Economy of the uk

The UK economy is today the fifth largest economy in the world and the second largest in Europe after Germany. London is a major center for international business and commerce and is the leader of the three "command centers" for the global economy. Many multinational companies that are not primarily UK-based have chosen to site their European or rest of world headquarters in London: an example is the US financial services firm Citigroup. The Scottish capital, Edinburgh, has one of the large financial centers of Europe and is the headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, one of the world's largest banks.

Tourism is very important to the British economy. With over 27 million tourists arriving in 2012, the United Kingdom is ranked as the sixth major tourist destination in the world. London, by a considerable margin, is the most visited city in the world with 15.6 million visitors in 2012, after Bangkok (10.4 million visitors) and Paris (9.7 million).

The United Kingdom's agriculture sector accounts for only 0.9% of the country's GDP. The UK has a small coal reserve along with significant, yet continuously declining natural gas and oil reserves. An alternative to coal-fired electricity generation is underground coal gasification (UCG).

Government involvement throughout the economy is exercised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who heads HM Treasury, but the Prime Minister is First Lord of the Treasury; the Chancellor of the Exchequer is the Second Lord of the Treasury. In recent years, the UK economy has been managed in accordance with principles of market liberalization and low taxation and regulation. Since 2000, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, headed by the Governor of the Bank of England, has been responsible for setting interest rates at the level necessary to achieve the overall inflation target for the economy that is set by the Chancellor each year.

The currency of the UK is the pound sterling, represented by the symbol £. The Bank of England is the central bank, responsible for issuing currency. The UK chose not to join the euro at the currency's launch, and the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown MP, has ruled out membership for the near future, saying that the decision not to join had been right for Britain and for Europe. The government of former Prime Minister Tony Blair had pledged to hold a public referendum for deciding membership should be met "five economic tests". In 2005, more than half (55%) of the UK was against adopting the currency, while 30% was in favor.

Now read the text and answer these questions:

1. Where are the largest London financial bodies situated? What are they?

2. What are the three “command centers” for the global economy?

3. Why is tourism very important for the British economy?

4. Who is responsible for the success or failure of the British economy?

5. What is the national currency of the UK?

Insert demonstrative pronouns:

1. Manufacturing is very significant for Britain’s economy. Motor industry is a part of ______ sector.

2. Trade relations between countries are very important. ______ relations are regulated by currency system.

3. The UK is a constitutional monarchy: succession to the British throne is hereditary, governed by the principle of male preference primogeniture, but excludes Roman Catholics or ___who marry Roman Catholics.

4. When one party has an absolute majority in the House of Commons, the Sovereign appoints the leader of _____ party as Prime Minister.

5. People in countries outside the British Isles often call the inhabitants of the UK English. ___ is incorrect. The UK has at least four nationalities. ____ four nationalities are the English, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish.

Complete the table with the derivatives:

Verb	Noun	Adjective	Adverb

Consider, different, equality, depreciation, move (2), increasing, incorporate, mean, imply, progressive, movable, increase (2), investor, differ, consideration, meaningful, considerable, progress (2), depreciate, increasingly, equally, investment, implicit, movement, difference, implication, invest, differently, corporation, implicitly, progressively, corporate, equal (2), depreciatingly, meaning, considerably.

Вариант 6.

Задание 1.

Подберите к следующим вопросам ответы:

1. When will you read my letter: 1. No, I can't 

today or tomorrow?

2. Do you have to help your father? 2. One / A bottle.

3. Can you rely on the strength of the ice? 3. I’ll do it tomorrow.

4. How much liquid was used? 4.No, I don't.

Образуйте вопросы по образцу:

You can't speak Spanish. – You can't speak Spanish, can you?

5. She was born in 1996.

6. He is playing football now.

Составьте вопрос, на который это предложение может быть ответом:

7. Yes, we have a very nice room.

Поставьте глагол в Past Perfect, Past Simple или Past Continuous и переведите предложения:

8. When we (to come) to the station, the train already (to leave).

9. The telegram (to arrive) 10 minutes after they (to leave) the house.

10. Suddenly he (to remember) that he (to leave) his exercise book at home.

Заполнить пропуски, поставив глагол в скобках (в будущее совершенное время):

11. They … (do) the washing by nine o’clock of the evening.

12. He … (repair) his car by the next Saturday.

Задание 2.

Вставьте соответствующие предлоги:

1. A man opened the door ____ his wife.

2. What`s _____TV tonight?

3. The young scien­tist was trying to prove _____ the professor the neces­sity ___ the experiment.

4. My explanation seemed strange _____the teacher. 

Переведите на русский язык предложения с фразовыми глаголами:

5. The parents got furious when they found out that their son was expelled.

6. I am always happy to get back to my work after my holiday.

7. The murderer won’t get away with his crime.

8. Please, hold on for a moment! I have to check the lock.

Поставьте в предложения подходящие фразовые глаголы с предлогом on в необходимой грамматической форме: carry — try – hold – count – take — come — switch – be — put

9. Kate is light-minded. I cannot … on her in trouble.

10. … on a second. I will call my sister.

11. Shall we go to the cinema? There … a new blockbuster on tonight.

12. … on, guys! We shall win!

Задание 3.

Поставьте глагол в Present Simple или Present Continuous:

1. There (to be) many travelers that come to France every year.

2. Mike and I (to swim) in the swimming pool now.

3. Wales (to have) many old traditions.

4. He is a good tennis player. However, he ... (play) very often.

Исправьте:

5. You can borrow my bike. I not needs it at the moment.

Составьте вопросительное предложение Past Simple из данных слов:

6. Did/ summer / go / where / last / you?

Вставьте слова will/ to be going to.

7. – Did you post the letters for me? – Sorry, I forgot. I … do it.

Измените предложения, употребляя to be going to по образцу:

My intention is to watch a TV film tonight. I am going to watch a TV film tonight:

8. My mother's intention is to see this monument.

Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в Present Continuous:

9. The boys (to play) table tennis now.

Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание Participle I:

10. We saw him walking along the bank of the river.

Раскройте скобки, употребив Participle I. Переведите предложение:

11. (To find) the keys, we were able to open the door.  Выберите правильный вариант:

12. What time your friends (______) tomorrow?

do your friends arrive

will be your friends arriving

will your friends be arriving

are your friends arriving

Задание 4.

Употребите следующие предложения в Past Progressive, уточняя действие наречиями:

Образец: I went to the cinema yesterday. – I was going to the cinema yesterday at three.

1. Bill phoned his friend in the morning.

Поставьте вопросы, на которые нижеследующие предложения могут быть ответами:

Образец: No, I was not playing chess at 6. – Were you playing chess at 6?

2. No, she was not playing computer games from eight until nine yesterday.

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Indefinite или Past Continuous:

3. He (to read) a book yesterday.

4. I (not to sleep) at 9 o'clock yesterday.

Употребите Present Perfect:

5. I ... never (to be) in London.

6. My friend ... (not phone) me all day long evening yesterday.

Допишите предложения при помощи слов: already, just, since, for, ever, yet:

7. We haven’t bought her a present … .

8. She has … come from the library.

Исправьте ошибки и напишите правильный вариант:

9. They know each other for many year.

10. My friend go to the library every week.

11. Now they is playing tennis.

12. I was listening to the concert yesterday at 4 p.m.

Задание 5.

Поставьте предложение в соответствующее будущее время:

1. She (search) every corner of your room before she (leave).

Переведите предложения, обращая внимание на перевод модальных глаголов и их эквивалентов:

2. Look! She is walking, but she is going to fall.

3. She has to get up early on weekends.

Вставьте can или be able to. Иногда допустимы оба варианта:

4. George has travelled a lot. He _______ speak four languages.

Вставьтеneedn’t/ have to/ mustn’t/ didn’t need to/ have to или needn’t have:

5) You _____ pick me up after school. I will take the bus.

Вставьте подходящий модальный глагол:

6) _____ I give you a lift?

Вставьте подходящий модальный глагол или модальный оборотcould, was/ were able to или couldn’t’t:

7. My friend had hurt his leg, so he _______ walk very well.

Вставьте подходящий модальный глагол или модальный оборот mustn’t’t или don’t / doesn’t have to

8. I can stay in bed tomorrow morning because I _______ work.

Переведите предложения на английский язык:

9. Я не знаю, почему мы спешили. Нам не нужно было спешить. 10. Я бы хотел пойти с тобой.

Вставьте подходящий модальный глагол или модальный оборот:

11. You … smoke so much.

a) would

b) can’t

c) shouldn’t

12. They have got plenty of time. They … hurry.

a) must

b) needn’t

c) should

Задание 6.

Переведите письменно текст, выполните задания к тексту:

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- What is the national currency of the USA?