Crime, Criminals, Actions
Past
At a Crime Scene
Random
Challenge
100

The crime is murder. 

The person is a _______.

The verb is __________. 

Murderer, murder/to kill

100

How do we make the past continuous?

Subject + ____ + ___________ 

Subject + "to be" was/were + Verb with ING

100

What is this?

Fingerprint

100

The police think you robbed a bank, but you have an ______. You were in Paris.

alibi

100

What is a victim?

A person hurt in a crime.

200

This is when people bring illegal things into the country.

What is smuggling?

200

Complete with the correct form of steal, rob, or burgle:

While Josh was working, someone ________ his computer. 

stole

200

A person who sees a crime is a _________. 

Witness

200

You rob a bank. Your _______ is 5 years in prison. 

sentence

200

What is the past tense of "fight"?

Fought

300

The PERSON is a _______. 

What is a kidnapper?

300

Turn this sentence into a QUESTION.

The bank workers were working when someone tried to rob the bank. 

?

Were the bank workers working when someone tried to rob the bank?

300

Who solves crimes?

A detective. 

300

A car ________ Raul last night. Luckily, he is still alive. 

hit / ran over

300

What is this?

Blood.

400

The person that illegally copies money, art, documents, etc. 

forger

400

Complete the sentence.


Last night I ____________ (watch) TV when I _________ (heard) a strange noise. I think it was a thief!

was watching, heard


400

What does this picture show?

An interview. 

400
If someone puts something in your food or drink to kill you, what is it called?

Poison/poisoning

400

Name three weapons from the ORIGINAL clue game. 

revolver/gun

knife/dagger

lead pipe

rope

candlestick

wrench

500

There are two words very similar to "theft". We use one to talk about a theft with people around, and the other to talk about theft when NO ONE else is around. 

 Robbery, burglary

500

What is the difference between the past simple and the past continuous? For example:


The police were investigating a murder when they found three fingerprints. 

The past continuous = an ongoing event

The past simple = an event in the moment that finished

500

Name three types of EVIDENCE you may find at a crime scene

EX: blood, DNA, footprints, weapon

500

Paul is eating an apple. Suddenly, he can't breath. What is happening?

Paul is CHOKING. 

500

Two pills, a safe one and a dangerous one, were given to a group of victims to take. All of them died even though they took their pills in a random order. How did they die?

The water was poisoned.