Digitální učební materiál

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1 Digitální učební materiál Číslo projektu CZ.1.07/1.5.00/ Název projektu Zkvalitnění výuky prostřednictvím ICT Číslo a název šablony klíčové aktivity III/2 Inovace a zkvalitnění výuky prostřednictvím ICT Příjemce podpory Gymnázium, Jevíčko, A. K. Vitáka 452 Název DUMu Politics & Government Název dokumentu VY_32_INOVACE_04_17 Pořadí DUMu v sadě 17 Vedoucí skupiny/sady Mgr. Josef Huf Datum vytvoření Jméno autora Mgr. Josef Huf ový kontakt na autora huf@gymjev.cz Ročník studia 4. Předmět nebo tematická oblast Praktická cvičení v anglickém jazyce Doplňkový materiál pro výuku anglického jazyka Výstižný popis Inovace: komplexní procvičení slovní zásoby na úrovni B2, využití způsobu využití ICT při přípravě materiálu ve výuce

2 Politics & Government 1 Find the odd word out and explain your choice. Use a dictionary if necessary. A D republic principality country kingdom empire monarchy capitalism fascism communism socialism B E voter constituency polling station ballot monarchy congress cabinet lower house senate upper house C F president judge mayor congressman senator conservative liberal democratic government republican e.g.: A) A country is different as it is a territory occupied by a nation whereas the others describe a type of state. 2 Complete the table below with expressions describing three branches of government. parliament; president; supreme court; prime minister; congress; constitutional court; cabinet to administer (i.e. manage) the country; to pass or adopt laws; to interpret and apply the law; to represent the country abroad; to approve the country s annual budget; to provide a mechanism for resolving disputes; to implement the legislation passed by the parliament BRANCH BODY FUNCTIONS LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIARY

3 3 Match the words and their definitions. 1 election A being or relating to the greater in number of two parts 2 constituency B organize an event such as an election 3 government C choose somebody or something in an election 4 political party D a person with a job in politics 5 prime minister E the time when people choose individuals to represent them 6 in power F the leader of government 7 vote for sb./sth. G the group of people in control of the country 8 majority H one of the areas into which the country is divided for voting 9 hold sth. I a group of people with the same ideas who want to win an election 10 politician J in political control of the country 4 Use the correct form of the words from Ex. 3 to fill in the gaps. 1 Elections must be every four years. 2 Parliament consists of people from a number of different. 3 In the UK, the Conservative Party was from 1979 to The leader of the majority party in parliament becomes. 5 Who did you for in the last election? 6 The UK is divided into 646 which means that there are 646 MPs in the House of Commons. 5 Answer the questions and discuss them in a group. How often does your country usually hold a national election? What is the composition of your country s parliament? Which political party is in power at the moment? How long have they been in power? Have you ever taken part in election?

4 6 Fill in each gap with an unscrambled word. The first and last letters are in the right positions. WEALFRE REIAIOSGNTN OOIIOPPSTN EEIOLCTN POILCY VOETRS POIIALTCL GOEEVRNMNT AUAIOCCSTNS COUIORRPTN 1 The liberal democrats platform is ridiculous. They couldn t possibly keep all those promises. 2 Do you think the green party will ever become a party? 3 The Prime Minister s proposal was heavily criticised by the. 4 They really should do something to reduce political. 5 can go to the polling station between 8a.m. and 8 p.m. 6 You can t live off for ever. Go and find a job. 7 The politician denied all of accepting bribes. 8 The PM s came as a bit of a shock, really. 9 He s one of the best commentators around. 10 Do you agree with the government s economic? 7 Match the verbs and the endings to describe promises political parties make in their election manifestos. We are going to... 1 provide A crime, unemployment 2 create B better education, better health care 3 build C taxes, government spendings 4 protect D more jobs 5 reduce, cut E more motorways, houses, schools, hospitals 6 reduce, fight, tackle F the environment 8 Use the expressions to describe current promises of Czech political parties, both right and left wing.

5 Answer key: 1) A country, b monarchy (not election), C judge (not elected), D monarchy (not ideology), E cabinet (not parliament), F government (not a party) 2) BRANCH BODY FUNCTIONS LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIARY parliament; congress president; prime minister; cabinet supreme court; constitutional court to pass or adopt laws to approve the country s annual budget to administer (i.e. manage) the country to represent the country abroad to implement the legislation passed by the parliament to interpret and apply the law to provide a mechanism for resolving disputes 3) 1E, 2H, 3G, 4I, 5F, 6J, 7C, 8A, 9B, 10D 4) 1 held, 2 political parties, 3 in power, 4 prime minister, 5 vote, 6 constituencies 5) student s own answers 6) 1 election, 2 government, 3 opposition, 4 corruption, 5 voters, 6 welfare, 7 accusations, 8 resignation, 9 political, 10 policy 7) 1B, 2D, 3E, 4F, 5C, 6A 8) student s own answers Zdroje: Manko, E., O Brien, D., Langerová, I.: Angličtina - Maturitní příprava. Dubicko: Infoa, ISBN Jones, L.: New Progress to First Certificate. Student s Book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN Hastings, B., Uminska, M., Chandler, D.: Exam Accelerator. Warszawa: Pearson Central Europe Sp. z o.o., ISBN Gough, C.: English vocabulary organiser. Boston: Heinle, ISBN Capel, A., Sharp, W.: Objective First Certificate. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN Materiál je určen pro bezplatné užívání pro potřeby výuky a vzdělávání na všech typech škol a školských zařízení. Jakékoliv další využití podléhá autorskému zákonu. Dílo smí být dále šířeno pod licencí CC BY-SA (