Exercise on Verbal Tenses 3

English for Business and Law October 24, 2018 English for Political Studies (Advanced Level)

ü Exercise 3: put the verbs in the brackets in the correct form – simple present, present perfect or simple past – sometimes in their passive voice:

The UK Independence Party (UKIP /ˈjuːkɪp/) ………………………………. (1. to be) a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It …………………………………… (2. to be headquartered) in Newton Abbot, Devon, and currently led by Paul Nuttall. At Westminster, UKIP …………………………… (3. to have) no Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons and three representatives in the House of Lords. It …………………………….. (4. to have) 20 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), making it jointly the largest UK party in that Parliament. It ……………………….. (5. to have) six Assembly Members (AMs) in the National Assembly for Wales and 438 councillors in UK local government. Ideologically positioned on the right wing of British politics, UKIP ……………………………. (6. to be characterised) as part of a broader European radical right by political scientists. It ………………………… (7. to promote) a British unionist and British nationalist agenda, although its claim that the latter ……………………. (8. to be) a form of non-racial civic nationalism ………………………………………………….. (9. to be disputed). UKIP's primary emphasis ……………………………. (10. to be) on Euroscepticism, calling for the UK's exit from the European Union (EU). It ……………………………………. (11. also / to place) strong emphasis on lowering immigration, opposing multiculturalism, and encouraging a unitary British identity. On social issues like LGBT rights and education policy it ……………………….. (12. to favour) traditional values. Influenced by Thatcherism and classical liberalism, it ………………………………… (13. to describe) itself as economically libertarian and ………………………………. (14. to promote) liberal economic policies. Having an ideological heritage stemming from the right wing of the Conservative Party, it …………………………….. (15. to distinguish) itself from the political establishment through heavy use of populist rhetoric. UKIP ……………………………………… (16. to originate) as the Anti-Federalist League, a single-issue Eurosceptic party that ……………………………. (17. to be established) by the historian Alan Sked in 1991. It …………………………………. (18. to be renamed) UKIP in 1993 but its growth ……………………………… (19. remain) slow; it ……………………………………. (20. largely / to be eclipsed) by the Eurosceptic Referendum Party until the latter's 1997 dissolution. Sked ………………………….. (21. then / to be ousted) by a faction led by Nigel Farage, who …………………………… (22. to become) the party's preeminent figure. Under Farage's leadership, from 2009 the party ……………………………… (23. to adopt) a wider policy platform and ……………………………….. (24. to capitalise) on concerns about rising immigration, in particular among the White British working class. This …………………………… (25. to result) in significant breakthroughs at the 2013 local elections, 2014 European elections, and 2015 general election. The pressure UKIP ……………………………. (26. to exert) on the government …………………………………….. (27. widely / to be regarded) as the main reason for the 2016 referendum which ……………………………….. (28. to lead) to the decision to withdraw from the European Union. Governed by its leader and National Executive Committee, UKIP ……………………………… (29. to be divided) into twelve regional groups, with an additional one representing Gibraltar. UKIP ……………………….. (30. to be) a founding member of the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe European political party, and the party's MEPs …………………………………… (31. to sit) with the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group in the European Parliament. While gaining electoral support from various sectors of British society, political scientists …………………………………………… (32. to establish) that its primary voting base …………………………….. (33. to be) in England and ……………………………. (34. to consist) largely of older, working-class white Britons. UKIP ………………………………………. (35. to face) a critical reception from mainstream political parties, much of the British media, and anti-fascist groups; its discourse on immigration and cultural identity ………………………………….. (36. to generate) accusations of racism and xenophobia, both of which it ……………………….. (37. to deny).