Listening Comprehension Exercise: Theresa May on Article 50 and the Brexit negotiations Part 1 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zFtBZjc9M List of names and terms:  David Davis: Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (i.e. the Brexit minister)  Priti Patel: Secretary of State for International Development  Boris Johnson: the Foreign Secretary and one of the spearheads of the Leave campaign  David Cameron: former Prime Minister, May's predecessor  Article 50: the article in the Lisbon Treaty (2009) which sets out the rules for leaving the EU

 BBC Learning Example:  BBC Radio 4 0. This programme is from…  BBC World  YouTube Theresa May reminds the audience of her promise to put the focus of her  true 1. policies on normal families rather than rich ones.  false  cutting all links to the European Union  focusing on trade with the United States The Prime Minister's vision of Britain after Brexit in-  promoting free trade 2. clude…  protecting Britain's security (tick the 3 correct answers)  Scottish independence  trading with Europe Theresa May accepts some doubts about whether the Brexit referendum was  true 3. legitimate or not.  false  cuts in the public sector.

The Prime Minister praises  organizing the referendum. 4. David Cameron for…  same-sex marriages. (tick the 2 correct answers)  tax reductions for poorer people.  uniting the Conservative Party. With respect to the state of the Brexit negotiations the PM makes a promise to the British public 5. to …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Theresa May does not want to trigger Article 50 before the end of this year because she wants time to ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………... (give one reason) Theresa May admits that since the decision to leave the EU the British econ-  true 7. omy has been suffering.  false  after March 2017 Article 50 will be invoked… 8.  before the end of March 2017 (tick the one correct answer)  in March 2017 The Prime Minister accuses those people who want both Houses of Parlia-  true 9. ment to agree to triggering Article 50 of being undemocratic.  false

Theresa May will consider giving the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern  true 10. Ireland the chance to leave the UK in the course of the Brexit negotiations.  false

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