Question

Answer the questions on the text:
a) What does the UK consist of?
b) What separates Great Britain from Europe?
c) What is the most important river in Great Britain?
Why?
d) What seaports in Great Britain do you know?
e) What is Stratford-upon-Avon famous for?
f) What is monarchy?
What are the two Houses of the UK Parliament?
h) Who is elected every five years?
i) Who are the members of the House of Lords?​

Answer 1

Răspuns:

a) The United Kingdom is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

b) The Strait of Dover separates Great Britain from Europe.

c) The River Thames is the most important river because it flows through London.

d) The Port of Southampton, Port of London, Port of Immingham and Port of Liverpool are all seaports in Great Britan.

e) Stratford-upon-Avon is known for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare.

f) A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life. The House of Commons and the House of Lords are the two Houses of the UK Parliament.

h) All the Members of Parliament forming the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are elected every five years.

i) 258 members of the Conservative Party, 180 members of Crossbench, 177 members of the Labour Party, 88  Liberal Democrats, 5 members of the Democratic Unionist Party, 2 members of the Green Party, 2 members of the  Ulster Unionist Party, 1 member of the Plaid Cymru, 50 Non-affiliated members, 4 Independent members, the Lord Speaker and 26 members of the Lords Spiritual. ( nu sunt sigur ca asta e raspunsu la i )