1. Complete the table with the correct words.
|
Crimes |
Criminals |
|
1……………………… |
drug dealer |
|
murder |
2……………………… |
|
3……………………… |
robber |
|
shoplifting |
4……………………… |
|
5……………………… |
smuggler |
|
theft |
6……………………… plural: 7……………………… |
Answer
1 drug-dealing 2 murderer 3 robbery 4 shoplifter
5 smuggling 6 thief 7 thieves
2. Label the pictures with the name of the crime and the type of criminal.
1 b…………………… ……………………
2 v…………………… ……………………
3 a…………………… ……………………
4 m…………………… ……………………
Answer
1 burglary, burglar 2 vandalism, vandal
3 arson, arsonist 4 mugging, mugger
3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
break deal kill mug rob set
smuggle steal vandalise
1 Arsonists …………………… fire to a shop in the town centre last night.
2 Two teenagers …………………… into a house in Kings Road and stole a TV.
3 There’s a man who …………………… drugs on the street near our house.
4 Police arrested two men who tried to …………………… a million cigarettes into the country.
5 An armed robber shot and …………………… a security guard at a bank last Saturday.
6 Three men tried to …………………… a bank, but customers chased them away.
7 My sister …………………… some make-up from a cosmetics store when she was fifteen.
8 Last night two boys …………………… a drinks machine near the park. The drinks machine is now out of order.
9 Two men …………………… my uncle in the street and took his phone and wallet. Luckily, they didn’t hurt him.
Answer
1 set 2 broke 3 deals 4 smuggle 5 killed
6 rob 7 stole 8 vandalised 9 mugged
4. Listen to two crime reports. What are the crimes?
1 …………………………
2 …………………………
Answer
1 arson 2 smuggling
Transcript
1 A fire broke out in a department store in the town centre shortly after midnight. Police have launched an investigation and suspect that somebody started the fire deliberately. Witnesses saw two men running from the store. The police are studying CCTV footage of the area. They hope to identify the culprits and have appealed for more witnesses to contact them.
2 Police have discovered large quantities of cigarettes and alcohol in a garage in Brighton. They were patrolling the area and became suspicious when they saw men carrying a large number of boxes into the garage. The police are interviewing two suspects who they believe brought the goods from Spain and were planning to sell them illegally in pubs and bars. They have also searched a house nearby and made another arrest.
5. Complete the verb + noun collocations in the sentences using the nouns below.
the area arrest CCTV footage the culprits a house
an investigation suspects witnesses
1 a Police have launched ……………………………..
b The police are studying …………………………….. of the area.
c They hope to identify …………………………….. and have appealed for more …………………………….. to contact them.
2 d They were patrolling …………………………….. and became suspicious.
e The police are interviewing two ……………………………..
f They have also searched …………………………….. nearby and made another.
Answer
a an investigation b CCTV footage
c the culprits, witnesses d the area e suspects
f a house, arrest
Transcript
1 Police have launched an investigation. The police are studying CCTV footage of the area. They hope to identify the culprits and have appealed for more witnesses to contact them.
2 They were patrolling the area and became suspicious. The police are interviewing two suspects. They have also searched a house nearby and made another arrest.
Extra exercises
1. Complete the news summaries with the words below.
arson arsonist burglars burgled looters looting
mugger muggings shoplifters shoplifting
1 Someone set fire to an empty building early this morning. Police said it was ………………………… and that they haven’t caught the ………………………… yet.
2 Someone attacked a woman and stole her handbag. She did not see the face of the ………………………… . There have been a lot of similar ………………………… in the area.
3 ………………………… broke into five shops last night. They took money and goods. Someone had ………………………… two of the shops before.
4 After a flood caused damage, ………………………… took food and tools from several buildings. All of the suspects had received fines for ………………………… before.
5 Often young people’s friends encourage them to steal from shops. It seems like a game, but ………………………… is a crime, and ………………………… can receive large fines.
Answer
1 arson, arsonist
2 mugger, muggings
3 Burglars, burgled
4 looters, looting
5 shoplifting, shoplifters
2. Complete the sentences with the words below.
arrest CCTV footage culprit investigation
patrol searched suspect witnesses
1 As soon as a neighbour reported the murder, the police launched an …………………………
2 The police ………………………… the house for clues.
3 Two detectives have arrested a …………………………, a man who has committed many crimes before.
4 The police can’t make an ………………………… until they have more evidence.
5 The police chief was on the news appealing for …………………………
6 There are cameras in the area so the police have ………………………… to study.
7 A witness came forward and identified the ………………………… from a photograph.
8 Several guards ………………………… the area around the palace day and night to check that everything is secure.
Answer
1 investigation 2 searched 3 suspect 4 arrest
5 witnesses 6 CCTV footage 7 culprit 8 patrol
3. Match the two parts of the compound nouns.
1 a murder …………………………
2 a ………………………… ticket
3 ………………………… gum
4 finger …………………………
5 ………………………… records
6 an open-top …………………………
7 a telephone …………………………
8 a ………………………… code
a car
b chewing
c secret
d dental
e investigation
f number
g train
h prints
Answer
1 e 2 g 3 b 4 h 5 d 6 a 7 f 8 c
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