A. Reading comprehension

Read our article about the 2020 US elections on pages 6-7 of English Now No 112 and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Then, if a statement is false, think about why it is false. Check out Part B to see if you were correct.

1. Elections in America always take place on a Sunday, so people can go and vote and don’t have to work.
- a. true
- b. false
2. Candidates from parties that are neither Democrat nor Republican have no chance of winning the election.
- a. true
- b. false
3. During the primary elections and caucuses, voters cast a ballot to select a list of delegates to a political party’s nominating convention.
- a. true
- b. false
4. During the national conventions, both the Democratic and the Republican parties nominate one candidate for president and one for vice-president.
- a. true
- b. false
5. The candidates of both parties engage in three public debates of 90 minutes that are televised.
- a. true
- b. false
6. The US presidential election is nationwide so the rules are the same everywhere in the US.
- a. true
- b. false
7. Voters in the presidential election are voting directly for a candidate.
- a. true
- b. false
8. It is possible to win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote.
- a. true
- b. false
9. ‘Red states’ vote Republican, ‘blue states’ vote Democrat and swing states can vote either way.
- a. true
- b. false
10. The winner of the 2020 presidential election will be sworn in at the presidential inauguration that will take place in December 2020.
- a. true
- b. false

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A. Reading comprehension

1. Elections in America always take place on a Sunday, so people can go and vote and don’t have to work.

2. Candidates from parties that are neither Democrat nor Republican have no chance of winning the election.

3. During the primary elections and caucuses, voters cast a ballot to select a list of delegates to a political party’s nominating convention.

4. During the national conventions, both the Democratic and the Republican parties nominate one candidate for president and one for vice-president.

5. The candidates of both parties engage in three public debates of 90 minutes that are televised.

6. The US presidential election is nationwide so the rules are the same everywhere in the US.

7. Voters in the presidential election are voting directly for a candidate.

8. It is possible to win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote.

9. ‘Red states’ vote Republican, ‘blue states’ vote Democrat and swing states can vote either way.

10. The winner of the 2020 presidential election will be sworn in at the presidential inauguration that will take place in December 2020.