IV. Answer the questions:

1. What is the most important authority in Britain?

2. Which of the most important written laws of the UK do you know?

3. Why do we say that the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy?

4. What the most important executive and legislative duties does the monarch perform?

5. What do you know about the House of Lords?

6. How can you characterize the House of Commons?

7. Which of the British parties form the Government?

8. Describe the Parliamentary General elections in the UK?

9. Who chairs the Cabinet in Great Britain?

10. What are the main branches of the system of government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Northern Ireland?

V. A). State what part of speech the following words are and translate them:

1. constitute - constitution - constitutional - unconstitutional - constitutionally -constitutionalism;

2. legislate - legislature - legislator - legislative - legislation;

3. serve - servant - service - servicing - serviceman - serviceable;

4. economy - economic - economist - economize - economical - economically.

b). Form derivatives of the following words and translate them:

power - reject - elect - approve -

accept - preside - execute - submit -

c). Make up 6-8 sentences with the above verbs.

VI. In group b) find Ukrainian equivalents to the word combinations and expressions of group a):

a) Prevention of criminal offences; executive; hereditary; preside; judicial; Home Secretary; the House of Commons; civil servant; legislation; the House of Lords; constituency; Foreign office; offender; dissolve; to make up the Cabinet; to hold various offices; to chair the Cabinet; in favour of a bill; the composition of the courts.

b). Обіймати різні посади; цивільний службовець; виборчий округ; Міністерство закордонних справ; міністр внутрішніх справ; злочинець; формувати кабінет (уряд); палата громад; палата лордів; виконавча влада; склад судів; головувати; судовий; законодавство; розпускати (парламент); на користь законопроекту; відвернення правопорушень; спадковий; очолювати кабінет (уряд).

VII. Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in the correct form. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.

To reign, to rule, to introduce, to chair, to hold, to submit, to pick, to impose, delay, to preside.

1. Queen Victoria ... England for 64years. 2. Students have ... three courses from a list of 15. 3. There was a slight ... before the show. 4. They could find no clergyman who would agree ... at the funeral. 5. George VI... from 1936 to 1952. 6. All applications must be ... by Monday. 7. Most of the senior positions are ... by men. 8. The commission of inquiry was ... by a well-known judge. 9. The teachers’ association wanted... a new kind of test. 10. We have decided ... sanctions on countries that break the agreement.

VIII. Read the following sentences and decide if they are true or false.

1. The monarch is expected to be politically neutral. 2. The Prime Minister is the leader of the governing party. 3. The House of Lords is a Court of Justice. 4. The Queen chooses the Cabinet. 5. Mr. Вlair’s Cabinet belonged to the Conservative Party. 6. Mr. Gordon Brown is the leader of the governing party. 7. The House of Lords is a hereditary body. 8. The Cabinet are the senior members of the Government chosen by the Prime Minister. 9. Parliament is the executive body of the United Kingdom. 10. The House of Commons is the unelected Chamber in Parliament. 11. The monarchy is hereditary.