POLITICS & PROTEST
Which word means to officially end a law, system, or tradition? (Example: 'Slavery was _______ in 1865').
What is abolish?
Situation where there is NO fairness or justice
What is injustice?
Which tense do we use for a finished action in the past? (Example: 'In 1910, the revolution started')."
What is Past Simple?
Choose the correct tense: 'While the president (was speaking / had spoken), people started shouting
was speaking (Past Continuous).
Is this sentence Past Simple, Continuous, or Perfect?: 'Slavery was abolished in 1865.
Past Simple
To treat a person or group unfairly because of their race, gender, or religion
What is to discriminate?
Unscramble this target word:
Y D M E R C C O A
Democracy
Which tense describes an action that was IN PROGRESS in the past? (Example: 'People were marching when...').
What is Past Continuous?
Choose the correct tense: 'By the time the police arrived, the crowd (was leaving / had left).'
had left (Past Perfect).
Spot the mistake: 'They had election a new president last week.'
Change election (noun) to elected (verb in Past Simple/Perfect): "They had elected / elected a new president...
A organized series of activities to achieve a social or political goal (e.g., an election).
What is a campaign?
"Complete the blank: 'Citizens gathered in the main square to __________ against the new law.
protest
Which tense shows that an action happened BEFORE another past action? (Example: 'The government had already changed the law before...').
What is Past Perfect?
Complete with Past Perfect: 'Before the election, candidate Smith __________ (campaign) for two years
had campaigned
Complete the sentence: 'Before the dictator fell, the regime __________ (oppress) people for decades.'
had oppressed (Past Perfect).
An authoritarian or strict government system that rules a country.
What is a regime?
A set of official plans, rules, or ideas agreed upon by a government or organization
What is a policy?
Fix the verb: 'While citizens were protest, police blocked the street.'
While citizens were protesting, police blocked the street
Combine using WHILE: (1) Citizens were voting. (2) Rain started.
While citizens were voting, rain started." / "Rain started while citizens were voting
Complete with 1 Vocab word + 1 Past Continuous verb: 'Thousands of citizens __________ (demonstrate) in the streets to ask for __________.
Thousands of citizens were demonstrating in the streets to ask for freedom / equality / justice
The cruel or unfair treatment of people over a long period of time by a powerful authority
What is oppression?
Complete with 2 target words: 'During the march, people demanded full __________ for all citizens and the right to __________ their leaders.
equality and elect (or vote).
Explain the difference:
When I arrived, they protested.
When I arrived, they had protested.
In (1), they started protesting AFTER I arrived. In (2), they finished protesting BEFORE I arrived!
Find the TWO errors: 'While the government was pass a new policy, people had already start protesting
Change was pass to was passing ("...was passing a new policy...").
Change had already start to had already started ("...had already started protesting").