1. Match the words below with their definitions.

a) letter b) corpse c) suspect d) gender e) footprint f) witness

1. A person the police thinks has committed a crime. Suspect

2. A person who suffers a crime. Victim
3. An opinion or conviction. Belief
4. A mark left by a foot, as in earth or sand. Footprint
5. A written message addressed to a person. Letter
6. A dead body. Corpse
7. A person who has seen someone or heard something related to a crime.Witness
8. The sex of a person. Gender

2. Two police officers are talking. Read the text and complete the tasks.

Maggie: Hi Tom, how are you? Have you finished your report?
Tom: Oh, hi Maggie. No, I haven’t.
Maggie: Oh, really? The deadline is tomorrow. You have to submit it tomorrow.
Tom: OMG! I haven’t even started it yet. Can I hand it in next week?
Maggie: I don’t know. You’ll have to ask Officer O’connor about that. I think you must finish it
by tomorrow. He probably won’t accept reports after tomorrow.
Tom: I’ve had so many other things to do. I couldn’t even start it. I don’t know what to do.
Maggie: Don’t worry. I can help you.
Tom: Really? Great!
Maggie: Where is the signed testimony of your witness?
Tom: You won’t believe it but this document has been shred… Someone made a mistake.
Maggie: No way! Could she identify the suspect? Did she tell you the gender or nationality of
the suspect?
Tom: Yes, we had to look for someone who was had German nationality and was a man.
Maggie: Okay, great.
Tom: Oh, look! I have the original testimony here. Thanks god… I was starting to freak out...
Maggie: Awesome! So, let’s do it! You have to print these documents. I’ll give them to the
judge and you’ll give them to the lawyer of the suspect. You must do it quickly.
Tom: Okay. Thank you!
Maggie: No problem!

I. COMPREHENSION
Answer the questions 1-2 according to the information given in the text.
1. What is the nationality and gender of the suspect?
The nationality of the suspect is the German nationality and the gender are a man.
2. Who is going to give the documents to the lawyer of the suspect?
Maggie will give the testimony to the judge and the judge will give it to the suspects.
Are these statements true or false? Justify your answers with the precise words or phrases
from the text, or use your own words.
3. Maggie has completed her report. False,the report is not her she helped her
partner Tom has completed his report.
4. Tom has submitted his report.False,Tom had to finish the report quickly to send it.
 5. Tom must ask Officer O’connor if he can hand in the report after the deadline. True

II. USE OF ENGLISH

6. Find in the text one synonym for ‘police” (you’re looking for a noun).Officer
7. Give an adverb with the same root of “nation” (you’re looking for a noun).Nationality.
8. Find in the text a word that has this definition: “A person who has seen someone or heard
something related to a crime.” (you’re looking for a noun). Witness
9. Find in the text a sentence that contains a modal of obligation and explain it with your own
words. You must do it quickly.