People in Crime
The person who investigates crimes.
A detective
The police _____ the supsect after the chase.
Arrested
The police found fingerprints on the window. What are fingerprints?
Marks made by someone´s fingers
Correct this sentence:
The police catch the thief.
Caught
There was an explosion near a bank. The police found tools and a mask behind the building. What crime happened?
A robbery/someone tried to rob the bank
The person who decides the punishment in court.
A judge
When someone enters a building illegally to steal something.
Break into/Burglarize
This word means ¨something that helps solve a mystery."
A clue
Correct this sentence:
The detective didn´t stole anything.
Didn´t steal
A famous scientist was poisoned during dinner. The chef prepared the food.
The assistant served it.
The friend poured the drinks.
The poison was found only in the scientist´s glass, not the food. Who´s guilty?
The friend-- he handled the drinks.
The group of citizens who decide guilt or innocence.
When someone runs away from a place because they don´t want to be caught.
Escape
The detective looked carefully at the crime scence and found something the thief left behind. What do we call this?
Evidence/a clue/proof
By the time the detective arrived, the thief ______ (escape).
Had escaped
At the art gallery, a painting was cut out of its frame.
The artist said he left early to eat.
The janitor had paint on his hands.
The tour guide was seen near the exit with a large bag.
Later, the police found the janitor with paint on his hands, and the tour guide with a knife in his bag.
Who is guilty?
The tour guide--the knife links him to the painted frame.
This famous detective lives at 221B Baker Street in London and uses logic to solve crimes.
Sherlock Holmes
When a detective carefully reviews or looks at evidence. What is he doing to the evidence?
Examining
The detective looked closely at the fingerprints and the blood on the floor to _____ what really happened.
Uncover
Conditional form:
If the police ____ (arrive) sooner, they ____ (caught) the thief.
Had arrived/would have caught
The drowning victim was found next to an open window. The floor was wet, but there were no signs of a fight. The detective saw wet footprints outside leading to the pool. What happened?
Someone escaped through the window after pushing the victim into the pool.
J.K. Rowling wrote about a boy who discovered he´s a wizard. When was the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer´s Stone, first published?
1997
The police decided to interrogate the suspect. What does this mean? What happens after?
Describe the difference between a clue and a piece of evidence.
Describe the difference between a clue and a piece of evidence.
Put in passive voice:
The police arrested the suspect.
The suspect was arrested by the police.
A rich woman reports that her diamond necklace has disappeared during a dinner party. There were three guests:
The chef says he never left the kitchen.
The gardner was serving drinks because the waiter was sick.
The best friend says she helped clean the table after dinner.
Clues:
The police find a muddy footprint near the dining room door. The necklace is later found outside the house wrapped in a napkin.
Who stole the necklace?
The gardner. He was in the garden (muddy footprint) and the napkin could have come from the table he was serving-- he tried to hide the necklace outside after taking it.