B/ LANGUAGE WORK
1. Match the sentence halves so that they are true about the Czech political system and grammatically correct:
1. The House of Representative has …D
| A … the Vice-President and the heads of 14 executive departments.
| 2. The executive branch comprises…F
| B … six-year terms.
| 3. The President’s Cabinet includes …A
| C … no fixed term.
| 4. The Senators serve…B
| D … 435 voting members.
| 5. The legislative branch consists of …G
| E … the system of ‘checks and balances’.
| 6. The Judges and Justices serve …C
| F … the President, advisors, departments and agencies.
| 7. The US Constitution establishes …E
| G … the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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2. Complete the sentences with a suitable verb:
a/ The House of Representatives …………… has ………….. 435 voting members.
b/ The Senators ………… serve …………. six-year terms.
c/ The legislative branch …… consists ……………….of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
d/ The executive branch …… comprises ……………..the President, advisors, departments and agencies.
e/ The President ……… has ….……. a right to veto.
f/ The Supreme Court may … invalidate ……..………. a law as ‘unconstitutional’.
g/ The President’s Cabinet …… includes …….……. the Vice-President and the head of 15 executive departments.
h/ The US constitution …… establishes ……………. the system of ‘checks and balances’.
3. Comprehension check: Decide if the following sentences are true or false________________________
1. The USA consists of 50 states. T
2. The Congress consists of the Parliament, House of Representatives and Senate. F
3. There are 100 members in the House of Representatives. F
4. The Vice-President is a member of the Cabinet. Т
5. The President appoints judges. T
6. The President may invalidate a law as „unconstitutional”. F
[1] http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/legislative-branch, http://www.house.gov/, retrieved on 2011-09-28
[2] http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/executive-branch, retrieved on 2011-09-29
[3] http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/judicial-branch, retrieved on 2011-09-29
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States, retrieved on 2011-09-29
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