Answer Sheet for Unit 8

Index:

Section 1: Vocabulary Practice

Exercise 1: Test Yourself

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

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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