Unit 4 states and systems
Vocabulary 1
A Types of government
Word Building
Look at the abstract nouns given in the first column. Which of them denote types of government and which mean political beliefs?
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Abstract Noun |
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Politics Democracy Dictatorship Socialism Conservatism Republic Communism Social Democracy Monarchy |
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B Political System
Match the words from the box with the explanations. The first is done for you.
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mbassador delegate patriot ringleader terrorist chairperson minister president sovereign traitor
a) This person may be the elected head of state. president
b) This person is responsible for a government department. ________
c) This person leads others to make trouble. __________
d) This person represents their country abroad. ___________
e) This person loves their country. ___________
f) This person represents others at a meeting or conference. ________
g) This person betrays their country. __________
h) This person may be the head of state by birth. ___________
i) This person uses violence rather than the political system for political ends. __________
j) This person is the head of a formal meeting. __________
Use of Articles 1
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We usually use zero article before the names of particular people:
■ when there are two people with the same name and we want to specify which one we are talking about:
■ when we want to emphasise that a person is the one that everyone probably knows:
■ with an adjective to describe a person or a noun to describe their job:
the Aboriginal writer Sally Morgan the wonderful actor Harrison Ford ■ when we talk about a family as a whole:
Notice that a/an, or sometimes zero article, is used with a name to mean that someone else has or does not have the particular excellent qualities of the person named:
We can also refer to a painting by a famous artist as, for example, 'a Van Gogh'. You can use a/an before a person's name if you don't know the person yourself. Compare:
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