Elizabeth II (Grammar)

1. The British monarchy is a very popular institution largely _____ the fact that it doesn't actually govern.

2. The Sovereign has wide _____ powers but they are seldom used.

3. He or she has the power _____ any politician establishing a dictatorship.

4. The royal prerogative is to dismiss the government, declare war, disband the Army and Navy, give territory _____ to a foreign country and declare the State of Emergency.

5. The King or the Queen makes everyone a peer, pardons the _____, and creates universities.

6. The monarchy has not ____ been popular but it survived the republican sentiments.

7. The late Queen was probably the wealthiest woman in the world. ____ money came from family investments.

8. Her State salary, the Civil List, paid _____ her servants and transport.

9. Since 1952, the Queen _____ 1,765,000 pounds sterling in cash each year for personal and household expences.

10. Household salaries _____ pay for the ladies-in-waiting, seven chefs, 40 maids, five bodyguards, one druggist, and one mistress of the wardrobe.

11. There were ____ to the Girl Scouts, and Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Besides, she helped her favourite magazine "Sporting Life".

12. Elizabeth II was a very popular monarch. If there were not monarchy, 80% of the British would have voted ____ her as President.