- •Предисловие
- •Unit I State Structure of the Republic of Belarus
- •Vocabulary
- •The Constitution of the Republic of Belarus
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Discussion
- •Grammar Practice The Adjective. Degrees of Comparison
- •Articles
- •The Verb. Types of Questions
- •Tenses in the Active Voice
- •Modal Verbs
- •The President
- •The Leguslative and Executive Branches
- •Legal System of Belarus
- •Judicial Power
- •External Policy of the Republic of Belarus
- •Revision Translation
- •Unit II State Structure of the United Kingdom
- •Vocabulary
- •The Constitutional Monarchy
- •Legislature
- •Parliament
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Verb noun(agent) noun(concept)
- •English Laws
- •Discussion
- •Grammar Practice Tenses in the Active Voice
- •Types of questions. Degrees of comparison. Articles.
- •Limitations on the Lords
- •The Queen
- •Electoral System
- •Political Party System
- •Revision translation
- •Unit III State Structure of the usa
- •Vocabulary
- •The Constitution of the usa
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Discussion
- •1. The Declaration of Independence:
- •2. The Bill of Rights:
- •The Constitution:
- •Grammar Practice Articles
- •The Passive Voice
- •Modal Verbs
- •The Sequence of Tenses
- •Congress
- •The Senate
- •The House of Representatives
- •Department of Justice
- •Political Parties
- •Revision translation Правовая система сша
- •Unit IV Legal Profession
- •Vocabulary
- •Legal Profession in Great Britain
- •Word Practice
- •Verb noun (agent) noun (concept)
- •Discussion
- •Grammar practice The Infinitive
- •The Infinitive Constructions
- •Prepositions
- •Modal Verbs
- •Legal Profession in the United States
- •Judges Nomination
- •Judicial Independence
- •The United States Sheriffs’ Work
- •Revision translation Профессия юриста в Великобритании
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary Notes:
- •You should Know Law
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Verb noun (agent) noun (concept)
- •Discussion
- •1. Law is the highest achievement of civilization:
- •2. Functions of law:
- •3. The spheres of law:
- •Grammar Practice
- •Tenses in the Active and Passive Voice (Revision)
- •The Participle
- •The Participle Constructions
- •Sources of Law
- •Legal System of Great Britain
- •Ancient Laws
- •The Middle Ages Legislation
- •The Center of Government and Justice
- •Revision translation
- •Англо-саксонская правовая семья или семья общего права
- •Законодательство на территории Беларуси в Средние Века
- •Unit VI Crime
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Discussion
- •Tom's Life of Crime
- •Inspector’s Investigation
- •Grammar Practice Prepositions
- •The Gerund
- •Defences
- •Juvenile Delinquency
- •Crime Prevention
- •Measures to Combat Terrorism
- •Computer Crime
- •Revision Translation
- •Unit VII Police Force
- •Vocabulary
- •The Work of the Police in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary Practice
- •Duties and functions of the police force:
- •Members of the police:
- •Grammar Practice Subjunctive Mood
- •The Police Mission
- •Points for Discussion:
- •The Metropolitan Police Force
- •Scotland Yard
- •Interpol
- •Police Force in the u.S.A.
- •Inspection Division
- •Revision Translation
- •Revision test (Units 1 – 3)
- •Inns of Court
- •Scottish Parliament
- •Vocation to Defend Man
- •Revision test (Units 4 – 7)
- •A Famous Russian Jurist
- •Supplement
- •1. English Alphabet and Sounds. Алфавит и звуки
- •2. Rules of reading. Произношение и чтение
- •3.Word Formation. Словообразование. Suffixes. Суффиксы
- •4.The Noun. The Category of number. Множественное число существительных
- •5. The Noun. The Category of Case. Притяжательный падеж
- •6. The indefinite Article
- •7. The Definite Article (with Common Nouns)
- •8. Omission of the Article. Отсутствие артикля
- •9. The Degrees of Comparison (the adjective and the adverb). Степени сравнения прилагательных и наречий
- •10.The Pronoun. Местоимения
- •11. The Cardinal and the Ordinal numerals. Количественные и порядковые числительные
- •12. The Structure of the Sentence. Порядок слов в английском повествовательном предложении
- •13. To be and to Have (Indefinite Tenses). Глаголы to be и to have во временах группы Indefinite
- •15. Types of Questions. Типы вопросительных предложений
- •16. A) The Tenses in the Active Voice Времена действительного залога
- •16. B) The Future–in–the Past. Будущее в прошедшем
- •17. The Constitution It is/was… that. Усилительная конструкция
- •18. The Passive Voice. Страдательный залог.
- •19. Modal Verbs. Модальные глаголы и их эквиваленты.
- •20. The Sequence of Tenses. Согласование времен.
- •22. The word One
- •23. The Participle. Причастие.
- •24. The Participial Constructions. Причастные обороты
- •25. The Gerund. Герундий.
- •26. The Gerundial. Герундиальный оборот
- •27. The Infinitive. Инфинитив
- •28. The Infinitive Constructions. Инфинитивные обороты
- •29. Subjunctive Mood. Сослагательное наклонение.
- •List of Irregular Verbs
- •List of Reference Books
Grammar Practice Tenses in the Active Voice
Ex. 1 Use the verbs in brackets in proper tense and voice
The House of Lords _____ (consist) of the Lords Temporal and the Lords Spiritual.
The Lords Spiritual _____ (be) the Archbishops of York and Canterbury.
The Lords Temporal _____ (represent) hereditary peers who _____ (to inherit) their titles.
The Lords of Appeal (Law Lords) _____ (become) life peers on their judicial appointments.
Law Lords _____ (serve) the House of Lords as the ultimate court of appeal.
The appeal court _____(consist) of some nine Law Lords who _____ (to hold) senior judicial office.
The Lord Chancellor _____ (preside) over these nine Lords and they _____ (form) a quorum of three to five when they _____ ( hear) appeal cases.
The functions of the Prime Minister _____ (be): _____ (lead) the majority party, _____ (run) the government, _____ (appoint) Cabinet Ministers and other ministers, _____ (represent) the nation in political matters.
After the Prime Minister _____ (form) his cabinet he ____( select) the rest of his ministry.
The Cabinet _____ (constitute) the centre of the government.
The Cabinet _____ (make) all major decisions of the government.
Ex. 2 Choose the correct verb form:
a) Present Simple and Present Continuous
We are going/go to Italy next week. We take/are taking the plane. Usually we have/are having two weeks' holiday, but this year we have/are having four. We don't take/aren't taking the car because the journey takes/ is taking too long. We stay/are staying at a friend's house in Verese. Usually he works/is working in Milan but at the moment he spends/is spending the summer in New York.
b) used to / would
Howard Hughes, the American film producer, lived/used to live for fifteen years completely on his own. He was spending/used to spend all day lying on his bed watching films. He would/used to hate touching any thing that wasn't/didn't use to be sterile. He was living/used to live on tinned chicken soup for weeks, and was changing/ used to change to a diet of ice cream. When he died/ used to die, he was/ used to be a billionaire.
Ex. 3. Use the required form of the verb in the Active Voice.
The Party which (obtain) the majority of seats in the House of Commons (form) the Government.
There (be) a legend that the Tower (fall) if it (lose) its ravens; therefore the English carefully (guard) the birds with clipped wings.
The collection of books in the British Museum Library (increase) systematically, and the famous circular Reading Room of the Museum, planned by Sir Antonio Panizzi, (offer) unique research facilities to scholars.
The plane (leave) early tomorrow, and in three hours it (land) in one of the airports in London.
When Scotland (be) an independent Kingdome, it (be) often at war with England until 1603 when King James VI of Scotland (become) King of England.
The Great Fire of London 1666 (clear) away the old wooden houses and dirty narrow streets, and after the fire they (begin) to build wider streets and brick houses in the city.
I think I (visit) lots of fascinating places in England and (see) a lot of interesting in London by the time my holiday (be) over.
I (write) to tell you my exciting news. I (win) a competition. I am sure my life (change) a lot since now.
Next week John (leave) for Oxford to visit his sister, who he (not, see) for a year since she (go) to study there.
They (come) back from England by the end of July, and then we (throw) a big party for all our friends.
King Alfred (849 – 899) (be) the only monarch in English history who (receive) the title “Alfred the Great”.
In 1301, after defeating the native Prince of Wales, King Edward I of England (name) his son “Prince of Wales”. Since then the eldest son of the king or queen of England tradiditionally (have) this title.
In 1536 Wales (become) the part of the English system by the Act of Union.
Edward I (complete) the subjection of Wales, and it (be) he who (make) his son, afterwards Edward II, the Prince of Wales.
The Welsh language (be) still a living force, and the Welsh (study) it side by side with English in schools of Wales.
In 1707 Scotland and England (become) a united part, but the Scots (keep) there own legal system, religon and administrative system and still (keep) them now.
The Romans (build) Hadrian’s wall, the greatest monument of the Roman occupation of Britain, to act as a defence against the Celts from Scotland.
Sir Christopher Wren, the great architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral (die) in 1723, at the age of 90, and they (bury) him in the building which his genius and toil (creat).
Today Soho (become) a meeting place for all kinds of people who (come) to London from all over the world, whatever the hour of day or night.
The Frenchman, you (look) for yesterday, (learn) English at school quite well, but half (forget) it by the time he (stay) in London on business. I (see) him there a month ago. He (promise) that he (improve) his English by the time he (arrive) in London again.