Make up 10 special questions covering the contents of the text. Use the active vocabulary. Then work in pairs and ask each other the questions you've made.
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2. Find the answers to the following questions in the text:
1. When does the process of criminal justice begin?
2. Who are magistrates and how are they chosen?
3. What are the functions of a solicitor?
4. What are the functions of the barrister for the defense?
5. Whom does the prosecuting-barrister represent?
6. How many people does the jury consist of?
7. What must they decide?
8. What are the duties of the judge?
9. If the jury finds the accused guilty, who passes the sentence?
10. When is the accused put into prison?
3. Complete the table using the information from the text:
| Person | Role or Job | |
| 1. | ____________________ | deals with petty crimes |
| 2. | ____________________ | attains a verdict |
| 3. | a barrister | ____________________ |
| 4. | a magistrate | ____________________ |
| 5. | ____________________ | deals with the most serious crimes |
4. Match 1 – 10 with a – j to find the words having the similar meaning:
| 1. | illegal | a. | a supposed criminal |
| 2. | a defendant | b. | not guilty |
| 3. | innocent | c. | a lawyer |
| 4. | to investigate | d. | an accused |
| 5. | a jurist | e. | a judgment |
| 6. | a suspect | f. | a testimony |
| 7. | to deal with | g. | an ownership |
| 8. | an evidence | h. | to study |
| 9. | a property | i. | unlawful |
| 10. | a verdict | j. | to examine |
5. Find the English equivalents to the following words and phrases in the text. Then use them in sentences of your own:
1. кримінальне судочинство
2. мати доказ
3. державне обвинувачення
4. займатися дрібними злочинами
5. представляти обвинувача в суді
6. складання заповіту
7. аргументувати судовий прецендент
8. захищати відповідача
9. керуватися буквою закону
10. виносити вердикт
6. Match 1 – 10 with a – j to make word combinations from the text. Use them in sentences of your own:
| 1. | to arrest | a. | the client |
| 2. | a senior law | b. | the Law |
| 3. | a petty | c. | judge |
| 4. | to represent | d. | training |
| 5. | to become | e. | a suspect |
| 6. | the interpretation of | f. | sense |
| 7. | an unpaid | g. | the evidence |
| 8. | a common | h. | a solicitor |
| 9. | a legal | i. | crime |
| 10. | to listen to | j. | official |
7. Match the words (1-7) with the definitions (A-G)
| 1. | barrister | A. | a person who is under suspicion |
| 2. | suspect | B. | the stealing of property from a person |
| 3. | prosecute | C. | not guilty of a particular crime |
| 4. | robbery | D. | to bring a criminal action against (a person) for some offence |
| 5. | innocent | E. | a public officer concerned with the administration of law |
| 6. | sentence | F. | a lawyer who is qualified to plead in the higher courts |
| 7. | magistrate | G. | the judgment formally pronounced upon a person convicted in criminal proceedings |