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The main reason why I would like to be him is because, after he (9) ….
(solve) the crime he does something unexpected. He decides it would be
better not to tell the police the truth about what (10) … (happen). I think that
makes him very unusual detective.
O. Now write your own composition, using the outline below.
(160–180 words).
Composition Outline
Paragraph 1
Say which character you are going to write about
Paragraph 2
Describe the character. Say what it is you like about the characters.
Paragraph 3
Refer to something in the story your character does that you like.
Paragraph 4
Summarize your opinions about the character.
VOCABULARY TASKS
P. Complete the sentences with the prepositions below. You need to
use some of them more than once.
in of on to
1. He was seen by three eye witnesses, so I think he’ll be spending a
long time … jail.
2. Whenever you travel on public transport you should always be …
your guard against people trying to steal your purse.
3. Mrs. Wilson didn’t report the theft of her handbag because she
didn’t to put the police … any trouble.
4. I don’t know how I would react … my house being burgled.
5. The criminal sat very still in the court and looked as if he was
deep … thought while the judge sentenced him.
6. The old couple who live next door have been robbed … all their
money.
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7. Bert has been accused … robbery and he’s appearing in court next
week.
8. The two gang members who punched and kicked a policeman
were sentenced … ten years in prison.
Q. Complete the police report with the words below.
arresting broken chief committing court directly
doubt guilty lawyer remain shadows suspicious
WEDNESDAY, 4TH
At 9.15 pm, I was driving along Belvedere Street when I noticed
something moving in the (1) … . On closer examination, I could see two
rather (2) … — looking men outside Number 5. I felt certain these men
were in the middle of … a crime, so I stopped my car round the corner and
walked (4) … over to the two suspects. By this time I was in no … that a
robbery was taking place. I quietly spoke to the (6) … of police on my
radio to inform him that two men had (7) … into a house and were trying
to steal what looked like a television. At that moment the criminals saw
me. I warned them not to move and told them I was (8) … them for
robbery. I informed them that they could (9) … silent if they wished and
that they could phone their (10) … from the police station. The men said
they weren’t (11) … and that they were just borrowing their friend’s TV.
“You can tell that to the judge when you get to (12) …,” I said.
R. Match the two sets of words to make new expressions.
I
II
1) threatening
a) goodness
2) found
b) letter
3) private
c) fighter
4) powerful
d) detective
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I
II
5) eye
e) block
6) thank
f) guilty
7) crime
g) witness
8) road
h) enemies
S. Complete the sentences by choosing a, b or c.
1. I read a great crime story last week about four murders all
committed by a … .
a) butler
b) battle
c) block
2. The bank robber told everybody what he’d done. He wouldn’t be
in prison now if he had been better at … secrets.
a) keeping
b) hiding
c) carrying
3. Many people believe all … drivers should be sent to prison for a
long time.
a) drink
b) drank
c) drunk
4. The police have found the knife that the victim was … with.
a) poisoned
b) stabbed
c) punched
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5. Detectives are looking … the mysterious theft of fifteen cars from
the same street.
a) into
b) onto
c) up
6. The police are sure they have tracked down the thief, but they
don’t have enough … to prove he’s guilty.
a) evidence
b) expression
c) connection
7. Mabel … out of the window and saw three strangers all trying to
get into her neighbour’s house.
a) reacted
b) detained
c) glanced
8. You are advised to take some … against burglars and car thieves.
a) attention
b) precautions
c) investigations
GRAMMAR TASK
T. Choose the correct response to the questions.
1. Is that a private detective with Mrs. Johnson?
a. Yes, apparently he has information about her daughter’s
disappearance.
b. Yes, apparently he is having information her daughter’s
disappearance.
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2. He’s a good lawyer, isn’t he?
a. Yes, I see him tomorrow morning to discuss my case.
b. Yes, I am seeing him tomorrow to discuss my case.
3. There is a lot of crime in this neighbourhood, isn’t there?
a. Yes, we had problems with gangs for years.
b. Yes, we’ve been having problems with gangs for ages.
4. Did I tell you that Jenny’s house was burgled on Saturday?
a. Yes. She is speaking of moving house now.
b. Yes. She thinks of moving house now.
W. Put the verbs into the correct form. More than one answer may be
possible.
A: I couldn’t get any money from the bank yesterday because there
(1) … (be) a robbery.
B: Why (2) … (you / not go) to another bank?
A: I (3) … (not have) enough time. I (4) … (arrive) at the bank
before the closing time.
A: I (5) … (think) someone (6) … (take) money from the cash
register for the past two weeks.
B: What (7) … (you / do) about it?
A: We (8) … (put) in a camera tonight so that we can catch the thief.
B: You should put it on the shelf behind the cash register, where
nobody can see it.
A: That (9) … be a good idea. I (10) … (put) it there.
A: (11) … (you / see) the news today?
B: No, why?
A: About fifty prisoners (12) … (break out) of Lima prison this
morning.
B: (13) … (the police / catch) them?
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A: No. The guards (14) … (raise) the alarm, but the prisoners (15) …
(already escape). I’m sure that by the time the police find out where they
are, they (16) … (reach) the border and freedom.
A: Guess what (17) … (happen) while I (18) … (have) a coffee with
Bob this morning! The police (19) … (arrest) him!
B: What? Why?
A: Apparently, he (20) … (steal) money from his employers for
years.
X. Complete the extract from a story by putting the verbs into the
correct form. There may be more than one answer possible.
AN INSIDE JOB
The police car stopped suddenly outside the bank and two detectives
(1) … (get out). They couldn’t have been more different. The driver (2) …
(be) in his early fifties and he (3) … (wear) a grey suit. His partner (4) …
(be) in her late twenties. She (5) … (look) too young to be a detective,
which (6) … (cause) many criminals to believe she (7) … (not have) the
experience to catch them. It (8) … (he) this belief that (9) … (result) in
them spending years in prison. Both her mother and uncle (10) … (be)
detectives. They (11) … (tell) her about their cases ever since she was a
child so she (12) … (know) much more people tonight.
Come on, Harry,’ she (13) … (say) to her partner of three years who
(14) … (stare) at the scene since he got out of the car.
“Right behind you, Kate,” he (15) … (reply) as she walked
confidently past the police officer who (16) … (keep) the reporters away
from the scene of the crime.
Inside the bank, frightened employee (17) … (talk) to each other,
attempting to put their terrible experience behind them. “I (18) … (never
be) so frightened in my life!” she heard someone say. Then, Kate (19) …
(see) that one cashier was behaving in a different way to the others.
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Something told her that the robbers (20) … (have) some inside information
about the fact that there would be much more money than usual in the
bank on that particular day.
Y. For questions 1–15, read the text below and think of the word
which best fits each space. Use only one word in each gap. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
WHODUNNITS
According (0) …to… the dictionary, a “whodunnit” is a story about a
crime in which you don’t know the identity of the criminal until the end.
Many authors (1) … written this type of story, but there is (2) … Doubt
that the most famous “whodunnit” author (3) … Agatha Christie.
In a typical Agatha Christie “whodunnit” one of the main characters
(4) … a serious crime. There aren’t often any (5) … witnesses and if there
are, they can never identify the criminal, who sometimes comes (6) …
them. When the detective questions all the main characters, they often
accuse each other (8) … the crime and give reasons (9) … the person they
have accused is guilty. This is the part in (10) … the reader is given clues
to the identity of the criminal, but some of the clues are false. For example,
one suspect may seem to be (11) … his guard as he has a secret to (12) …
or he says something (13) … mistake that makes him appear to be guilty.
These false clues are called “red herrings” and sometimes an innocent
character ends up (14) … prison because of them.
It is such a successful type of story (15) … the readers try, along with
the detective, who the real criminal is.
Z. Work in pairs. Read one “Whodunnit” about some campers in a
national park in the US and discuss the question.
1. Have you ever been camping in a place like this? If so, did you
like it? If not, would you like to?
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2. What sort of petty crimes do you think are committed in the park
like this?
3. What crime was committed?
4. How many possible suspects were there?
5. How confident is the park ranger that he knows who committed
the crime?
CAN YOU SOLVE THE WHODUNNIT?
The Yellow Park Campers
Reg Trimble had been the Park Ranger at Yellow Park, Ohio for
nearly 20 years. In that time, he had seen many crimes committed by
campers and other park users. Most of the crimes were petty, including
dropping litter, parking illegally and picking wild flowers.
One day, however, Reg drove up to the ranger’s cabin just in time to
see two intruders walking out through the door and into the woods at the
edge of the park. He saw them from a distance, and couldn’t even see if
they were men or women. They both had backpacks on their backs and one
of them was carrying a tent. When he got inside the cabin, he saw that it
had been completely trashed. The intruders had eaten the food, broken the
furniture and left the place in a complete mess. Reg knew that he had to
catch them, or he would lose his job.
Reg predicted that finding the intruders would be a difficult task. The
park was huge and although and it had been a dry and warm week, a cold
wind had brought rain at around midday and it was getting chilly and wet.
He set off through the park, hoping he would be lucky and find the
trespassing vandals quickly. He didn’t, however, and it was early evening
before he found any campers who fitted a rough description of the two he
had seen.
The first couple Reg spoke to were Jan Wysocki and his brother
Marek who were camping in a tent by a small river. They were rather
tongue tied at first, but explained they had been hiking for two days and
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had spent the whole day fishing. Reg looked at the two fish they were
cooking on their fire and asked if they had fished in the rain. The brothers
admitted they had.
A while later, Reg came across a second pair of campers — a
middle-aged and well-dressed couple called Adam and Jean Wiseman,
who also fitted the description. He joined them for a quick chat, sitting on
a backpack to avoid the wet ground inside the tent. They told Reg that they
had set up camp the previous night. They said they had spent the day
walking in the park and when it started raining, they had taken shelter in a
small cave.
An hour later, Reg found Lara and Pia — a pair of friends in a
campervan. He noticed them because their campervan was new and was
parked in a place where vehicles were prohibited. Lara apologized for
being there and explained that the van wasn’t registered in her name
because a friend had lent it to them. He offered to give Reg her friend’s
phone number so he could check.
But he didn’t need to check. He already knew who was lying.
Who do you think is lying: Jan or Marek, Adam and Jean or Lara
and Pia?
Work in pairs. Think again about the crime have been committed by …
a. Jan and Marek?
b. Adam and Jea
c. Lara and Pia?
Who do you think must have committed the crime? Why?
Check your ideas with the solution on page 98.
TEST № 1
1. Match the definition with the word:
Someone who is accused of a crime in a criminal case.
a) judge
b) criminal
c) defendant
d) fine
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2. Match the definition with the word:
A set of arguments or facts put forward by one side in a legal
proceeding.
a) evidence
b) contract
c) plead
d) trial
3. Match the definition with the word:
A person who has studied law and can act for people on legal
business.
a) lawyer
b) robber
c) prosecutor
d) judge
4. Match the definition with the word:
An adjective referring to a judge or to the law.
a) judicial
b) attractive
c) legislative
d) social
5. Match the definition with the word:
To hold someone legally so as to charge them with a crime.
a) attack
b) convict
c) commit
d) arrest
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