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On the 24^th of August 1991 Ukraine became …..(1). It started   building the democratic state.

Ukraine became a presidential parliamentary … (2). Over a short period a new system of state structure was created. 

According to the … (3) of Ukraine the state power in Ukraine is divided into three branches: legislative, executive and  judicial. 

According to the constitution of Ukraine the state power in Ukraine is divided into three branches: legislative, executive and  … (4 ). 

The body of …(5) power is the Verkhovna Rada, which consists of 450 deputies. 

Each deputy represents an area of the country, that is called a constituency. The … (6) to the Verkhovna Rada are held every 4 years. Voting is organised in the form of secret ballot and from the age of 18.     

The Verkhovna Rada is headed by the Chairman and is responsible for making … (7). 

It has special committees, which discuss and introduce … (8) for debating at parliamentary sitting. It discusses the questions connected with the Sate Budget and adopts the Budget for the coming year.

The haed of our state … (9). He is elected for 4 years’ period. 

The executive power is headed by him. In the areas and 25 regions, Kyiv and Sevastopol, it is carried out by the local … (10).  

The main body of the executive … (11) is the Cabinet of Ministers. It is formed by the Heads of the Ministries: Ministry of Economics, Finance, Defense, Justice, Agriculture, Health, Education and Science, Youth and Sports and others. 

The Head of the Cabinet, which is also called the … (12), is appointed by the President. 

But the appointments must be approved by the Verkhovna Rada. The Prime minister is … (13) to President and the Verkhovna Rada. 

The judicial power is represented by the … (14) Court and the Constitutional Court, nominated by the Verkhovna Rada. There are also local and regional courts. 

The people have opportunity to directly participate in realisation of … (15) through people’s assessors and jurors. 

The Courts watch over the … (16) and legislative powers. 

The Constitutional Court has the right to … (17) laws and actions of the government unconstitutional. 

I have stopped         [reading, to read] the Daily Sketch and have decided         [reading, to read]the Daily Mirror instead.

Doyou enjoy ...         [to look, looking]at these strip cartoons?

Try ...          [to solve, solving]the puzzle in yesterday's paper without ...         [to look, looking]at the ancwers in today's paper.

Did your remember ...        [to buy, buying]a copy of the Star on your way home?

Do you remember ...        [to see, seeing]an advertisment for the new Ford cars in yesterday's paper?

I sawa man ...          [to stand, standing]at the street corner ...         [to sell, selling]newspapers.

Please let me ...         [help, helping]you ...         [solve, solving]that puzzle.

These cinema advertisements do not make me ...         [want, wanting]        [see, seeing]the films.

Would you like ...        [see, seeing]them?

Megan used ...          [to think, thinking]that a library was a place where books were ...        [to buy, buying] and ...         [to sell, selling]; now she knows that a library is a place for ...         [lend, lending]and ...           [to borrow, borrowing]books.

Megan used ...          [to think, thinking]that a library was a place where books were ...        [to buy, buying] and ...         [to sell, selling]; now she knows that a library is a place for ...         [lend, lending]and ...           [to borrow, borrowing]books.

Megan used ...          [to think, thinking]that a library was a place where books were ...        [to buy, buying] and ...         [to sell, selling]; now she knows that a library is a place for ...         [lend, lending]and ...           [to borrow, borrowing]books.

Megan used ...          [to think, thinking]that a library was a place where books were ...        [to buy, buying] and ...         [to sell, selling]; now she knows that a library is a place for ...         [lend, lending]and ...           [to borrow, borrowing]books.

Megan used ...          [to think, thinking]that a library was a place where books were ...        [to buy, buying] and ...         [to sell, selling]; now she knows that a library is a place for ...         [lend, lending]and ...           [to borrow, borrowing]books.

Megan used ...          [to think, thinking]that a library was a place where books were ...        [to buy, buying] and ...         [to sell, selling]; now she knows that a library is a place for ...         [lend, lending]and ...           [to borrow, borrowing]books.

Megan used ...          [to think, thinking]that a library was a place where books were ...        [to buy, buying] and ...         [to sell, selling]; now she knows that a library is a place for ...         [lend, lending]and ...           [to borrow, borrowing]books.

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