titles conferred by the Crown; law lords; and archbishops and senior bishops of the Church of England. Peers receive no salary. Although more than 670 individuals are qualified to sit in the House of Lords, only a little over half regularly attend sessions. In d) ..., the powers of the modern House of Lords are extremely limited. Despite this, the chamber plays an important role in Parliament. Among its most e) ... functions are the review and revision of bills that the House of Commons has not formulated in sufficient detail. In the House of Lords the lord chancellor fulfills the same role as does the f) … in the Commons.

verb	noun	adjective
to retain	retainer	retainable
practise	practice	practical
except	exception	exceptional
to use	usage	useful
speak	speaker	speaking
elect	election	elective