- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read text 1 and choose (a), (b) or (c) to answer the questions or complete the statements.
- •2. Read the text again. For each statement 1 to 5 below choose a) right, b) wrong or c) doesn’t say. Correct the false statements.
- •3. Find modal verb forms or their equivalents and translate the sentences into Russian.
- •4. Complete the sentences with can, could, may, must or have to.
- •5. Complete the sentences with appropriate word from the brackets.
- •6. Complete the sentences with the passive modal verb forms.
- •Text 2 The Branches of Government
- •Vocabulary
- •8. Read text 2. For each statement 1 to 10 below choose a) right, b) wrong or c) doesn’t say. Correct the false statements.
- •9. Read the text again. Match the functions with the right branch of power.
- •10. Rewrite the sentences, changing the active to the passive and adding by where necessary. Make any other necessary changes.
- •11. Complete the sentences with appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets (present or past simple active or passive, participle I or II).
- •12. Use the comparative or superlative forms of the adjectives in brackets where necessary.
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •13. Match the legal terms with their definitions.
- •14. In each line find the verb that does not go with the noun.
- •15. Match the adjectives 1 to 10 to the nouns that they go with. Make up 5 sentences with any of the collocations.
- •16. Give synonyms. Make up 7 sentences with any of them.
- •18. Translate the chains of words into Russian. Complete the sentences with appropriate words from each chain.
- •19. Choose a, b, c or d to complete the sentences.
- •20. Complete the following text with suitable words or phrases from the
- •21. Look again at Texts 1 and 2 and answer the questions.
- •22. Use Texts 1 and 2 to define the following terms.
- •23. Translate into English.
- •24. Speak on one of the following topics.
- •25. Discuss in groups.
13. Match the legal terms with their definitions.
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amendment
legislation
bill
legislature
majority
judiciary
executive
procedural rule
supreme authority
checks and balances
a)
the group of people who have the power to make and change laws
b)
the larger number or part of something
c)
a set of actions which is the official or accepted way of doing something
d)
the body having the highest rank, level or importance
e)
a change to a law
f)
the part of government which is responsible for its legal system and which consists of all the judges in the country’s courts of law
g)
the part of government that is responsible for making certain laws and decisions that are put into action
h)
a draft of a planned new law that is being discussed before being voted on
i)
rules intended to prevent one person or a group from having too much power
j)
a law or set of laws
14. In each line find the verb that does not go with the noun.
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amendment
propose
imply
make
strike down
introduce
law
interpret
execute
pass
keep
enforce
freedom
provide
ensure
protect
guarantee
apply
order
keep
appoint
maintain
enforce
break
government
establish
elect
ensure
appoint
alter
power
exert
have
execute
exercise
dispute
prevent
exert
resolve
settle down
constitution
adopt
establish
amend
elect
alter
views
exert
change
have
express
approve of
15. Match the adjectives 1 to 10 to the nouns that they go with. Make up 5 sentences with any of the collocations.
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1
supreme
6
upper
government
affairs
2
sole
7
foreign
parliament
branch
3
procedural
8
constitutional
rule
power
4
unicameral
9
totalitarian
system
monarchy
house
authority
5
judicial
10
parliamentary