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Name: .............................................................................

Vocabulary
1 Circle eight kinds of people related to crime in the puzzle. Then complete the sentences
below with the words.
b e s u s p e c t
p x t e r g o f h
o p a r d i n f i
s e c g k d m o e
p r i s o n e r f
t t j e b o x g y
h c u l a w y e r
i i d r w n z r h
e s g v i c t i m
g t e a d i n a p

1. The security guards watched the dangerous …………………… carefully.


2. Mr Beatty is a good …………………… . He usually wins his cases.
3. The people in the court made a lot of noise. The …………………… told them to be quiet.
4. The police didn’t have enough evidence, so they couldn’t arrest the …………………… .
5. In the middle of the night, a …………………… stole 20 expensive watches from our shop.
6. Ken knows how to repair every kind of computer. He is an …………………… .
7. The …………………… copied a famous painting and sold it for a lot of money.
8. The policeman asked the …………………… what the robber looked like.

2 Match A to B to complete the definitions.


A B
1. A witness ...... a. decides if the person is guilty.
2. A forensic scientist ...... b. investigates crimes.
3. A jury ...... c. knows what happened because he was there.
4. A burglar ...... d. protects places from criminals.
5. A security guard ...... e. checks the evidence in a laboratory.
6. A detective ...... f. goes into people’s houses to steal.

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Grammar
3 Complete the questions with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. Where …………………… the robber …………………… (hide) when the
police …………………… (arrive)?
2. Why …………………… Ellen …………………… (cry) while she
…………………… (talk) on phone?
3. Why …………………… you …………………… (stand) outside when
I …………………… (see) you at the shopping centre?
4. How fast …………………… Ted …………………… (drive) when he
…………………… (win) the race?
5. What …………………… the children …………………… (do) while
Mother …………………… (cook) dinner?

4 Complete the answers with the correct verb in brackets. Use the Past Continuous.
Then match the answers to the questions in Exercise 3.
...... a. Because her boyfriend …………………… (fight / help) with her.
...... b. They …………………… (learn / make) a mess in the living room.
...... c. He …………………… (build / go) 100 kilometres an hour.
...... d. Because I …………………… (wait / perform) for my sister.
...... e. He …………………… (run / lie) under the bed.

5 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.

The Bush family in Westlake, Ohio 1.…………………… (go) to sleep at night


as usual last week. While they 2.…………………… (sleep), Sue Warren, a
cleaning lady, 3.…………………… (enter) their house. They 4.
…………………… (not know) that she 5.…………………… (clean) the living
room and kitchen while they 6.…………………… (lie) in their beds. In the
morning, they 7.…………………… (find) a note from Warren. It said,
“I cleaned your house. Please send me $75.” Mrs Bush immediately 8.
…………………… (call) the police. According to the police, Warren 9.
…………………… (not steal) anything while she 10.…………………… (work)
in the Bush house. In the end, she had to pay $5,000 or go to prison.

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