GOD SAVE THE QUEEN God save our gracious

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and Glorious, Long to reign over us; God save the Queen! O Lord our God arise, Scatter her enemies And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Thee our hopes we fix, Oh, save us all! Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour; Long may she reign; May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen!

Fill in the gaps using the new information from the text. You must write down only one word. You have 5 minutes. 1. In Britain… is the Head of State. 2. The Queen has no… 3. At the beginning of the 20 th century many countries all over the world were ruled by… 4. The real power in the country belongs to…. 5. The British Parliament has two houses….

Crossword puzzle

Across 4. a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007 7. a political party that is trying to replace the political party in power 10. a former Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who served from 1979 to 1990 11. the city which the British Parliament is located in 12. a centre-left democratic socialist party in the British Parliament 13. a member of the British Parliament, the only female party leader in the UK at present 14. the colloquial word for supporters of the conservative party in the UK 16. the name of the Palace in London which serves as the meeting place of the two houses of the British Parliament 17. the leader of the Conservative Party at the beginning of the WWII

Down 1. the name of the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 2. the collective decision-making body selected from the members of the British Parliament 3. a period of time during which the members of the British Parliament officially meet 5. the name of the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 6. the person with the highest power in a country, the head of the British Parliament 8. the person who controls the discussions in the British parliament 9. the special chair in which the Queen (or King) sit when they read their speech to open a session of the Parliament 14. the colloquial word for supporters of the conservative party in the UK 15. the surname of the first woman to sit in the House of Commons in the British Parliament

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