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Crime Vocab
People in Crime
Past Continuous
Past Simple vs
Continuous
Speaking &Functional
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To look carefully at something to find out the truth. (verb)


A: What is investigate?

100
Q: This person saw the crime happen. (noun)


A: What is a witness?

100
Q: Put in order: graffiti / were / two teenagers / painting.


A: Two teenagers were painting graffiti.

100
Q: Which tense: "The alarm rang"?


A: Past Simple — completed action

100
Q: A police officer asks: "What _______ you doing on Main Street at 11:00 last night?"


A: "What were you doing..."

200

Q: The place where a criminal goes after being convicted. (noun)


A: What is prison?

200
Q: A person suspected of committing a crime but not yet proven guilty. (noun)


A: What is a suspect?

200
Q: True or False: "A criminal wasn't sleeping" uses Past Continuous negative correctly.



A: True. Negative: was/were + not + verb-ing.

200
Q: Fill in: "While police _______ (arrest) the robber, they found a knife."


A: were arresting

200
Q: A witness reports a crime. What question does the police officer ask to get a description?


A: "Can you describe the man?" or "What was he wearing?"

300

Marks left by fingers at a crime scene used as clues.


A: What are fingerprints?

300
Q: A scientist who uses science to help solve crimes. (two words)


A: What is a forensic scientist?

300
Q: Complete: "The boys and girls _______ (have) a picnic when the police arrived."


A: were having

300
Q: "The robbers _______ (steal) jewellery when the alarm rang." Which tense goes where?


A: were stealing (continuous) / rang (simple).

300
Q: Describe the suspect from the Unit 5 role-play: height, hair, clothes.


A: Medium height, dark hair, wearing jeans and a yellow sweater.

400
Q: To take control of a vehicle by force. (verb)


A: What is hijack?

400
Q: The famous fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (full name)


A: Who is Sherlock Holmes?

400
Q: "I _______ (sleep) three hours ago." Is this Past Continuous? Why?


A: was sleeping — action in progress at a specific past time.

400
Q: The neighbours thought the robbers were doing what? (Jewel Robbers story)


A: They thought they were repairing the flat.

400
Q: In the role-play, what did the witness do after seeing the crime?


A: He/She ran away / called the police.

500

Q: Information or objects that help prove what happened in a crime. (noun)


A: What is evidence?

500
Q: This person enters buildings illegally to steal things. Different from a thief. (noun)


A: What is a burglar?

500
Q: Describe what was happening: a boy hitting a classmate + a teenager riding a skateboard. Use Past Continuous for BOTH.


A: A boy was hitting his classmate. A teenager was riding a skateboard.

500
Q: The Jewel Robbers copied a plan from a story. Which famous detective's story did they use?


A: A Sherlock Holmes story.

500
Q: Write the full police interview question asking what happened AND what the witness did next.


A: "What happened?" + "What did you do?"