Exercise 6. Put the verb in brackets into the Present, Past or Future Continuous Tense

1.He (to take) a bath now. 2. I (not to laugh) at you. 3. He (to come) here next week. 4. If I (to sleep) when he comes, please, wake me up. 5. What journal you (to read) when I came to the library? 6. The whole family (to have) dinner when the telephone rang. 7. Where he (to go) when the rain started? 8. She (to sing) over the radio at 5 o’clock tomorrow. 9. They will not go on excursion with us. They (to have) a lecture at 2 o’clock.10. What you (to do) from 2 till 3 o’clock? 11. The children (to play) when we return home. 12. Look! It is getting dark. It (to rain) in a minute.

Exercise 7. Form question with the question words given in brackets.

1. The expedition is returning next week. (When) 2. We are doing grammar exercises now. (what) 3. The mother is teaching her little son to read. (Who) 4. I am reading a book on modern art. (What) 5. There were still arguing when I entered the room. (Who) 6. Our group was staying in Vitebsk for some days. (For how long) 7. We were talking and he was listening to the radio. (What) 8. They will be moving to a new flat this month. (When) 9. We shall be listening to Petrov at the concert. (When) 11. He is coming tomorrow.

Exercise 8. Translate into English.

1. Что вы обсуждаете? - Мы обсуждаем план будущей экспедиции. 2. Вы идете в кино с нами? 3. О чем вы сейчас думаете? 4. Автобус уже отправлялся, когда я подошел к остановке. 5. Что он делал, когда вы зашли к нему? 6. Идет дождь, и мы не можем пойти в поход.7. Не опаздывай! Я буду ждать тебя возле кинотеатра.

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Russia’s Legal System (I)

(Part I)

There are 3 branches of power in the Russian Federation: the legislative, the executive and the judicial.

The judicial branch is independent of the other branches. It consists of the Constitutional Court, The Supreme Court, the Supreme Arbitration Tribunal and federal courts.

The duties of the legal system are:

1) to defend the rights and freedoms of Russia’s citizens;

2) to decide whether laws passed by the State Duma and the Acts of the executive power agree with the Constitution;

3) to guarantee legal and just execution of laws.

The justice presents a strict order of dealing with suits, criminal and civil cases and administrative offences in courts. Russia’s legal system is indivisible. The subjects of the Russian Federation are prohibited to establish the types of courts not specified in the legal system law. The Constitution defines the highest bodies of the legal system.