CRIME FILES
A person who sees a crime happen. Name the word.
A witness
Someone steals a jacket from Zara. What's the crime?
Shoplifting
Complete the sentence: The police will ___ into the case.
look
Complete the sentence: When I arrived, the police ___ already ___ (leave).
had already left
Someone who helps another person commit a crime.
An accomplice.
Someone breaks into a house to steal jewellery. Name the crime and the criminal.
Burglary / a burglar
What does "turn yourself in" mean?
To go to the police and admit you've committed a crime
Correct the mistake: The burglar had stole the jewellery before the alarm started ringing.
The burglar had stolen the jewellery before the alarm started ringing
What's the difference between a suspect and a victim?
A suspect may have committed a crime; a victim suffers because of it.
Complete the sentence: She was ___ of theft, ___ by the police and later ___ with the crime.
accused / arrested / charged
Replace "found" with a phrasal verb: Detectives finally found the suspect after months of searching.
Detectives finally tracked down the suspect after months of searching.
Make a negative sentence using Past Perfect: The detective / not collect / enough evidence / before the trial to start.
The detective hadn't collected enough evidence before the trial started.
Complete the sentence: The police found no ___, so they couldn't ___ the suspect ___ murder.
evidence / charge / with.
Explain the difference between evidence and proof
Possible answer: Evidence is the raw material, data, or clues that suggest a claim might be true, while proof is the final result or conclusion that establishes a claim as a definitive fact
Complete the sentence: The judge ___ him ___ with a warning instead of locking him up.
let / off
Question: Explain the difference between these two sentences:
When I arrived, he left.
When I arrived, he had left.
Answer:
He left when I arrived.
He had already left before I arrived.
A man secretly takes expensive watches across the border. Name the crime, the criminal and the verb.
Smuggling / a smuggler / to smuggle
A politician pays an official to hide evidence. Name the noun and the verb.
to bribe / a bribe
Use THREE expressions from this category to describe the situation: A criminal escaped, the police found him, and he went to prison.
The police tracked him down, brought him to justice and locked him up.
Make a question using Past Perfect: you / ever / witness / a crime / before you turned 18?
Had you ever witnessed a crime before you turned 18?