Task 2. Read the international words and guess their meaning. Mind the stress.

`monarchy

`industry

`Prime Minister

`programme

`theory

`public

`final

`absolute

`practice

`documents

`officers

`cabinet

`office

`aspect

`parliament

`leader

`throne

`judge

consti`tutional com`mittee

oppo`sition

Task 3. Give Kazakh (Russian) equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

Find these terms in the text and translate the sentences with them.

to back, virtual rules, bill, constituency, entitled, amendment, appeal, borough, apply, appoint, authority, body, affair, hereditary power, heir, to nominate, obliged, to oppose, to reign, to reject, to resign, to submit, suffrage, to summon, unanimous.

Task 4. Insert the right words: Great Britain, House of Commons, Prime Minister, Parliament, Privy Council, Council, Court of Appeal, Queen

1 … is a monarchy. Queen’s powers are limited by …. 2. … is the virtual ruler of the country. 3. That party which has majority of seats in the … forms the government. 4. The … opens each session of Parliament with a throne speech. 5. The Queen has her own…. There are about 300

members in this …. 6. The judicial Committee is the final ….

Task 5. False or true? Check your answers in the text of task 1.

1. Great Britain is a constitutional monarchy. 2. The Queen’s powers in Britain are unlimited. 3. The Prime Minister is the leader of the party which has majority in the House of Lords. 4. The Queen opens each session of Parliament with a speech from the throne. 5. The Privy Council is

responsible for all government measures. 6. The Judicial Committee is the court of appeal in Britain. 7.As Head of State the Monarch has the power to sign international agreements and to declare war or make place. 8.

Task 6. Find in the English-Kazakh (Russian) Law dictionary the meanings of the following words: depend, dependant, dependence, dependency, dependent.

Task 7. Explain the difference in meaning between the two verbs in the following phrase “The Queen reigns but does not rule”. What do you understand by this?

Task 8. Answer the Questions.

1. What kind of monarchy is Great Britain?

2. Is the Queen’s power hereditary or elective?

3. Who is the virtual ruler of the country?

4. What are the functions of the Queen of Britain?

5. What is the final court of appeal in Britain?

6. What state body is the Privy Council?

7. When did Queen Elizabeth II become queen?

8. Does the monarch still have real power?

9. Who is able to remit penalties?

10. Who summons, prorogues and dissolves Parliament in Kazakhstan? When?

11. By whom are the Queen’s powers limited?

Task 9. Name all the functions, power, duties, obligations of the Monarch.

Task 10. Skim the text and say what the text is about in general.

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