Interrogation:

Police Officer: - Have you heard about robbery last Saturday?

Customer: - Yes, of course, I was there.

Police Officer: …

Customer: …

Etc.

VIII. Make up your own short report about any criminal case you know using the Past Simple.

IX. Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the Past Simple:

1. Ричард Мичан, 36-летний компьютерный эксперт, обвинил Марка Симсона в убийстве своего брата. Суд присяжных приговорил Симсона к 15 годам тюрьмы. Но Симсон зарекомендовал себя как примерный арестант и освободился из тюрьмы на 5 лет раньше. Мичан подал протест в Апелляционный Суд, но он его отклонил.

2. В 2000 году московский суд слушал дело о шпионаже. Американский гражданин Эдмуд Поуп отрицал свою вину и говорил, что он не имеет к этому отношения.

3. Три дня назад полиция арестовала двух мужчин по подозрению в подготовке террористического акта. На месте обыска они нашли чертежи аэропорта и фальшивые документы.

4. Неделю назад Джейн прибыла в аэропорт Кеннеди. Она решила дождаться подругу, обещавшую встретить её, но вскоре поняла, что та не приедет. Она позвонила к ней на работу и узнала, что та находиться в больнице, куда попала в результате аварии. Джейн отправилась прямо в больницу.

5. Том Кард находился в тюрьме с 1995 по 1998 год. В 1998 году он вышел на свободу. В 2000 году он совершил 20 краж из магазина и участвовал в ограблении банка. Месяц назад полиция арестовала его за драку на улице, и он признался во всех преступлениях.

X. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Continuous or Past Simple and translate them:

1. Gregory … (to follow) the suspects, while Mary … (to try) to find any information about the gang.

2. He … (to search the desk-drawers for something) when Mrs. Smith … (to come in).

3. The passengers … (to be going) to fasten the belts when they suddenly … (to hear) the voice of hijacker.

4. “Can you remember the events happened last night?” – “Of course, I … (to watch) TV all the evening and … (not to go out) even for a while.”

5. When my husband … (to switch on) the lights, he saw the burglar who … (to break into) the house through the window.

6. It … (to happen) in October when a policeman … (to spot) one of the culprits who … (to wear) a flack jacket that … (to match) the description of outfits used during the post office hold-up.

7. Former Detective Sergeant Tom Lewis, who … (to lead) the investigation, … (to interview) the would-be assassin and … (to explain) how it had been done.

8. During all that year, he … (to live) in Christ-church and … (to lead) a full and busy life: he … (to run) an arts school and … (to rob) banks in his spare time.

9. It was reported that car hijackings ... (to run) at a rate of nearly 50 a day.

10. The sky was clear and the stars … (to blaze) steadily down through the pure mountain air. Jack … (to notice) a woman, who … (to hide) behind the tree.

11. Mr. Blair … (to say) that he … (to plan) his visit in great secrecy.

12. A charter plane carrying 148 people … (to crash) into the Red Sea close to where the Prime Minister and his family … (to stay).

13. Officials from MI 5 … (to believe) that two Islamist terrorists … (to intend) to detonate a bomb in an aircraft.

14. The police car … (to appear) at the moment when Ben … (to ignore) a “no right turn” sign.

15. Police … (to liaise) with their counterparts during the operation organized to arrest American-born David Francis Bieber, 35. He … (to murder) a British policeman and … (to attempt) to kill two others.

XI. Fill in the gaps with the verbs from the box using them in the Past Continuous or Past Simple:

to lock to deserve to wait to go on to say

to leave to open to mean to come to happen

to blindfold to talk to get back not to tell to gag

to see to shout to tie to be

When Davey … the stage, he … exhausted but exhilarated. But when he … to the dressing room, he … the door and … that two men … for him. They … the door behind Davey. He … for his bodyguard Bernard, but no-one … . The two men … his hands behind his back, … and … him. Davey could hear Bernard in the next room. Bernard … to someone and he … terrible things about Davey. He said that Davey … it. What … ? Why nobody … him what … ?

TEST YOURSELF

1. The Government … a controversial law under which it could take any land it wanted.

a) were brining b) used to bring c) brought d) was brought

2. At that time he … jury trial in a military court on charges of plotting against the state.

a) awaited b) was awaiting c) were awaiting d) awaits

3. When I lived in New York, I remember police cars … after the offenders with their siren blaring.

a) sped b) speeded c) used to speed d) was speeding

4. The driver of the car that killed Brown … a $ 500 fine and five penalty points on his licence.

a) got b) would get c) used to get d) was getting

5. Earlier he … people by using strong swearwords.

a) was used to offend b) offends c) would offend d) was offending

6. I didn’t know whether she … or telling the truth.

a) would bluffing b) used to bluff c) bluffs d) was bluffing

7. Detectives … with Derbyshire police following the bomb explosion.

a) were liaising b) were liaised c) would liaise d) used to liaise

8. He was so desperate for money to pay off his debts that he … to embezzlement.

a) resorts b) resorted c) was used to resort d) would to resort

9. … Jill a lot of information when she worked in police?

a) Did she gave b) Did she use to give c)Was she give d) Would she gave

10. They … to find any extra evidence concerning the case.

a) managed b) didn’t manage c) didn’t use d) was managing

11. They … ; I could hear them down the road.

a) were still arguing b) didn’t argue c) used to argue d) was still arguing

12. She … the manager, and the manager … things over and then … the police a ring.

a) notified, thinks, gave c) would notify, think, give b) notifies, thought, gave d) notified, thought, gave

13. When Sally … , he … evidence against his mother-in-law.

a) arrives, was still giving c) arrived, was already giving b) arrived, gave d) used to arrive, were giving

14. My grandmother … the police department every time she saw something suspicious in the street.

a) used to telephone b) telephones c) would telephone d) was telephoning

15. The number … with the other cleaning marks; she might have borrowed some clothes from someone on account of bloodstains on her garments.

a) used to agree b) didn’t agree c) was agree d) would agree

UNIT 3