Verbs in Action
To make something clear or let it be seen. Complete the sentence: “Fingerprints can ______ that a person was at the location.”
What is “show”?
A person the police believe may be guilty of a crime.
What is “suspect”?
A machine or tool made for a particular purpose. Complete the sentence: “A CT scanner is a medical imaging ______.”
What is “device”?
To look at something very carefully in order to learn more about it, like a doctor checking a patient.
What is “examine”?
Police officers or investigators whose job is to solve crimes.
What is “detectives”?
A repeated design or arrangement, like the lines and curves on your fingertips.
What is “pattern”?
To find the answer to a problem or the explanation for a puzzle or crime.
What is “solve”?
Strange events or things that are hard to explain, with answers not yet known.
What are “mysteries”?
Facts, objects, or signs that help show whether something is true, especially in a crime.
What is “evidence”?
To find out or decide something after studying the facts.
What is “determine”?
Who a person is, including the name and traits that make them different from everyone else.
What is “identity”?
Did something, usually illegal or wrong. Complete the sentence: “The thief ______ the robbery at midnight.”
What is “committed”?
To show, using facts or evidence, that something is definitely true.
What is “prove”?
A careful study of something, breaking it into parts to understand it better.
What is “analysis”?
The fact of being in a particular place at a particular time. It is the opposite of “absence.”
What is “presence”?