Match the underlined words in the text with their synonyms below.

 

• nominate oneself • monarch • cancel • originality • call • commanding • involve

3 From the list below match the verbs to the right definitions:

1. to be present in something

2. to officially order someone to come to a meeting

3. to formally end a parliament before an election

4. to free someone from a debt or punishment

5. to use power or influence

6. to officially stop something from continuing, especially for a short time

7. to officially give someone a title, etc., especially as a reward for something they have achieved

(to reside in, to summon, to suspend, to dissolve, to confer, to discharge, to exercise)

4 Answer the following questions. Base your answers on the information in the text.

1. Is Britain a completely democratic country?

2. Why is the Queen not sovereign in a substantial way?

3. Where does British sovereignty reside?

4. What did the Parliament agree to allow the Crown to do?

5. What are the powers of the monarch?

6. What are the duties of the Queen in Parliament?

5 Make up the presentation “The British monarchy: the past and the present” using visual aids (approximately 10-15 slides) in accordance with the following plan:

· the definition of the monarchy

· its major types (an absolute monarchy, a limited monarchy, hereditary monarchy)

· through the ages (historical aspects of the British monarchy)

· the British monarchy nowadays

· the official names of the monarch

· Her Majesty’s official address

· the Queen’s role in the modern state

· the monarch as the head of state

· the Royal prerogatives

· state your argumentative point of view on the issue whether the monarchy “must stay” or “must go”. Support your opinion with reasons and/or examples from your own observations, and/or reading.