Answer Sheet for Unit 8

Index:

Section 1: Vocabulary Practice

Exercise 1: Test Yourself

  1. will
  2. offence
  3. legislative
  4. court; tribunal
  5. imprisonment
  6. testimony
  7. lawyer
  8. to sue
  9. precedent
  10. proceedings
  11. theft
  12. summons
  13. affidavit
  14. brief
  15. to cross-examine
  16. mortgage
  17. divorce
  18. verdict
  19. thief
  20. defendant
  21. manslaughter
  22. witness
  23. law
  24. guilty
  25. innocent
  26. to arrest
  27. to commit
  28. legal
  29. judge
  30. murderer
  31. damages
  32. case
  33. sentence
  34. evidence
  35. jury
  36. judicial
  37. to codify
  38. solicitor
  39. notary
  40. deed
  41. burglar
  42. corporate
  43. rights
  44. to decree
  45. to charge
  46. prosecutor
  47. procedures
  48. appeal
  49. to claim

Section 2: Listening Comprehension

Exercise 1: Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Somebody told him.
  2. She specialised and applied for the job.
  3. She had to specialise.
  4. Secretarial and document preparation.
  5. She is supervised by a lawyer.

Exercise 2: Multiple Choice Questions

  1. To the court.
  2. Nothing.
  3. A special stenography machine.
  4. He is freelance.
  5. Documents which require knowledge of legal terminology.

Exercise 3: Multiple Choice Questions

  1. He was a burglar.
  2. A few small items.
  3. He sentenced the defendant's arm to imprisonment.
  4. His lawyer assisted him.
  5. No, his arm went to prison.

Exercise 4: Multiple Choice Questions

  1. Mr Smith sued the driver.
  2. The horse was struck by the car.
  3. The man was not injured at all.
  4. He shot the horse.
  5. The horse was in pain.

Section 3: General Comprehension

Exercise 1: True/False Statements

  1. TRUE
  2. TRUE
  3. FALSE
  4. TRUE
  5. FALSE
  6. TRUE
  7. TRUE
  8. FALSE
  9. TRUE
  10. TRUE

Section 4: Grammar Practice

Exercise 1: Transformation

  1. She is supervised by the lawyer.
  2. The proceedings are recorded.
  3. I am contracted by courts of law.
  4. The information can be stored.
  5. Are criminals always caught?
  6. The documents are prepared by legal secretaries.
  7. The deeds are being sent tomorrow.
  8. Is a person considered innocent until proved guilty?
  9. Are murderers executed in that country?
  10. He is going to be sentenced by the judge tomorrow.

Exercise 2: Transformation

  1. Her work was supervised by the lawyer.
  2. The burglar was arrested by the police.
  3. He was taken to court.
  4. He was sentenced by the judge to a year in prison.
  5. Mr Smith and his horse were injured by a car.
  6. The driver of the car was sued by Mr Smith.
  7. He was cross-examined by the lawyer.
  8. Were you injured?
  9. Why was the horse shot by the police officer?
  10. Who was this document written by?

Exercise 3: Transformation

  1. I was told the name of the company by my friend.
  2. Susan was given a job by a big law firm.
  3. The burglar was asked a lot of questions by the lawyer.
  4. How many visits was he allowed?
  5. The young man was promised a pardon.
  6. The Prime Minister was sent a letter bomb.
  7. She was taught stenography.
  8. The police were given some important information by an informer.
  9. I was told the news by my boss.
  10. The prisoner was given a long sentence by the judge.

Exercise 4: Selections

  1. Hi, Michelle. I haven't seen you since we finished the course.
  2. Michelle is working as a legal secretary.
  3. She specialised in legal terminology.
  4. The policeman said: 'It looks like your horse has a broken leg'.
  5. Who shot the policeman?
  6. What sort of work do you do?
  7. I'm responsible for proofreading documents.
  8. The police had no evidence.
  9. Michelle mostly has the same duties as an ordinary secretary.

Section 5: Consolidation

Exercise 1: True/False Statements

  1. FALSE
  2. TRUE
  3. TRUE
  4. TRUE
  5. TRUE
  6. FALSE
  7. FALSE
  8. TRUE
  9. TRUE
  10. TRUE

Exercise 2: Dictation

  1. Now there seems to be a convergence of the common law and the civil law systems. Common law systems are increasingly codifying their laws, while civil law systems are beginning to admit the existence of judicial precedent. Perhaps in the future, the distinctions between the two will have dissipated to the point that they appear the same.

Exercise 3: Cloze

  1. sources
  2. both
  3. Common
  4. or
  5. the
  6. civil
  7. into
  8. by
  9. to
  10. an

Exercise 4: Gap Filling

  1. specialise
  2. tasks
  3. draft
  4. legal
  5. deal
  6. delegate
  7. skills
  8. many
  9. limited
  10. agree
  11. before
  12. told
  13. function
  14. against
  15. solicitor
  16. always
  17. into
  18. from
  19. fee
  20. pay
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