- •Great britain great britain
- •Vocabulary
- •Verbs and Verbal Phrases
- •Adjectives
- •Passive Vocabulary
- •Verbs and Verbal Phrases
- •Adjectives
- •I. Oral Practice Section
- •1. Look through the following quotations and try to outline the problems to be discussed.
- •2. Read the following sentences and paraphrase the words in italics using the necessary substitute among those offered below.
- •3. How much do you know about Britain? Look at the chart below and work in pairs using this information.
- •6. Match the words to their definitions.
- •7. Reproduce these pieces of explanation on the House of Commons choosing the right form of the words.
- •9. A. Use the picture and text to identify the following:
- •The house of commons
- •10. What is the difference between the Commons and the Lords? Speak about the Houses of Parliament.
- •11. A. Read the text about Britain’s Crown and find out what role the Queen plays in the life of modern Britain.
- •12. Complete the table. Use all the texts in this section to help you. Speak about the British political system.
- •14. Work in pairs. Complete this table using the information given above.
- •1. Showing interest while listening
- •19. Which of these places would you choose to go to on holiday? Why?
- •20. Complete the texts selecting among the given arguments the one that can be added in full accordance with the contents.
- •21. The network below shows the most important types of industry in the uk.
- •2. Constitution
- •3. The Government
- •4. Elizabeth Is Proclaimed Queen
- •5. Interesting Facts
- •8. Industry
- •9. What are England's Natural resources?
- •Coal (non- renewable resources)
- •Oil and Gas (non- renewable resources)
- •Wind Power (renewable resources)
- •Minerals (non- renewable resources)
- •Farming (Agriculture)
- •10. Your foreign colleague has taken you on a sightseeing tour of London. Read the following dialogue in parts and act them it using modifications.
6. 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 |
London Parliament
7. 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 /popular) elected members. Each member is elected from a constituency in the United Kingdom. Members receive a salary and hold their seats for the (durable /duration) of a Parliament. A general election for all members must be (held/hold) at least every five years. The House of Commons is the (legislate/legislative /legislation) authority in the United Kingdom. Among its powers are the right to impose taxes and to vote on spending issues affecting the (vary/ various/ variety) public departments and services. The (pass/passage of legislation, however, is the primary function of the chamber.
The speaker of the House of Commons is elected by the members and acts as the president of the House. Members of Parliament are controlled by their party whips, who round up members before a vote and (organize/ organizer/ organizational) debates in the Commons.
Members of the House of Commons belong to one of the British political parties. The party that wins the (majority/major) of parliamentary seats forms a government with the party leader as prime minister. Of the remaining parties, the one with the (largest/large) number of seats becomes the (official/officially) opposition.
8. 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?
House of Lords
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 |