- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Sales Taxes3
- •Property Taxes4
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Name the word-building elements (suffixes, prefixes) and the part
- •II. Find equivalents:
- •III. Match the antonyms:
- •IV. Memorize the following words and word-combinations.
- •V. Translate the sentences paying attention to the italicized words:
- •VI. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •Say whether these statements are true or false and if they are
- •X. Answer the following questions:
- •XI. Translate into English:
- •XII. Speak about the types of taxes in the usa using the following
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give the English equivalents for the following words and
- •II. Define the parts of speech of the following words:
- •III. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms from
- •IV. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •VII. Complete the following sentences:
- •VIII. Ask someone:
- •IX. Translate into English:
- •Communicative situations
- •Grammar exercises
- •I. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
- •III. Translate into English:
- •IV. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •V. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
- •VI. Translate into English:
- •VII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •VIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
- •IX. Transform the sentences as in the pattern:
- •X. Translate into English:
- •XI. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
- •XII. Define the type of Conditional Sentences and translate them:
- •XIII. Translate into English:
- •XIV. Complete the sentences, taking care to use the correct tenses:
- •XV. Memorize the following proverbs:
- •XVI. Speak on the following situations:
- •Exercises for individual work
- •I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:
- •II. Give sentences with the same meaning omitting «if» from
- •III. Translate into English:
Comments
1. ... people seem to be more willing to pay taxes — ... здається, що люди з більшою охотою платитимуть податки
2. ... when it comes to taxes — ... коли йдеться про податки
3. Benefit Principle — пільговий принцип
4. Ability-to-Pay Principle — принцип платоспроможності
Vocabulary exercises
I. Give the English equivalents for the following words and
word-combinations. Use them in the sentences of your own:
ефективна податкова система; платник податків; розподіл податків; дохід; платити податки; принцип платоспроможності; отримувати пільги від уряду; пільговий принцип оподаткування.
II. Define the parts of speech of the following words:
taxation, progressive, income, tangible, consumer, personal, compensate, anything, property, always, attach, weekly, purchase, nearly, revenue.
III. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms from
the list:
taxes; taxpayer; benefits; taxation; tax-collector; tax system; taxed; services; imposed; income; Benefit Principle of taxation.
1. In order to have an effective _______ , government must have criteria or standards. 2. Tax laws should be written so that both the __________ and the ________ can understand them. 3. Taxes should be ___________ justly. 4. The _________ is based on two ideas. 5. People should pay ___________ in proportion to the amount of services or _________ they receive. 6. The Ability-to-Pay Principle of _________ says that people should be _________ according to their ability to pay, no matter what benefits or _____________ they receive. 7. The only means most people have of paying taxes is the ________ they earn.
IV. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
Column A Column B
1. Ability-to-Pay Principle of taxation |
a. An official who examines statements of people’s income and decides the tax to be paid. |
2. Benefit Principle of taxation |
b. Principle that states taxes ought to be paid by those who can best afford them. |
3. taxman/tax-collector |
c. A person whose job is to collect taxes. |
4. taxpayer |
d. A person who places value on property for tax purposes. |
5. tax inspector |
e. Principle that states taxes ought to be paid according to the amounts of benefit received from the government. |
6. tax assessor |
f. A person who pays taxes, esp income tax. |
V. Define which of the following items best completes the statement:
1. Gasoline taxes are used for highway improvement. This is
an example of
a. Ability-to-Pay tax.
b. Benefits-received tax.
c. Progressive tax.
d. Value-added tax.
Which of the following is the best example of a tax based on the
ability-to-pay theory of taxation?
a. Sales tax.
b. Property tax.
c. Excise tax on gasoline.
d. Federal income tax.
VI. Say whether these statements are true or false and if they are
false say why:
1. To have an effective tax system, government must have criteria or standards. 2. People seem to be more willing to pay taxes, when they don’t understand them. 3. A tax should be easy to collect. 4. It should require a large enforcement staff. 5. People always agree about what is or is not fair when it comes to taxes. 6. It is possible to measure benefits, derived from government spending. 7. People with higher incomes suffer less discomfort than people with lower incomes even if they pay higher taxes. 8. The only means most people have of paying taxes is the income they earn.