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II. Form verbs of the following words. Give three forms of the verb.

offering

offer

offered

offered

practicing

_________

_________

_________

involving

_________

_________

_________

acting

_________

_________

_________

earning

_________

_________

_________

prosecuting

_________

_________

_________

defending

_________

_________

_________

preparing

_________

_________

_________

pleading

_________

_________

_________

taking

_________

_________

_________

doing

_________

_________

_________

training

___________

_________

_________

III. Fill in the Past Participle of the following verb.

become ………..…

learn …………...

teach …….….…..

understand……..…

rise …………..…

write ………….…

find ……….…...…

pay ………….…..

think ……..…..…

forbid …….………

seek …………….

make ………..…..

hold………….…...

know …………...

shake …………....

IV. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Simple. Translate the sentences.

  1. In the last ten years the number of women holding practising certificates (to increase) by 100%.

  2. Many students (to decide) on a career in the law,

  3. In recent years graduates (to find) it difficult to secure and finance a pupilage.

  4. Over this same period there also (to be) an astonishing increase in the numbers of lawyers in practice.

  5. Solicitors (to limit) rights to practice before the courts ("rights of access"), but traditionally "instruct" a barrister to appear in court for them.

  6. The Court & Legal Services Act (to abolish) the exclusive rights of barrister access to the higher courts, i.e., the Crown Court (criminal), High Court (civil), Court of Appeal and House of Lords.

V. Match the items in column a to those in column b, then say which action happened first.

A B

  1. The solicitor appeared in the

higher court…

a) the court session had already started.

  1. She had read the article in

a legal journal several times…

b) by the time his professional client – solicitor- came into the office.

  1. After a detective film had

ended…

c) after he had obtained certification

  1. When they came into

the courtroom…

d) he began reading lots of books on law.

  1. The barrister had already

finished examining the papers…

e) before she understood it.

  1. As soon as he had chosen

to become a lawyer,…

f) we started discussing it.

VI. Join the sentences using the word(s) in brackets and the Past Perfect Simple as in example.

  1. The judge finished his speech. The witness appeared in the hall. (just, when)

The judge had just finished his speech, when the witness appeared in the hall.

  1. The solicitor started typing a letter. His client left. (as soon as)

  2. George came into the courtroom. He talked to a policeman. (after)

  3. They didn’t hire a lawyer. They examined his résumé. (until)

  4. He opened the book on Corporate Law. The doorbell rang. (just, when)

  5. A solicitor read a client’s claim several times.He invited her to his office. (before)

  6. The barrister left his chamber. The solicitor arrived. (already, by the time)

  7. She found the job. The company employer called her. (already, when)

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