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TASK II. a) Compare the meanings of the verbs adjourn and prorogue:
Adjourn – (fr. à jour “to a day”) means literally “to put off to another day”: to stop a meeting for some period.
Prorogue – to discontinue the meetings of a legislative assembly (usually Parliament for a definite or indefinite time without dissolving it; to discontinue meeting until the next session.
b) use the verbs in the sentences below; translate the sentences:
1. The sitting of the House of Commons …and will resume on the following day.
2. Parliament … for the summer recess.
3. An …Parliament can be summoned quickly by the Speaker and the Lord Chancellor at the request of the Prime Minister.
4. There are statutory provisions for recalling each House while it stands….
5. Powers within the constitutional/personal prerogative category of powers include power to summon, … and dissolve Parliament.
6. Solicitors in divorce cases must certify whether or not they have discussed the possibility of reconciliation with their clients, and proceedings may be … if the court feels there is a chance of reconciliation.
7. A deliberative assembly's meeting begins with a call to order and continues until the assembly ….
8. To … means to discontinue a session of a legislative assembly, especially the British Parliament without dissolution.
9. Each House divides a session into sittings, normally of a day's duration, which end when a motion to … is passed.
10. The motion to recess, which merely suspends the meeting, differs from the motion to …, which ends the meeting.
TASK III Make up sentences using the following phrases:
1). Although; to rule without Parliament; to obtain the legal power to raise taxes.
2). The consent of Parliament; to change any law.
3). Annual meeting of parliament; to exercise governmental powers.
4) Although; the duration of Parliament; five years.
5) Dissolution of Parliament; a general election.
6) A vote of no confidence in the House of Commons…
7) One of the main sources of prime ministerial power…
8) Fixed term of Parliament; because.
9) If a public bill…
10) It is the monarch; each session of Parliament.
TASK IV Write out from the text all the laws and conventions mentioned there:
LAWS:
CONVENTIONS:
TASK V Give your reasons for and against a fixed term of Parliament.
TASK VI Use the following verbs in their correct tense forms debate, supervise, supply, choose, sustain, veto, criticize, amend, approve, include, increase, govern, exercise, control, develop, check, authorize.
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