Look for the criminal
Detective work
Past is important
Past Continious
Confusing moments
100

A __________ was arrested by the police. It was a young adult who stole a bottle of Lipton from Auchan.

a shoplifter

100

A detective investigated a crime last Friday.

looked into

100

brake, bring, teach, sink, find

broke, brought, taught, sank, found

100

While you ___________ (investigate) the crime, I _________ (look for evidence)

were investigating; was looking for evidence

100

She _________ (lie) in bed, when she ______ (hear) a sudden noise.

was lying; heard

200

Some ___________ destroyed the statue in the Central Park.

vandal
200

She asked a lot of questions and solved that the criminal was a senior citizen named Ben Smith.

worked out

200

A band of criminals _____ (steal) 2.6 million dollars in 1964

stole

200

I _________ (not sleep) at 2 AM last Monday

sleeping

200

While she ________ (check) the room, she ______ (reach) the door.

was checking; reached

300

He blackmailed me, Johnny! This _________ wants money for keeping my personal information a secrect.

Fraudster

300

To prove this accusation she tried to find the evidence

looked for

300

Marilyn Monroe _____ a fmous singer and a well-known actress. She ______ (sing) in movies and ______ (buy) expensive things.

was; sang; bought

300

Did you see Maru and John?

Yes, they ________ (sit) at the cafe, when I ____ (see) them.

were sitting; saw

300

She ________ (open) the door, ________ (pick) the phone up, and _______ (call) the police.

opened, picked, called

400

A teenager attacked his classmate and stole all his pocketmoney. So young and already a ________

mugger

400

After finding the evidence, she _________ a suspect and _________ that he was the criminal

charged; proved

400

He _________ (not steal) the money, but he ______ (steal) my heart.

didn't steal, stole

400

What/you/at 3 AM/do? The whole house/all night/jump.

What were you doing at 3 AM? The whole house was jumping all night.

400

As I _________ (analyse) evidence, he ______ (work out) a new plan.

was analysing; worked out

500

Everybody, listen carefully, these ___________ are sitting in the bank with the hostages. First of all we need to save people and then _________ the ________

these robbers; arrest the robbers

500

She was trying to find evidence when she found a gun at Ben's house by accident

was looking for; proof; came across
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