Negative sentences. Types of questions.

1. Name parts of the sentence and make them interrogative and negative:

1. Some categories of people demand special attention concerning their rights.

2. My father is a lawyer at the Prosecutor’s Office.

3. This constitutional provision protects your personal non-property rights.

4. They are not in legal profession.

5. My brother is an investigator at the Security Service of Ukraine.

6. He is a student at the Prosecutors’ Training Institute.

2. Make up alternative questions about relatives and their professions, use the following words and word combinations:

Example:Is your brother a notary or a judge?

Lawyer, jurist, prosecutor, judge, criminal, officer, investigator, notary, criminal expert, lawmaker.

3. Answer the following tag questions as in the example:

Example:Her mother is a lawyer, isn’t she? – No, she isn’t, she is an engineer.

1. His father isn’t an expert, is he? 2. They are jurors, aren’t they? 3. Mary is a prosecutor, isn’t she? 4. His brother is an investigator in Kiev, isn’t he? 5. This is the treaty protecting rights of a religious minority, isn’t it? 6. They are the victims of war, aren’t they? 7. They are students at the Prosecutors’ Training Institute, aren’t they?

4. Write down the questions you’d ask the person to find out the missing information about his/ her law report:

Example: I have a task …. – What task do you have?

1. I work at … What……………..?

2. I am interested in …. Which branch of law …?

3. I chose this branch of law … Why……………….?

4. I started working at the report …. When………………?

5. I use … sources of information. What kind of………?

6. I heard about this data from….. Who……………….?

7. I spent … making the law report How much time…?

8. They printed … copies of the law report. How many…………?

5. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Хто твоя мати? – Вона викладач кримінального права. 2. Чоловік твоєї сестри – адвокат? – Ні. Він прокурор. Де він працює? – Він працює у суді. 3. Народ є єдиним джерелом влади в Україні. 4. Україна є незалежна, демократична і правова держава. 5. Встановлення та гарантування прав та свобод людини – одне з найважливіших положень Конституції. 6. Цивільний кодекс України надає фізичним особам можливість захищати свої особисті немайнові права.

There + to be

1. Make the following sentences interrogative and give the answers:

Example:There are 26 universities in our city. – Are there 26 universities in our city? There aren’t 26 universities in our city.

1. There is much information about the US district courts in this issue. 2. There are no lawyers in my family. 3. There are a lot of professors among our teachers. 4. There are few criminals in this district. 5. There are a lot of witnesses of the shoplifting. 6. There are some distinctions between court systems of Ukraine and the USA.

2. Insertthere is orthere are:

Example: …a lot of documents in the drawer. - There are a lot of documents in the drawer.

1. … … good news for you! 2. … … some money in my purse. 3. … … some useful information on this criminal case. 4. … …some assistant professors in the committee. 5. … …a lot of mistakes in this report. 6. … … some difficulties in this case. 7. What kind of documents … … on the table?

3. Translate into English:

1. Які документи на столі? 2. В академії багато професорів? 3. Скільки справ зараз у суді? 4. У неї тут багато цікавих статей з криміналістики. 5. У цьому тексті є нові юридичні терміни. 6. Існує певна процедура представлення справи до суду.