III. Analyse the suffixes, define parts of speech and translate the words. / Проанализируйте суффиксы, определите части речи и переведите данные слова.

а) Monarch – monarchism – monarchy; king – kingdom; peer – peeress; political – politician – politics; retire – retirement; elect – election – elective – elector – electoral; preside – presidency – president – presidential; introduce – introduction – introductory; propose – proposal – proposer; oppose – opposite – opposition.

b) Group the above words according to parts of speech and suffixes.

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IV. Use the words in the correct form. / Вставьте нужные формы слов в предложения

The official name of the country is the United … of Great Britain and … Ireland	king north
The UK is a constitutional …	monarch
A by … follows the death or … of an MP	to elect to retire
… elections are held every five years	parliament
The … parties choose candidates in elections	politics
The party which wins the… of seats forms the … and its … becomes Prime Minister.	major to govern to lead
The House of Commons is … over by the …	president to speak
MPs sit on two sides of the hall. One side is for the … party and the other for the …	government to oppose
The … law, a bill, has to go through three stages called…	proposal to read
The first reading is simply a … of the proposal. On the second reading a … takes place.	to publish to discuss
The House of Lords consists of the life peers and … .	peerage

V. Say if the statements are true or false. / Установите, являются ли эти предложения истинными или ложными.

1. The United Kingdom is a federation.

2. Its head is a Prime Minister.

3. The monarch takes no part in the decision-making process.

4. The House of Commons is the Upper House.

5. A by-election is held because of the death or retirement of an MP.

6. The Government is formed by the party which wins the majority of seats.

7. The Queen forms the Cabinet of Ministers.

8. ‘Shadow Cabinet’ is the Cabinet of the official opposition.

9. MPs are never paid for their parliamentary work.

10. The proposed law is called a bill.

11. All three readings are very important.

12. The members of the House of Lords are elected at a general election.

13. The Lord Chancellor is the chairman of the Upper House.