- •2. Read the quotes about London. What did s. Johnson and h.G. Wells mean?
- •5. Complete these sentences with words from the box.
- •6. Circle the letter of the best answer to check your understanding of the main idea.
- •7. Complete the sentences with the prepositions below.
- •3. Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them to speak about history of London.
- •4. Complete these sentences with words from the box.
- •5. Circle the letter of the best answer to check your understanding of the main idea.
- •7. Work in pairs and remember what events or facts these numbers refer to.
- •10. A) Complete the text with the verbs from the box making all necessary changes. You may use each word only once.
- •11. A) Fill in the articles where necessary:
- •The structure of government in great britain
- •Forming a government. The cabinet
- •9. Find the words on the British Parliament in the lines below. Transcribe five of them.
- •3. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases to your partner. Then use them to speak about the Houses of Parliament at Westminster:
- •The house of lords
- •The house of commons
- •11. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases to your partner then use them to speak about the House of Lords and the House of Commons:
- •12. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •13. Complete the following sentences:
- •The british parliament
- •21. A) Find the appropriate match from the words on the left.
- •22. Write out of the text proper names, translate them and memorise.
- •28. A) Fill in the gaps with the verbs from the box making necessary changes of their grammar forms.
- •British institutions
- •29. Find the words on the British Institutions in the lines below. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •A typical working day
- •31. A/ Work in pairs. Student a interviews b to write an essay on the House of Lords. Using the appropriate prompts given below, student b gives answers to a’s questions.
- •3. Make use of the words and word-combinations given above to write down 10 sentences of your own.
- •4. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •5. Put the words or word combinations from the box into each gap:
- •6. Spelling checker. Complete the words with the missing letters:
- •8. Memory work
- •9. Translate into English:
- •10. Match the words from the box with their definitions below.
- •4. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. Spelling checker. Complete the words with the missing letters:
- •8. Think of a match on the left (based on Buckingham Palace) to the appropriate definition on the right.
- •10. In pairs think of the appropriate word combinations to the words given below.
- •12. A/ Work in pairs. Student a interviews b to write an essay on Buckingham Palace. Using the appropriate prompts given below, student b gives answers to a’s questions.
- •13. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases to your partner then use them to speak about Westminster Abbey:
- •4. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •5. Translate into English:
- •7. Match the years with the events :
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases to your partner then use them to speak about Picadilly and Trafalgar Square:
- •4. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •5. A/ Fill in the missed prepositions: Trafalgar Square
- •6. Translate into English:
- •8. A) Fill in the missing articles: Piccadilly – the Heart of London
- •13. A/ Work in pairs. Student a interviews b to write an essay on Piccadilly. Using the appropriate prompts given below, student b gives answers to a’s questions.
- •5. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. A/ Fill in the missed prepositions: Soho
- •2. Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them to speak about St. Paul’s Cathedral.
- •4. Work in pairs to define whether these statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •5. Translate the following words into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •8. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
- •2. Complete the text with the correct form of the verb given in brackets. The tower of london
- •Визначні місця лондона
- •What is a Cockney?
- •Regent Street
- •Oxford Street
- •8. A/ Read the text and fill in the missed prepositions: The Double-Decker Bus London's favourite bus to go in 5 years
- •Charing Cross
- •10. Translate the following text into English using the following word combinations.
- •Британський Музей
- •Greenwich
- •12. А) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb from the box below making any necessary changes. You may use each word only once.
- •South Kensington
- •3. A) Fill the blanks with the words from the box. You need to change the form of the words. You may use each word only once.
- •Bankside
- •Туристу на замітку
- •19. How many facts do you know about London? Match the columns to get 7 facts about it.
- •Do you know top 10 amazing facts about london?
- •22. Projects
- •Most Popular Major Attractions
- •Self-study box
- •The london portal
- •Parliament. The palace of westminster
- •The house of commons
- •The house of lords
- •6. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
- •7. Fill in the gaps in the text below with the most appropriate word:
- •South Bank
The structure of government in great britain
The Queen is officially head of all the branches of government, but she has little direct power in the country. The constitution has three branches: Parliament, which makes laws, the government, which “executes” laws (puts them into effect) and the courts, which interpret laws.
Parliament has two parts: the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Members of the House of Commons are elected by the voters of 650 constituencies. They are known as Members of Parliament. The Prime Minister is advised by a Cabinet of about twenty other ministers. The Prime Minister, or leader of the Government, is usually the leader of the political party. The Cabinet includes the ministers in charge of major government departments or ministries. Departments and ministries are run by civil servants, who are permanent officials. Even if the Government changes after an election, the same civil servants are employed.
Members of the House of Lords are not elected. About 70 per cent of them are “hereditary peers” because their fathers were peers before them. 30 per cent are officially appointed by the Queen, on the advice of the Government, for various services for people.
3. Transcribe the following words, read and memorize them: direct, executes, to interpret, voters, constituencies, major, hereditary, peers.
4. Write 9-10 questions based on the text using the suggested word-combinations. Ask your questions in class.
The branches, to interpret, constituencies, in charge of, servants, to be run by, hereditary, peers, to appoint.
Discuss these questions in pairs:
What is the Cabinet?
Who is it made up of?
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
6. Read the text about forming a government and the Cabinet; make sure you study the language of the text to be competent in further exercises and discussions. Be ready to give full answers to the questions below.
Forming a government. The cabinet
The party which wins the most seats in the General Election forms the government in Britain. The leader of the winning party becomes Prime Minister. As leaders of their political parties and leaders of the country, Prime Ministers are powerful because they have the majority support in Parliament and they can choose their own ministers and government.
The PM chooses a committee of ministers called the Cabinet. This is made up of a selection of senior MPs from the House of Commons and some members of the House of Lords. Each member of the Cabinet is a minister responsible for a government department: for example, the Secretary of State for Education and Science is responsible for all the schools, universities and teachers in Britain. The Cabinet of ministers runs the country. The Cabinet meets at the Prime Minister's house — 10 Downing Street. The cabinet works as a team and all ministers must accept the decisions of the «group».
The team of ministers must always agree in public because they are collectively responsible for the decisions they make. If a minister cannot agree with all the others, he usually resigns from the cabinet. Cabinet meetings are held in private and the details must remain secret for at least 30 years. Margaret Thatcher tried to change this style of the Cabinet and was forced to resign when the other ministers could not agree with her. Cabinet ministers cannot, however, do as they please! They are responsible to Parliament and must answer questions from backbenchers from the House of Commons. Even the Prime Minister must answer questions every Tuesday and Thursday in the Commons — this is called Prime Minister's Question Time. Everyone wants to know what has been decided behind the closed doors of the Cabinet Room.
1. Which party forms the government?
2. Who becomes Prime Minister?
3. Why are Prime Ministers powerful?
4. Where does the Cabinet meet?
5. What did Margaret Thatcher try to do?
6. Why was Margaret Thatcher forced to resign?
7. Whose questions must Cabinet ministers answer?
8. What does everyone want to know?
7. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases to your partner then use them to speak about the Cabinet:
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1. the majority support |
4. to run |
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2. senior |
5. to resign |
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3. to be responsible for |
6. backbencher |
8. Make use of the words and word-combinations given above to write down sentences of your own.