POLITICS ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE PRE INTERMEDIATE UNIT 57 POLITICS

 

A Elections in the UK When you vote for someone, you choose them by putting a cross (X) on an off icial piece of paper (called a secret ballot because no one knows who you vote for), or by putting up your hand. In the UK, a general election is when the people elect1 the next government2. These elections are held at least every five years. Each constituency4 elects one person from one political party. That person then becomes the MP (Member of Parliament) for that area, and the political party with the most MPs – there are 650 at the moment – forms the next government. The leader5 of the party in power6 is the Prime Minister. B Political policies People usually vote for a political party because they believe in the party’s ideas [think the ideas are good or right], and these ideas become policies [sets of plans and ideas that a political party has agreed on].   EXERCISES 57.1 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the word on the right. 1 Have they set the date for the ____elections___? ELECT 2 Employment is an important ______________ issue. POLITICS 3 My political ______________ are important to me. BELIEVE 4 The president is a very ______________  man. POWER 5 I hope there will be a ______________ in my tax. REDUCE 6 Do you believe what ______________ say? POLITICS 57.2 Complete the crossword. What is the vertical word in grey? 1 Most importantly 2 Person in control of a political party 3 Another word for ‘old’ 4 A synonym for ‘reduce’ 5 Money people must pay to the government 6 A set of plans and ideas that a group agree on 7 Help, often in the form of money 8 Not fair 57.3 Rewrite the sentences on the left starting with the words given. Keep a similar meaning. 1 They are in control of the country. They are in ___power ______. 2 They elected her. They voted _________. 3 Elections take place every five years. Elections are _________. 4 They will give hospitals more money. They will provide _________. 5 No one knows who you vote for. It’s a secret _________. 6 It’s a fair system for everyone. The system treats _________. 7 Our policy is to look after old people. Our policy is to provide_________. 57.4 Complete the text. In Canada, 1.______election ______ work in a similar way to the UK. Canada is divided into 308 political 2.___________, but they are called ‘ridings’ in Canada, and altogether there are 19 registered 3.___________, parties in the country. 4.___________, are held every five years, and people 5.___________ for just one person in each riding to become their member of 6.___________.The 7.___________ that wins the most ridings is then asked by the Governor-General to form the next 8.___________  , and the leader of that party becomes 9.___________  Minister. 57.5 57.6

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