10. Read the text again and list what makes a house burglar-friendly. Then talk about how you would prevent your house from being burglar-friendly. Try to use the following expressions:

I'm (not) definitely going to ..., I intend to ..., I'll remember (not) to ..., etc.

11. Fill in the correct word derived from the word in bold.

Read the title of the text to get an idea what the text is about. Read the text once quickly. For each gap decide what the missing word is (e.g. noun, verb, adverb, etc.) You may need to write the word in the plural or with a negative meaning. Think of possible prefixes and suffixes. Fill in the gaps.

Check the spelling. Read the completed text to check if it makes sense.

Burglarproof Your Home

Can you imagine anything worse than returning
home to find that burglars have broken into your
house? 0) Unfortunately, this happens to about 1	FORTUNE
million people in Britain 1) ……… However, if	ANNUAL
you want better 2) ……… against burglars	PROTECT
there are several things you can do. To improve
3) ………, check all the locks on your doors and	SECURE
windows. The 4) ……… of lighting all	INSTALL
around the house will make sure a burglar is
5) ……… to hide in the shadows. An alarm	ABLE
system is another good 6) ………	PREVENT
measure you can take.
Starting a 7) ……… watch group is	NEIGHBOUR
also a very 8) ……… way to prevent crime in	EFFECT
your area. Since most 9) ……… take place	BURGLAR
when people are away on holiday, this is when your
neighbours' help is most 10) ……… Ask	VALUE
them to collect your mail, open and close your curtains
every day, switch your lights on and off and
even mow your lawn to make your house look occupied.

12. Open cloze text. Fill in each gap with only one word. Stealing goes up in smoke

Stopping car thieves is (0) ...the... idea behind a new security system called Toad 10.

It is designed to make cars (1) ……… impossible to steal.

(2) ……… a thief tries to break into a car or start (3) ……… without a key, a thick cloud of non-poisonous smoke is released (4) ……… seconds.

The smoke, (5) ……… quickly prevents the thief from (6) ……… clearly, is also likely to attract a great (7) ………. of attention to the car.

The inventors of Toad 10 believe that it will be effective, partly (8) ……… to the fact that it was made with the help of former car thieves.

The designers (9) ……… an advert in a newspaper, inviting former car thieves to come and put some anti-theft devices to the test.

These retired thieves came (10) ……… with enough good ideas to (11) ……… the Toad 10 virtually foolproof.

Not (12) ……… does a security camera record the thief's face, but there's also a protective screen for windows, making it difficult to smash (13) ………

Thieves who are (14) ……… to traditional car security systems will have no idea how to deal with this one.

This should make them think (15) ……… before attempting a theft.