Task 4. Say whether the statements given below are true or false.

1. The Constitution's Framers (whodrafted the United States Constitution) set out to design a government in which no branch of government could become all powerful.

2. The Constitution's Framers divided the powers of government among lawmakers, judges, and a chief executive, and they made it possible for each group to balance and check each other's powers.

3. It is impossible in the American System to have the leader of one political party win the Presidency, while the other major political party wins most of the seats in Congress.

4. The cornerstones of the Constitution include the system of checks and balances, federalism, and individual rights.

Task 5. Complete the sentences.

1. The executive branch, symbolized by the office of the president of the United States, ___
2. The legislative branch, symbolized by the U.S. Congress, ___
3. And the judicial branch, symbolized by the Supreme Court, ___

A) enforces the law.

B) makes the laws.

C) interprets these laws and decides whether they are compatible with the Constitution.

Task 6. Electoral Quiz.

1. The President of the US is elected every ____years.

2. Name the two major political parties in the USA and their animal symbols.

3. What is the name of the type of the election in which political party members vote for their favorite among candidates from their own party?

4. What is the name of the political event at which a political party's Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates are determined and the party platform is formalized?

5. Can everyone living in the US vote for the President?

6. In what month are the US Presidential elections held?

7. Does every state have the same number of Electoral College votes?

8. Who becomes President, the winner of the popular vote or the winner of the Electoral College vote?

9. On what date is a new President of the US inaugurated (sworn into office)?

10. How long does a single term of a US president last?

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Grammar Revision:

· Past Simple

· Past Continuous

· Past Perfect

· Past Perfect Continuous

· Prepositions on/in/at (place)

Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Tense.

It (be) the 4th of July of the year 1776 when the colonies (declare) their independence from England. In the following years the political system (be based) on the "Articles of Confederation", which (be) a non-binding 'contract' for the member states. Seeing that this system (not / work out), the Continental Congress (introduce) the draft of a 'binding contract', later called the Constitution. This draft of the Constitution (be formally accepted) in 1787 and needed 9 state votes to be ratified. That (be) in the following year and (start) with the State of Delaware, today nicknamed "the First State". Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina and New Hampshire followed. The official date for the American Constitution to become effective (be) March 4th, 1789.

Exercise 2. Study the following examples.

1. As I was walking down the road I saw Bill.

2. The phone rang while I was having dinner.

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