VOCABULARY CONSOLIDATION UNIT 6

Crime verbs
1 Circle the words and complete the phrases.

arrest a suspect
1 ______________ a crime
2 be ______________
3 ______________ a thief
4 question a ______________
5 do community ______________
6 solve a ______________
7 go on ______________

2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

guilty investigating looking for pay prison suspect

The police suspect a local criminal stole my car.

1 Lots of police officers are ______________ the robbery at the bank.
2 We know she’s ______________ because she told people she had committed
the crime.
3 My dad parked illegally in town and he had to ______________ a fine.
4 Police officers are ______________ a tall man with black hair, to interview
about the crime.
5 After the trial, the robber went to ______________ for six months.

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Crimes and criminals
3 Match the criminal with the crime.

1 thief e
2 vandal ___
3 robber ___
4 pickpocket ___
5 murderer ___
6 kidnapper ___
a someone who takes a person and
keeps them as a prisoner
b someone who damages buildings
and public property
c someone who kills another person
d someone who steals things from
houses or offices
e someone who steals things from
shops or from people
f someone who steals things from
people in crowded places

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VOCABULARY EXTENSION UNIT 6

Crime verbs
1 Complete the phrases.

question a suspect
1 ______________ innocent
2 solve a ______________
3 ______________ a crime
4 ______________ a thief
5 go on ______________
6 ______________ a suspect
7 do community ______________

2 Complete the sentences with the correct words.

We know she’s guilty because she told people she had committed the crime.
1 After the trial, the robber went to ______________ for six months.
2 My dad parked illegally in town and he had to ______________ a fine.
3 Lots of police officers are ______________ the robbery at the bank.
4 Police officers are ______________ a tall man with black hair to interview
about the crime.
5 The police ______________ a local criminal stole my car.

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Crimes and criminals
3 Read the definition and write the criminal.

someone who steals things from houses or offices

robber
1 someone who damages buildings and public property
__________________________________________________________
2 someone who takes a person and keeps them as a prisoner
__________________________________________________________
3 someone who kills another person
__________________________________________________________
4 someone who steals things from people in crowded places
__________________________________________________________
5 someone who steals things from shops or from people
__________________________________________________________

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