IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO

• identify a writer's claims or views
• deal with the 'Select from a list' and 'Yes/ No I Not Given' task types
• use second, third and mixed conditionals.

01. Which countries still have a monarchy today? Can you name any current or past kings or queens?

Sample answers

Bahrain - King Hamad bin Isa; Belgium - King Philippe; Denmark - Queen Margrethe; Morocco -King Mohammed VI; Norway -King Harald V; Saudi Arabia - King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud; Spain - King Felipe; Sweden -King Carl XVI Gustaf; UK Queen Elizabeth II

02. Which five of the following words are not specifically associated with royalty?

03. Look at the groups of words. For each group, choose one odd-word-out. Why is it different? There may be more than one correct answer.

Monarch is the odd-one-out because the others are all female royalty and a monarch can be either male or female./Princess is the odd-one-out because the others are rulers.

Suggested answers

1. dynasty: it is a period of time, or a series of rulers from the same family; the others are synonyms for the lands ruled by a king or emperor

2. regent: a person acting for a monarch - the others are actual monarchs or rulers

3. abdicate: it means to give up the role of monarch; the others mean to lead as the monarch

4. crown: it is an object; the others are events