Put tag questions to the following sentences

1. One of the most detailed ancient legal codes was drawn up in about 1758 B.C. by Hammurabi.

2. The pillar is now in the Louvre museum in Paris.

3. Criminals receives as punishment precisely those injuries and damages they had inflicted upon their victims.

4. Hammurabi's words are still legible.

5. And a child who hit his father could expect to lose the hand that struck the blow.

6. The code outlaws private blood feuds.

7. A lower-ranking citizen who lost a civil case would be fined less than an aristocrat in the same position.

8. Hammurabi's laws represented an advance on earlier tribal customs.

Put the correct form of the personal pronouns.

1. This is Hammurabi, a king of Babylonia. One of the most detailed ancient legal codes was drawn up by ….

2. This is the Louvre museum in Paris. The pillar is now in ….

3. Hammurabi's laws even covered taxes. In the code there were regulations about ….

4. The woman told about injuries inflicted upon ….

5. The circumstances of the offender as well as of the offences are very important. Hammurabi's code took account of ….

Match the words and their definitions.

1) thief	a) an action which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law
2) false accuser	b) physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something
3) crime	c) a person who steals another person's property
4) damage	d) a punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract
5) penalty	e) a person who makes false and damaging statements about someone

Put the parts of the resume in order.

а) Experience	June 2007 – July 2010 Chelindbank, Chelyabinsk Lawyer. In charge of preparing legal papers and legal guaranteeing bank operations.
б) Education	Russian Academy of Justice, Moscow, Russia, Jurisprudence diploma, specialist degree.
в) Qualifications	Legal issues of banking.
г) Objective	A position as a lawyerin a bank or trust company.
д) Summary	3 years experiencein a commercial bank and in every routine work in this field. Perfect knowledge of banking law and computers.

Translate into English.

1. В 1901 году французские археологи обнаружили каменный столб среди руин персидского города Сузы.

2. Текст, высеченный на столбе, был древнейшим сводом законов.

3. Он был составлен Хаммурапи, царем Вавилона.

4. Кодекс Хаммурапи состоит из 282 статей.

Контрольное задание № 1 (Laws of Babylon)

Вариант 2

Copy out the verbs which are not used in the continuous forms.

To impress, to go, to outlaw, to prefer, to play, to mean, to answer, to represent, to like, to wait.