Laws - Lesson Notes 14 July 2022

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Laws
What you will learn:
Laws Vocabulary
Part 2 and 3 Questions
Model Answer
Collocations
Your Questions
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Essential Vocabulary for Laws
Fill in the gaps in these sentences with ONE word. We are talking
about the law
1. It’s ___________ to drink alcohol under the age of 18 in the UK
2. There is no law _________ singing in public
3. If you don’t _____________ the rules at school, you can be

__________
Answers at bottom of PDF
Law (n. countable)
A law against speeding
Law (n. uncountable)
business law
family law
employment law
As a lawyer, I practice criminal law
A law is something you must legally do

It is legally binding
Government passes a law
Citizens obey / observe / abide by the law
If you break / violate a law, there will be a penalty or punishment

including, imprisonment or nes
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Legal / illegal (adj.)
Against the law

To be forbidden
To be prohibited
To be allowed
Regulations
Something you must legally do

Local government sets regulations
Rules
Something you should do

Guidelines set by schools, workplace, parents, etc…
Norms (n. Countable)

Etiquette (n. Uncountable)
Unspoken rules / expected behaviour
A breach of etiquette
When Jane started checking her Facebook feed during the meeting,
that was a breach of etiquette
Useful Expressions
Rule of thumb
Something that usually works or an unspoken rule you follow
I use white wine to clean a red wine stain and as a rule of thumb, it
works
Take the law into your own hands

To implement the law yourself
When the police failed to arrest the robber, the shop owner took the
law into his own hands and beat him up.
To lay down the law

Insist rules must be followed
When I turned up late three days in a row, my boss was angry and
decided to lay down the law
Fill in the gaps with one word only
1. If you __________ by the law, you won’t be sent to prison
2. It’s __________ the law to throw litter on the streets in Singapore
Answers:
1. If you ABIDE by the law, you won’t be sent to prison
2. It’s AGAINST the law to throw litter on the streets in Singapore
Common Questions Part 2
Describe a law / rule you don’t like or want to change
Look at the picture and guess the law / rule
1.
2. 3.
Possible Answers Below:
1. Underage drinking
2. Speeding, using a phone when driving
3. Child labour, child exploitation
Ideas of laws / rules you can talk about
1. Age limits for: marriage, driving, drinking alcohol, work

The legal age to do something
To be underage
2. Driving:
Parking, speed limits, use of lights, use of seat belts/mobile phones/
child seats
3. Business law
Recruiting people, minimum wage, health and safety
4. School rules
Do homework, go to class, treat others with respect,
no bullying, no cheating, no ghting,
no phones,
Obligatory uniform / dress code
5. Working rules
Clocking in time, workspace, lunchtimes,
6. Family law
Abortion (rode vs wade), adoption, divorce, marriage (same sex
marriage, common law marriage/ partnership)
7. Environment
Littering
Recycling
No spitting
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Useful Collocation Tool
https://ozdic.com/collocation/law
Find out more about legal de nitions (for experts and geeks only!)
https://www.yakimacleanair.org/services/de nitions.html
Model Answer
Describe a law / rule you don’t like / want to change
You should say,
What it is
What it is for
Why you don’t like it
And explain how you would change it
Watch the Model Answer and then ll in the gaps with one word only
1. It was __________ to wear a school uniform
2. This seemed to me to be the most ________ rule
3. Especially if it was __________ hot weather
4. We had to ________ up, dressed to the nines
5. The other kids would take the ________ out of us
6. ____ the time, when I was younger, I really hated it.
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Answers at bottom of the PDF
What useful words or collocations did you notice in the model

answer?
It was obligatory to wear ____

External events
The most ridiculous rule
Scorching hot weather
Turn up
Dressed to the nines = to dress very smartly
Take the mickey out of someone (U.K.)= to make fun of someone
I get the logic
Public relations
Building the image
A rule set by many schools
Do away with uniforms
So on and so forth
Beware!
Some websites give over-complicated answers full of complex words

that are very hard to use in natural spoken English.
Here is an example of the kind of answers I don’t think you should try to
use or learn from.
https://www.ieltscuecard.com/2015/09/describe-any-law-which-you-
like.html
Focus more on being natural than being complicated!
Common Topics Part 3
Common themes and questions for the topic of Law might include:
Rules at school / home / work
Are they good or bad? And why?
Punishments
Useful Collocations for punishments
The death penalty = to be sentenced to death = capital punishment
To be sent to prison
To be sentenced to prison
Get a prison sentence
Go down for life = to get a life sentence in prison
Do community service
Get a ne = have to pay money
Corporal punishment = hitting the children at school
Get a detention = where you stay behind after school
The judge will hand down a sentence
To go behind bars
I got a slap on the wrist = a light punishment
The Verdict is guilty or innocent

The Sentence = the punishment
You are not allowed to go up to the next year / grade

(For children who fail their end of year exams)
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Essential Vocabulary for Laws: Answers
1. It’s ILLEGAL / FORBIDDEN / PROHIBITED to drink alcohol
under the age of 18 in the UK
2. There is no law AGAINST / FORBIDDING / BANNING /

RESTRICTING singing in public
3. If you don’t FOLLOW / OBEY the rules at school, you can be

PUNISHED/SUSPENDED / EXPELLED
Model Answer gap- ll: Answers
Watch the Model Answer and then ll in the gaps with one word only
1. It was OBLIGATORY to wear a school uniform
2. This seemed to me to be the most RIDICULOUS rule
3. Especially if it was SCORCHING hot weather
4. We had to TURN up, dressed to the nines
5. The other kids would take the MICKEY out of us
6. AT the time, when I was younger, I really hated it.
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What you will learn:

1. It’s ___________ to drink alcohol under the age of 18 in the UK

2. There is no law _________ singing in public

3. If you don’t _____________ the rules at school, you can be

Answers at bottom of PDF

Law (n. countable)

A law against speeding

Law (n. uncountable)

As a lawyer, I practice criminal law

A law is something you must legally do

Government passes a law

Citizens obey / observe / abide by the law

If you break / violate a law, there will be a penalty or punishment

Against the law

Something you must legally do

Something you should do

Norms (n. Countable)

Unspoken rules / expected behaviour

Take the law into your own hands

To lay down the law

Fill in the gaps with one word only

1. If you __________ by the law, you won’t be sent to prison

2. It’s __________ the law to throw litter on the streets in Singapore

1. If you ABIDE by the law, you won’t be sent to prison

2. It’s AGAINST the law to throw litter on the streets in Singapore

Describe a law / rule you don’t like or want to change

Look at the picture and guess the law / rule

Possible Answers Below:

Ideas of laws / rules you can talk about

1. Age limits for: marriage, driving, drinking alcohol, work

You should say,

And explain how you would change it

1. It was __________ to wear a school uniform

2. This seemed to me to be the most ________ rule

3. Especially if it was __________ hot weather

4. We had to ________ up, dressed to the nines

5. The other kids would take the ________ out of us

6. ____ the time, when I was younger, I really hated it.

What useful words or collocations did you notice in the model

It was obligatory to wear ____

Some websites give over-complicated answers full of complex words

Focus more on being natural than being complicated!

Rules at school / home / work

Are they good or bad? And why?

Useful Collocations for punishments

The death penalty = to be sentenced to death = capital punishment

The Verdict is guilty or innocent

You are not allowed to go up to the next year / grade

2. There is no law AGAINST / FORBIDDING / BANNING /

3. If you don’t FOLLOW / OBEY the rules at school, you can be

Model Answer gap- ll: Answers

1. It was OBLIGATORY to wear a school uniform

2. This seemed to me to be the most RIDICULOUS rule

3. Especially if it was SCORCHING hot weather

4. We had to TURN up, dressed to the nines

5. The other kids would take the MICKEY out of us

6. AT the time, when I was younger, I really hated it.

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