Join suitable parts. Sometimes more than one right answer is possible

1) The UK is … a) a parliamentary republic. b) a constitutional monarchy. c) a one-party state. 2) The real ruler of the state is … a) the Queen. b) Parliament c) the Prime Minister. 3) The Opposition tries … a) to introduce bills. 6) The defeated Government … a) reigns.

b) to criticize and oppose government bills. c) to defend the rights of the working people. 4) The introduced Bill first must be a) approved by the House of Lords. b) signed by the Queen. c) approved by the Queen. 5) The Prime Minister is … a) the leader of the party in power. b) the leader of the Opposition. c) the leader of the majority party. b) forms a new government. c) resigns.

7. True or false?

1) The Prime Minister has no power.

2) The party with a majority in the Commons forms the Opposition.

3) The Opposition tries to defend the Government.

4) The Opposition criticizes or opposes new laws.

5) The Queen forms a new Government after elections.

6) The House of Commons consists of peers and lords.

7) The House of Commons has more than 1, 000 members.

8) Great Britain has only two parties.

9) The Conservative Party is not representative.

10) No party defends the rights of the working people.

Артикли.

	The	1. Единственный в своем роде,что всем известно:
	- правительство - оппозиция - король / королева	- высший орган власти и его палаты - премьер министр, президент - конкретная партия
	2. the main, the following, the only, the initial,the former(первый из двух названных), the latter (второй (из двух названных). 3. Прилагательное в роли существительного напр. бедные (люди) – the poor
	A(n)	AS + профессияto workas ateacher
Нет артикля	Титул + имя -King Henry VIII AS / BE / BECOME / BE MADE / BE ELECTED / BE APPOINTED + титул / должность –He is/waselected Presidentof Russia.

Insert articles where necessary. Use the given information on articles and the information from the previous units.

1) – United Kingdom is – monarchy.

2) It has – monarch as – Head of State. – monarch has – little power.

3) – Queen Elizabeth reigns with – support of – British Parliament.

4) – ruler of – country is – Prime Minister (of the country).

5) – highest body of state power consists of – House of – Lords and – House of – Commons.

6) – MPs in -- Commons introduce – new bills. – bills may become – laws.

7) -- GB has – many -party system.

8) – main parties are – Conservative and – Labour Parties. – former is – party of – rich. – latter consists of – workers.

9) -- only party defending – rights of – working people is – Communist Party.

10) – Government resigns when – Opposition defeats it.

11) -- leader of – majorityparty becomes – Prime Minister and forms – new Government.

Choose the proper verb.

1) We (have, has) no monarchy.

2) The President (have, has) much power.

3) This state body (consist, consists) of two houses.

4) The British queen (reign, reigns), but not (rule, rules).

5) This house (consist, consists) of 100 members.

6) The two houses (have, has) 1, 635 MPs.

7) GB (have, has) many parties.

8) The Labour party consist, consists) of workers.

9) The Communist Party (defend, defends) the rights of workers.

10) The political parties (choose, chooses) candidates.

11) A majority party (form, forms) the Government.

12) The largest majority party (become, becomes) the Opposition.

13) The Opposition (try, tries) to defeat the Government.

14) The bills (go, goes) to the House of Lords for approval. Finally the monarch (sign, signs) them. Then they (become, becomes) laws.

 

11. Примечание. Там, где в русском предложении

- нет глагола – сказуемого;

- «это» вместо сказуемого;

- сказуемое «являться, состоять в…, заключаться в…», в

английском предложении должно быть сказуемое IS (ед. ч.)или ARE (мн. ч.).

Translate.

1) Соединенное королевство - монархия.

2) Нынешний британский монарх – королева Елизавета вторая.

3) Правителем страны является премьер министр.

4) Высшим органом власти является парламент.

5) Одна из главных партий это Консервативная партия. Она – партия богатых.

6) Лейбористская партия это буржуазная партия.

7) Другие партии не являются представительными.