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a) Canada – Canadians; to support – supporter – supportive; real – reality; to connect – connection; to govern – governor; to make – maker – policy-maker; citizen – citizenship; to legislate – legislation – legislative; to immigrate – immigration; to decide – decision; health – healthy; to consider – consideration; to edit – editor; to respect – respectable – respectability; to express – expression - expressive; to interpret – interpreter – interpretation; agree – agreement; guilt – guilty.
b) Explain the meaning of suffixes –ful and –less; form pairs of adjectives and translate them into Russian.
| -ful | -less | |
| care | ||
| power | ||
| law | ||
| meaning | ||
| doubt | ||
| thought |
c) Some adjectives may be formed with only one suffix -ful or -less. Here are some of them.
| -ful | -less |
| success | guilt |
| respect | end |
| health | depend |
IV. Use the words in the correct form. / Поставьте слова в правильную форму.
| 1) The Queen appoints a representative in Canada called a … -general. | government |
| 2) Most … have a lot of respect for the men and women who have served as governor-general | Canada |
| 3) The cabinet has a lot of …. | powerful |
| 4) The system of appointing a … for the Queen is used throughout the British Commonwealth. | to represent |
| 5) Each cabinet minister is the leader of a government department such as … and … | citizen, to immigrate |
| 6) When people are not in … with laws they may write letters to their MPs. | agree |
| 7) Some people would like to end this … with Britain. | to connect |
| 8) The cabinet can influence … made by the government. | to decide |
| 9) The function of the Senate is to see that no laws are passed without very … thought. | care |
V. Read the text “Government in Canada”. Correctthefollowingstatements. / Прочитайте текст и исправьте следующие утверждения.
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1. The head of the state in Canada’s government is President.
2. The governor-general is appointed by Parliament.
3. The governor-general is the actual leader of the country.
4. Prime minister is elected at a general election.
5. Parliament in Canada consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
6. The House of Commons is made up of senators, who are appointed by prime minister.
7. The Senate is an elected body.
8. Senators are elected by people.
9. Only a Member of Parliament can present a bill.
10. Bills passed by the House of Commons become laws at once.
