Темы: Глаголы to be, to have, to do. Порядок слов в простом предложении. Типы вопросов.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 785.

Grammar Revision

Exercise 7. Read the text again and answer the following questions.

1. What is law?

2. Why isn't it possible to have a society without laws?

3. Who makes laws?

4. What do public laws ensure?

5. What do civil laws provide?

6. When do people start thinking about law?

7. In what transactions do people seek legal advice and why?

8. Why is it important to internationalize legal standards?

Exercise 1. Analyse the use of the verbs to be and to have:

1. My friend's father is a lawyer. 2. We have got a lot of textbooks on law. 3. Are you an investigator too? 4. Have you got any articles on civil law? 5. The Procurator's Office is a state organ of the Russian Federation that ensures the correct application and observance of laws. 6. The procurator has the right to appeal against any unlawful decisions and actions of state organs and officials. 7. Under the law every citizen has the right to elect and be elected. 8. Solicitors in Britain are controlled by their own professional body called the Law Society. 9. The police officer was reported to have solved the case of robbery. 10. The judge had to release the accused for lack of strong evidence. 11. We were very hungry, so we decided to have dinner earlier than usual. 12. We insist that the problem be dealt with by the Security Council.

Exercise 2. Insert to be or to have in the appropriate form; translate the sentences into Russian:

1. His father … a well-known lawyer. 2. How old ... you? 3. We ... students of Ryazan State Radio-Engineering University. 4. ... you got any textbooks on criminal law? 5. We do not ... special courts for trying juveniles. 6. Under the law every citizen ... the right to elect and be elected. 7. An accused person ... the right to be defended by barristers. 8. I ... very busy today. I ... a lot of work to do. 9. ... you a lawyer? No, I ... a student of law faculty. 10. Police ... a wide range of activity. First of all they ... to see to it that all citizens observe laws. 11. The witnesses ... being examined at the moment. 12. Jurors ... to listen to witnesses for the defense and prosecution before deciding whether the accused ... guilty or innocent. 13. Magistrates ... not legally qualified, i.e. they ... laypersons. 14. Your solicitor will ... to hire a barrister to argue your case before the court. 15. Mr. Taylor ... no proof that she ... guilty of the theft of confidential documents. 16. The judge ... just finished summing up the case. 17. In Great Britain a child does not ... full legal status until the age of 18.18. A child who ... less than 10 years old ... not considered capable of committing a crime.

Exercise 3. Make up sentences using the words given below. Pay attention to the direct word order:

1. study, at the Law University, we. 2. hears, in this country, the Supreme Court, cases, the most important. 3. as a judge, my friend, works. 4. speaks, our teacher, usually, English, at the lesson. 5. teaches, her mother, at school, English. 6. should be applied, in the society, to every person, laws. 7. from the local community, twelve men and women, consists of, a jury.

Exercise 4. Make up questions to which the words in italic type are answers:

1. My sister does not speak English. 2. The students of our group ask the professor a lot of questions. 3. My friend wants to become a lawyer. 4. I translate this article on civil law into Russian. 5. The job of a jury is to bring in the verdict. 6. Magistratesare unpaid judges usually chosen from well-respected people in the local community. 7. The Supreme Court of the USA consists of a Chief Justice and eight associate justices.