N A M E : ________________________________ DATE: ____________________

CRIME
Questions: Have you ever seen a person commit a crime?
⚫ Complete the 15 sentences with the words on the left.

1. You are a ________________ when you break the law

(for example, when you rob a bank).

2. Some criminals carry a ________________ with them.

3. Be careful! When a criminal has a gun, he or she may

want to ________________ people with it.

4. It is the job of ________________s to catch criminals.

5. That man is trying to ________________ your car!

6. Did you rob the bank? Or are you innocent (not guilty)?
A _______________ will decide.

7. Police officers will _______________ you after they

A arrest n., v. catch you.

C crime scene n.
8. Are you guilty? Did you break the law? Yes? Then you
criminal adj., n. may have to spend some time in _______________.

E escape v. 9. I don’t want to go to jail! I want to be ______________.

F free adj. 10. The police tried to catch the criminal, but he
gun ________________d. He ran away.
G n.

H handcuffs n. 11. Of course, it is against the law to kill a person.

________________ is a serious crime.
J jail n.

judge n., v. 12. When a police officer makes an arrest, she may put
________________ on the criminal.
K kidnap v.
13. It is a serious crime to _______________ a person –
L lawyer n.
and ask for money to set that person free.
M murder n., v.
14. Don’t cross over this line! The police are still looking
P police officer n. for clues to solve the crime. It’s a _______________.

S shoot v.
15. The police arrested me, but I didn’t steal the money!
steal v. I need to talk to a _______________.

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WORD BANK Crime
Aim Supplementary vocabulary building
Level Intermediate
Time Approximately 15 – 20 minutes

ANSWER KEY My Notes

1. criminal
2. gun
3. shoot
4. police officers
5. steal
6. judge
7. arrest
8. jail
9. free
10. escape(d)
11. Murder
12. handcuffs
13. kidnap
14. crime scene
15. lawyer

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