Exercise 9. What do these figures stand for in the text?

651; 2007; 20; 1999; 1952; 18; 675; 1215.

Exercise 10. Fill in the table using the information from the text:

A person / a body	Functions
the Queen
The Royal family
the House of Lords
the House of Commons
the Prime Minister
The Cabinet
Shadow Cabinet
local government

Exercise 11. Answer the following questions:

1. What is a constitutional monarchy?

2. What does the monarch do? Speak on the functions of the Queen and the royal family.

3. What body does the real power in the United Kingdom belong to?

4. What is the chief lawmaking body? What does it consist of?

5. What are the roles of the House of Commons and the House of Lords in the British Parliament?

6. Who is the government composed of?

7. Who is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the moment? What political party does he belong to?

8. The Constitution of the United Kingdom is one document, isn’t it?

9. What are the main political parties in the United Kingdom?

10. Is the United Kingdom a member of any international organization?

Exercise 12. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:

1. Соединенное Королевство является конституционной монархией.

2. По закону королева является главой исполнительной, законодательной и судебной власти.

3. Официально королева созывает и распускает Парламент.

4. Палата Общин играет главную роль в издании законов.

5. Спикер занимает председательское место в Палате Общин.

6. Палата Лордов является верхней палатой Парламента, но она менее влиятельная по сравнению с Палатой Общин.

7. Спикером Палаты Лордов является лорд-канцлер.

8. Политическая партия, которая обладает поддержкой большинства, образует правительство Великобритании.

9. Премьер Министр выбирает приблизительно 20 членов парламента из своей партии для того, чтобы сформировать Кабинет Министров.

10. Соединенное Королевство является членом Европейского Союза, ООН, НАТО.

Exercise 13. Retell the text according to the outline:

· constitutional monarchy

· the monarch

· Parliament

· the House of Lords

· the House of Commons

· the Government

· the Prime Minister

· the Cabinet / “Shadow Cabinet”

· political parties

· local government

· constitution

· membership

Exercise 14. Check yourself:

1. What political system does Great Britain have?

2. What is a monarchy?

3. What kind of monarchy does Great Britain have?

4. What is a constitutional monarchy?

5. What is parliamentary democracy?

6. Who is a constitutional monarch?

7. What is there peculiar about the British Constitution?

8. What is the role of the monarch?

9. What’s the attitude of the British to the monarchy?

10. What documents replace a constitution in Britain?

11. Who is officially head of state?

12. Who actually rules the country?

13. Who comprises the Cabinet?

14. Who is usually Prime Minister?

15. How many parties usually form the government in Britain?

16. What are the responsibilities of local governments?

17. Which of the two has more power: the monarch or the Prime Minister?

18. What does the British Parliament consist of?

19. What is the legislative branch of the government?

20. What’s the main difference between the two houses?

21. Which House is more important?

22. Who sits in the House of Lords?

23. Who is the leader of the Lords?

24. How many lords are there in the House of Lords?

25. What’s the future of the House of Lords?

26. What is the voting age for British subjects?

27. What is the total membership of the Commons now?

28. Who is the leader of the Commons?

29. How often are elections held?

30. What are the major political parties in Britain?

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