Anticipation Exercise

Name
Date
Topic
Score
Agree

Ireland and the EU

Before

Disagree
1

After

Statement
The European Union is an international
trading bloc?

EU Commissioners are senior managers

who are appointed by national
governments to run the European Union

The three EU institutes consist of the

European Central Bank, the EU
Parliament and the EU Commission

The Court of Auditors is responsible

for ensuring that EU laws are applied
correctly in all EU countries.

The European Central Bank keeps

inflation low and safeguards the value
of the euro currency

EU Regulations are not legally binding

EU decisions are only binding on

specifically named countries,
companies or organisations.

The Single European Policys objective

is to promote free trade between
member states

Agree

Disagree

The Common Agricultural Policys (CAP)

objective is to develop agriculture and
rural life

10

The European Monetary Union policys

objective is to promote and protect
those countries in the EU that do not
use the euro as their currency

Instructions: Guess answers, read passage, answer again, compare results

before & after