Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 Taken from the

Look at this example from the text 
The total ban on hunting with dogs will be enforced from next year. 
Make similar sentences about the future using the information in the text, modal 
verbs and the following prompts: 
1. 
15,000 to 16,000 people/ affect/ the ban 
2. 
Police/ stretched to the limit 
3. 
There/ widespread unrest/ in the countryside 
4. 
The prime minister/ accept/ hunting/ a legal issue 
5. 
The Home Secretary/ suggest/ riders/ not prosecute 
6. 
The police/ say /opposition to the new law/put/ a strain/ small rural forces 
1. Should 
hunting 
with 
dogs be made illegal? 
2. 
Should the lower, elected house of parliament overrule the higher, unelected 
house? 

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004 
Taken from the news section in 
www.onestopenglish.com
KEY 
1 Key 
words 
1. entrenched
2. barbaric 
3. hound 
4. invoke 
5. disobedience 
6. brace yourself 
7. scupper 
8. compromise
9. override 
10. fitting 
2
What do you know? 
1. c; 
2. b; 
3. b; 
4. a 
3 Comprehension 
Check 
 
1. e; 
2. a; 
3. h; 
4. d; 
5. g; 
6. c; 
7. f; 
8. b 
4 Vocabulary 
Definitions 
1. b; 
2. d; 
3. a; 
4. e; 
5. d; 
5 Vocabulary 
Collocations 
1. to stage a demonstration 
2. to make an attempt 
3. to reach a compromise 
4. to implement a bill 
5. to accept the will of parliament 
6. to launch a legal challenge
7. to gather intelligence 
6 
Grammar Focus 
Modal verbs
1. 15,000 to 16,000 people could be affected by the ban. 
2. Police will be stretched to the limit. 
3. There will be (could be) widespread unrest in the countryside. 
4. The prime minister accepted hunting would be a legal issue. 
5. The Home Secretary suggested riders would not be prosecuted. 
6. The police said opposition to the new law would put a strain on small rural forces. 

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