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1. Read the text to understand what information is primary importance or new for you. Write it down.

General principles of the Ukrainian statehood

The Ukrainian Constitution establishes the country's political system, assures rights, freedoms and duties of citizens, and is the basis for its laws.

Chapter I of the Constitution asserts that Ukraine is a sovereign and independent, democratic, social, law-based state. It is a Unitarian state with single citizenship.

Article 2 reads: "The territory of Ukraine within its current frontiers is indivisible and inviolable".

Ukraine is a republic. The people are the only source of power in Ukraine. The people exercise power directly and through the bodies of state power and local self-government.

According to the forms of the government Ukraine combines the elements of presidential and parliamentary republic.

The state power in Ukraine is divided into 3 branches: legislative, executive and judicial. The Supreme (Verkhovna) Rada is the only body of the legislative power of Ukraine. There are 450 people's deputies who are elected for a term of 4 years.

The highest body of the executive power is the Cabinet of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister.

Justice in Ukraine is exercised entirely by courts. They are the Constitutional Court and regional courts.

The head of the Ukrainian State is the President, who is elected directly by the voters for a term of 5 years with no more than two full terms.

Administratively Ukraine is divided into 24 regions (oblast) and the Crimean Republic, which has a special status as a constituent part of Ukraine. The smaller administrative territorial units are district (rayon), town, and village. The capital of Ukraine is Kyiv.

Social life in Ukraine is based upon the principles of political, economic, and ideological diversity. According to article 15, "no ideology may be recognized by the State as compulsory. Censorship is prohibited".

The state language in Ukraine is the Ukrainian language. The state guarantees the comprehensive development and use of the Ukrainian language in all spheres of society across the entire territory of Ukraine.

The unfettered development, use and protection of Russian and other languages of national minorities in Ukraine are guaranteed by the constitution.

2. Answer the following questions in written form

1. What does the Ukrainian Constitution establish?

2. What does Chapter I of the Constitution assert?

3. What branches is the state power in Ukraine divided into?

4. What is the highest body of the executive power?

5. How is justice in Ukraine exercised?

6. Who is the head of the Ukrainian State?

3. Write questions you need to complete description of a person in the process of identification. Fill in the card below.

PointsDescription (choice)1. SexMale/female2. Age3. Race/nationality/color4. Height5. Figure6. Hair7. Appearance8. Peculiarities9. Physical defects10. Clothing11.behavioral characteristic

4. Arrange the words in each sentence in the right order and express the same idea in Ukrainian

Example: she/ a/ lawyer/ is/ good – She is a good lawyer.

  • second/name/is/his/Shepherd/

  • their/brothers /investigators/are

  • cousins/my/will/assistants/ be/ prosecutor’s

  • am/I/department/ of/Law/student

  • I/class/legal/twice/a week/have/my

  • has/the/judge/documents/all

  • have / will/we/ practice/ court/Appellate/the/in

5. Insert there is or there are and express the same idea in Ukrainian. Add the article a (an) where it is necessary.

Example: ….. document in the drawer. – There is a document in the drawer

  • …. money in my purse.

  • ….. books on the table.

  • ….. criminals in this district.

  • …..women in the court room.

  • …….much snow on this hill.

6. Chose the correct form of the verb in each sentence. Make the sentences interrogative and negative.

Example: Ann’s father (works/work) as a prosecutor. My father works as a prosecutor.

Does Ann’s father work as a prosecutor? Ann’s father doesn’t works as a prosecutor

  • She regularly (makes, make) mistakes in her speech.

  • Peters’ father was a judge. He (works, worked) in the local court.

  • Yesterday the policeman (sees/saw) the criminal in the shop.

  • After the university my sister (will teach, teach) Law.

  • Court clerks (checks/check) the copies of the documents.