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Vocabulary cine * If Write the words under the correct pictures. police officer « fingerprints « court + gun « knife » murder « prison + criminal **@ choose the correct answer. 1. Did the police investigate / murder / arrest anyone for stealing the money? . A police officer / criminal / weapon stopped that man for driving too fast. . There were no knives / guns / fingerprints on the cup. . Five terrorists arrested / hijacked / investigated a bus last night. . There was a robbery / court / prison at the First National Bank yesterday. . It's not a real fingerprint / gun / criminal. It's just a toy, ayeep **3 Complete the headlines with the words below. investigate « arrest « robbery + weapon « hijack + evidence Dirrorists oon M@KOPlaNe Dank oe = OwO men steal £500,000 pilot saves passengers Leer ae ee eens | Migneccarnoname pelle Giger aansawitinrenmimineenine officers... erlme police discover new... in murder butdon'tfinda investigation and... two men ***4i Use the words in Exercises 1, 2 and 3 to write four newspaper headlines of your own. eae eta ae a aa - 8. 4 40 I ; “2 Grammar ast Continuous Read the descriptions, What were the people doing? Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Past Continuous affirmative. sleep + take + investigate + steal « hijack + paint 1. A police photographer was in the bank. She photos. 2. The police officers found some fingerprints. ‘They 3. The men pointed their guns at the passengers and told them to sit down. acrime, They a bus. 4. The police officer was tired. He in his car, 5. The girls had paints. ‘They graffiti on the walls. 6, Ned put the expensive rings and necklaces in his bag. He some jewellery: A police officer is questioning five men about a robbery. Complete the conversation below with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Continuous. Officer: Good morning, Pete. What y you (do) at 7.00 yesterday? Pete: 1? (make) dinner with my daughter. Officer: Bill,” you (have) dinner at 7.00 last night? Bill: No, I‘ 15 (drink) coffee with my friends in a café. We (chat) until 10.00. John: And I was at home all evening. My wife and I” (relax) in the living room at 7.00, Kevin: 1* (not eat) at 7.00.1° (talk) to my son and we ak (download) music on the computer. Officer: What about you, Mick? Mick: My wife and I were at the museum. We" at paintings until 8.00. (look) *** Look at the picture. Write questions with the words below and answer them. Use the Past Continuous. 1. Jim / ery 2. what / Jim / hold 3. what / Rob / eat 4, what / Alex and Hank / play 5. Rob / read / a book 6. Alex and Hank / wear / sandals Complete the questions with the time expressions below. Then answer the questions. Make the answers ‘rue for you. _five minutes ago « yesterday afternoon last Saturday « before school 1, What were you wearing pou? Diane ope eae 2 3, What were you thinking about 2 4, What was your best friend doing 2 4 Grammar ast Continuous / Past Simple * I Choose the correct answer. 1. We watched / were watching TV when we were hearing / heard the noise. 2. While we were sitting / sat in court, a police officer was coming / came in. 3. Some police officers were examining / examined the flat while others talked / were talking to the neighbours 4. Daniel was driving / drove home when his car suddenly was stopping / stopped. 5. The robbers stole / were stealing the money and ran / were running out of the shop. 6. Tess was flying / flew to London when two men were hijacking / hijacked the aeroplane. ** 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous. 1. While the police officer to the students, they in their notebooks. (write / talk) 2. The criminal his money when the police officer him. (count / catch) 3. While the woman the aeroplane, the police officer her (arrest / get on) 4, The criminal from prison while the prison guards (sleep / escape) 51 in the cupboard when I the weapon. (find / look) **B Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous. ‘The Great Train Robbery ‘On 8th August, 1963, a train * (travel) from Glasgow to London. There were money bags on the train. The train * (Stop) ata red light. While the train driver (look) at the light, a robber suddenly (appear). The robber * (hit) the driver on the head, A train worker * (hear) a noise. He * (call) for help when some of the robbers © (attack) him. While some of the robbers * (take) the money bags, the other workers on the train " (wait) for the train to move. They a (not realise) what " (happen). The Great Train Robbery was one of the biggest robberies in England. The robbers "= (steal) £2.6 million! ***4} Complete the sentences. Use the Past Simple or the Past Continuous. LI on my computer when suddenly 2. While the students , their teacher BI on my mobile phone while 4. He on the train when 5. We ina restaurant when we Write sentences about ‘the people in the picture. Use the Past Continuous. Yesterday... 1. one robber... ae . 4. the woman 2, the train driver 5. the other robbers Bitheiman(st aa 42 Unit 5 I Read about Frank Abagnale. Then complete the sentences according to the text. ‘A MAN OF MANY FACES Frank Abagnale was born in the USA in 1948 and he grew up in New York. He was a happy child until his father and mother got divorced. After that, he started to steal from shops, but he soon got bored and wanted to make PM ee se ey banks, but he didn’t plan robberies with guns or knives. He found ways to get money Abagnale enjoyed imitating different people and often changed his identity to make it harder for the police to catch him. When he was 16, he decided to become a pilot. He phoned Pan American Airlines and told them he was a pilot and needed a new uniform. He collected his 1, Abagnale was unhappy after i 2. Abagnale stole money from banks without | 3. Abagnale became a pilot after he 4, Abagnale worked at different jobs without 5, Abagnale was in prison between the years. ‘2. Find the following information in the text. 1. two weapons: 2. five jobs: Listening £B> B Listen to the conversation and tick (V) the correct person in the chart. 1.1 playing on a tablet? 2. got the game Cluedo as a gift? 3. likes the character Professor Plum? 4, thinks the library is a good place for a murder? 5. wants to play Cluedo on a board? 5) 4 Listen again and complete the sentences. 1. The game Clue investigates a 2. You can play Clue ona from the banks illegally and the banks never saw the money again ( ™% } Holy Joke 3k6 and Cluedo on a new uniform, created a false pilot's licence and flew to 26 different countries! While he was “working” as pilot, he stayed in hotels around the world for free. Later, he worked as a doctor at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia for 11 months. He never learned medicine, of course! Abagnale also taught at a university without a teacher's certificate and became a lawyer without going to law school. In 1969, police officers arrested Abagnale in France. He went to court and then to prison. While Abagnale was in prison, 12 other countries were investigating his crimes and collecting evidence. After six months in a French prison, he went to prison in Sweden and then in the USA. In 1974, Abagnale got out of prison. He isn't a criminal anymore and he ‘works as a fraud prevention consultant! 3. two cities: 4, three countries: 3, Each character in the board game is a different 4. In the board game, there are six characters and six 5. The board is a house with rooms. a3 Woeabulary People and crime Label the people in the picture below. judge + lawyer + jury + suspect + witness + security guard + thief **® Write the correct words next to each senten ‘forensic scientist + victim + detective + burglar + expert « forger + prisoner 1, Lusually work at night and steal items from shops and houses. 2. I collect evidence from crimes and examine it in my crime laboratory. 3. I'm in prison because I murdered a man. 4. copy documents and make them look authentic. 5. investigate crimes and often interview suspects. 6. [know a lot about different types of weapons. 7. Someone stole my car. *** 3 Look at the picture in Exercise 1 again and write five sentences about what was happening in court. L - AL LORS Write questions to complete the dialogue. was standing at the bus stop when the robbery happened. Witness: Two men ran out of the shop, got in a car and drove away. Dee. ee ‘Witness: One man had blond hair. [ think the other man had brown hair, but I'm not really sure, atectives 2 eee Witness: Jeans and black jackets. Detective: § enone ee aie Witness: Yes, I'm quite sure their car was a black Volvo. Unit 5 Writing A narrative 1 Choose the correct narrative linkers. 1. I saw children painting graffiti while / a few minutes later I was walking home. 2. While / When I arrived at court, the judge wasrit sitting in his chair. 3. Iwas doing my homework. Suddenly / The next day, I heard a loud noise. 4, We looked around. A few minutes later, / When we found the weapon, 5. A lot of people were shopping at the supermarket this morning / suddenly. ‘2. Read the narrative and complete it with the narrative linkers below. while + on Saturday night + a few minutes later the next day + suddenly « when Robbery at South Cliff School while I was coming home from a friend’, there was a robbery at South Cliff School. I was walking next to the gym * Isaw two ‘men in the school field. They were holding laptops and running across the field. I called the police and kid behind atree.* ,a.car appeared and the ‘men got in. I took some photos of the car with my mobile phone *... I was waiting for the police , to arrive. © s » three police officers . arrived and I showed them my photos. : » everyone was talking about the incident. The police officers caught the burglars, thanks to my photos! B Complete the chart below about a hijack with ideas of your own. © Paragraph 1 The incident: a hijack When: Where: Paragraph 2 The sequence of events: || First, two men got up and pointed their guns at us. Next, After that, | Paragraph 3 a What happened in the end: Soldiers ran onto the aeroplane and saved us. oT 4 Write a narrative about the hijack. Use the chart in Exercise 3 and the model in Exercise 2 to help you. 45

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