ELECTIONS People sometimes try to __1__ the result of an election weeks before it takes place. Several hundred people are asked which party they prefer, and their answers are used to guess the result of the coming election. This is called a(an) __2__. Meanwhile each party conducts its election __3__ with meetings, speeches, television commercials and party members going from door to door encouraging people to __4__ their party. In Britain everyone over 18 is eligible to __5__. The place where people go to vote in an election is called a __6__ and the day of the election is often known as __7__ day. The voters put their votes in a __8__ box and later they are counted. The __9__ with the most votes is then declared the winner. 1. A) vote B) elect C) predict D) support
2. A) opinion poll B) campaign C) paradox D) elector
3. A) campaign B) ballot C) commercials D) summits
4. A) vote B) improve C) predict D) support
5. A) vote B) elect C) predict D) support
6. A) campaign B) ballot box C) polling D) polling station
7. A) vote B) election C) predict D) polling
8. A) election B) ballot C) polling D) vote
9. A) voter B) member C) candidate D) president
2. This is my grandmother's house.
3. My brothers' names are Greg and Steve.
II. 1. My mum is on holiday. 2. I am hungry. 3. My parents are at work.
negative. 1. My mum is not on holiday. 2. I am not hungry. 3. My parents are not at work.
questions
1. Is my mum on holiday? 2. Am I hungry? 3. Are my parents at work?
1. We have got a good English dictionary. +
2. They have not got four computers. -
3. Has she got a cat?
1. swim swam swum 2. build built built 3. find found found 4. eat ate eaten
1 Ann sees Paul putting on his coat and says: Where are you going, Paul? Paul: I'm going to buy some cigarettes. Do you want an evening paper?
2 Ann: No, thanks. You are always buying cigarettes, Paul. How many do you smoke a day?
Paul: I don't smoke very many—perhaps 20. Jack smokes far more than I do. He spends £10 a week on cigarettes.
3 Mary sees Peter standing at the bus stop.
Mary: Hello, Peter. What bus are you waiting for?
Peter: Hello, Mary. I'm waiting for a 9 or a 14.
4 Mary: You usually go to work by car, don't you?
Peter: Yes, but the car belongs to my mother and she sometimes wants it. She is using it today to take Tom to the dentist.
5 Mary: I usually go by car too. Jack takes me because he passes my office on his way to the factory. But this week he is working in a factory in the opposite direction: so I'm queuing like you.
6 Peter: Here's a 9 now. Are you coming on it or are you waiting for a 14? Mary: I think I'll take the 9. If I wait for a 14, I may be late, and if you are late at my office, everyone looks at you.
7 Mary and Ann are waiting outside a telephone box. Inside the box a boy is dialing a number.
Mary: Do you know that boy?
Ann: Yes, he's a friend of my brother's. He phones his girl friend every day from this box.
8 Mary: Where does he come from?
Ann: He comes from Japan. He's a very clever boy; he speaks four languages.
9 Mary: I wonder what he is speaking now.
Ann: Well, his girl friend comes from Japan too; so I suppose he is speaking Japanese.
10 It is 8.30. Tom and Ann are having breakfast. They both are opening their letters.
Tom: No one ever writes to me. All I get is bills! Do you have anything interesting? (Have you got anything interesting?)
11 Ann: I've got a letter from Hugh. He says he is coming to London next week and wants us to meet him for lunch.
12 Peter: Do you have traffic wardens in your country?
Pedro: No, I don't think so. You don't see them in my town anyway. What exactly does a traffic warden do?
13 Peter: He walks up and down the street and if a car stays too long at a parking place or parks in a no-parking area, he sticks a parking ticket to the windscreen.
14 Look! He is putting a ticket on Tom's car. Tom will be furious when he sees it. He hates getting parking tickets.
15 Customer: I want to buy a fur coat. Have you got any nice coats for about £500?
Assistant: I'm afraid we are just closing, madam. It's 4.55, and we always close at 5.00 sharp on Fridays as Mr Jones the manager doesn't want to miss his favourite television programme.