English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Exercises
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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
Are these statements about the texts true or false? Explain why.
1 A lobbied MP has to do what his or her constituents request.
2 MPs make a statement in the Commons about all the petitions they receive.
3 You can read Hansard to find out what has been happening in Parliament.
4 Government departments should comment on all the petitions they receive.
5 The Environmental Audit Select Committee shadows a specific department.
6 Select Committees do not look at how individual MPs behave – that is up to the law courts.
7 Lords are felt to have more time to give to committees than MPs.
8 Lords Select Committees focus on the same key areas as those of the Commons.
Match up the words to make collocations. Note that not all the nouns are in bold on the 
opposite page.
1 debating 
5 wide-ranging 
a chair 
e stage
2 select 
6 Speaker’s 
b department f policy
3 committee 
7 party 
c material 
g expertise
4 government 
8 briefing 
d chamber 
h committee
Now choose one of the expressions from 41.2 to complete each sentence.
1 MPs discuss proposed legislation in the 
of the House of Commons.
2 Before Question Time in Parliament, Ministers have to read a lot of 
provided by their advisers.
3 She was elected to the House of Lords because of her 
.
4 Many journalists gave evidence to a 
investigating the behaviour of 
the press.
5 I am not quite sure what 
is on renewable energy.
6 The bill has had two readings in the House of Commons and is now going through the 
of procedures.
7 The 
is situated between the two sets of benches in the Commons so that 
its occupant can more easily control the debates.
8 The Treasury in the UK is the 
which deals with the country’s finances.