The Past Perfect.

The Past Perfect is used to show an action happened in the past before another event took place.

They had already finished their dinner when I arrived to join them.

When we got home last night, we found that somebody had broken into the flat.

Form: had+past participle

Positive: You had studied English before you moved to New York.

Negative: You hadn’t studied English before you moved to New York.

Question: Had you studied English before you moved to New York?

3.The Future Perfect.

The Future Perfect is used to show that an activity will be completed by a specified time in the future.

I will have saved about one million dollars by the year 2030.

Form: will have+past participle

Positive: You will have perfected your English by the time you come back from Great Britain.

Negative: You won’t have perfected your English by the time you come back from Great Britain.

Question: Will you have perfected your English by the time you come back from Great Britain?

Exercise 1. Put the verb in brackets into the Present,Past or Future Perfect Tense.

1. I (to hear) of him ever since I was born.

2. By the time you arrived we (to leave).

3. The students (to know) the results of the exams by 3 o’clock tomorrow.

4. After they (to present) the draft of the program, long debates took place.

5. I (to do) already all my lessons.

6. He (to reject) just our proposal.

7. Our family (to live) in this street since we got a new flat.

Text II

The State Structure of the UK

IPre-reading

Read and practice the pronunciation of the following words and word - combinations:

monarchy, sovereign, legislative, executive, judiciary, the Commonwealth, to pass laws, to introduce a bill, to approve, to sign, to be in charge, the House of Commons, the House of Lords, Home Office.

Answer the following questions:

1. Is there a constitution in the UK?

2. Who is the head of state?

3. Who may be the Prime Minister of the country?

II Reading

Scan the texts and be ready to answer the questions on the state structure of the UK .

State Structure.

The UK is a parliamentary monarchy. This means that it has a monarch (a king or a queen) as its Head of State. The UK is a monarchy in form, but a parliamentary democracy in substance. The Sovereign is head of state, and as such is head of the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and temporal head of the established Church of England. The Queen of the UK is also the Head of the Commonwealth, and so the Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries.

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