Grammar Vocabulary

1 Put the words in the correct order to make 4 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the
questions. text.
1 you/do/What/last night/did? There isn’t a lot of serious crime in my town.
………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..……….. (1) Vandals/Vandalism is probably the biggest problem
2 go/did/on holiday/Where/last year/you? and a lot of it is graffiti. I suppose (2) thieves/theft is also
………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..……….. a problem – there’s a lot of (3) shoplifters/shoplifting in
the supermarket. Sometimes (4) thieves/theft also steal
3 yesterday/you/Who/at the club/meet/did?
cars. We don’t have many other problems, although
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someone was arrested for breaking into a house. The
4 you/on Friday night/did/go to bed/late/Why? (5) burglar/burglary was caught when he was leaving
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through the window.
5 get/you/to school/did/How/on Monday?
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the text.

2 Complete the answers to the questions from When the police (1) ……………………… a case, they normally
Exercise 1 with the correct past simple form of look for evidence. If there’s no evidence, they can’t
the verbs given. (2) ……………………… anyone of the crime. They analyse the
1 I ……………………… (watch) a new film on TV. evidence carefully and when they are ready, they question
2 We ……………………… (not go) anywhere. the (3) ……………………… . They only (4) ……………………… that
3 I ……………………… (meet) James. person when they think they can (5) ……………………… the case.
4 We ……………………… (have) a party for my mum. 1 A suspect B accuse C investigate
5 I ……………………… (go) in the car with my dad. 2 A charge B accuse C collect
3 A boss B detective C suspect
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5 A investigate B question C prove
3 Complete the sentences with the correct past /5
simple or past continuous form of the verbs
given.
6 Complete the sentences with these prepositions.
1 When I ……………………… (switch on) the TV, they There are two extra options.
……………………… (talk) about a robbery.
2 When I ……………………… (get) home, I ……………………… across • down • for • in • into • out • up
(make) a sandwich.
1 I was cleaning my room yesterday and I came
3 As I ……………………… (pass) your house, I ………………………
……………………… an old diary.
(see) someone in your back garden.
2 Detectives are looking ……………………… two men in a
4 I ……………………… (do) my homework when I
black car.
……………………… (hear) the news.
3 Can you find ……………………… when the exam starts?
5 While they ……………………… (play), it ………………………
4 The police are looking ……………………… the theft of a
(start) to rain.
computer from the school.
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three years later.
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Use of English
7 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use no more than three words.
1 I discovered that Mary and Roy are getting married. 6 We were in the middle of a computer game and Jackie
I ……………………… Mary and Roy are getting married. called.
2 I walked through the park and saw your cat. Jackie called while we ……………………… playing a
While I……………………… through the park, I saw your cat. computer game.

3 The police had no idea who stole the money. 7 After searching for an hour, Jane came across her
The police couldn’t ……………………… who stole the wallet in the car.
money. After searching for an hour, Jane ……………………… her
wallet in the car.
4 They’re arresting that old man for stealing money from
a bank. 8 They drove home and stopped at the supermarket on
They’re arresting that old man because he the way.
……………………… a bank. They stopped at the supermarket when they
……………………… home.
5 My teacher is investigating the possibility of a trip to the
science museum.
My teacher ……………………… the possibility of a trip to the
science museum.

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 Reading
8 Read the article about art fraud. Six sentences are missing from the article. Choose from the sentences
A–F the one which fits each gap.

For over 17 years, Shaun Greenhalgh and his elderly parents, George and Olive, sold copies of real famous paintings
and statues to museums and art dealers all over the world. (1) ……………………… Why did no one think that these pieces
of art were not real? Where did Shaun learn to copy art so cleverly? No one knows the answers to these questions!
The man himself is definitely not talking about it!
(2) ……………………… The story of Shaun's arrest shocked the whole art world. They are calling this one of the biggest art
crimes in history. Everyone is amazed that no one suspected the family for such a long time. When the police finally
found them, the family was living in a small house in Bolton. (3) ……………………… Shaun did his work in a shed in the
garden. This was where he made his amazing copies – everything from paintings and drawings to statues and plates.
Shaun worked with tools from a local shop and used tea to make the objects look old. The work didn’t take him long
either. (4) ……………………… Shaun did the copies and then his father, 84-year-old George, took them to museums and
galleries to sell them. George invented stories about Shaun’s art to persuade the museums to buy it. (5) ……………………
The British Museum, The Tate Modern and other famous places all bought copies from the family.
Some experts believe that Shaun’s art had a value of more than ten million pounds and the family probably made over
a million pounds from their crimes. So why were they still living in an old house? (6) ……………………… No one knows.
Many people believe that Shaun copied the art work because he couldn’t sell his own paintings and statues, not to
make money. He just wanted to be a real artist.

A Shaun was a good artist and George was a good salesman.

B Why didn’t they buy expensive things or go on nice holidays?
C In 2006 the police arrested Shaun and his parents, and Shaun went to prison.
D How did they do this for so long?
E He copied one famous Egyptian statue of a Pharaoh’s daughter in less than a month!
F There wasn’t a big art studio.

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9 Read the article again and choose the best answers, A, B or C.

1 What did Shaun and his parents sell? 4 What did George do with the art?
A famous paintings and statues A He sold it to museums and galleries.
B copies of paintings and statues B He made it look old.
C original pieces of art C He bought copies of it.
2 Why was the art world shocked? 5 How much money do people think Shaun’s family made
A Because the crime happened in Bolton. from selling the art?
B Because it was one of the biggest art crimes in A ten million pounds
history. B a million pounds
C Because Shaun didn't want to talk about it. C a thousand pounds
3 Where did Shaun make his copies? 6 What did the family do with the money?
A in his house A They bought an old house.
B in a big art studio B No one knows.
C in a garden shed C They went on nice holidays.

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Listening
10 Listen to a conversation about a robbery. Are 11 Listen again and answer these questions.
these statements True (T) or False (F)?
1 What time did the train arrive in London?
1 The train took three hours to get to London. T/F ………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..
2 The train stopped because there were people on the
railway track. T/F 2 When was the robbery?
3 The robbers stole money from a shop. T/F ………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..

4 The police caught the robbers on a bridge. T/F 3 How did the robbers escape?
5 Nobody was looking when the police caught the
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robbers. T/F
4 Where did the robbers stop their car?
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5 What was the speaker doing when the train stopped?

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 Writing
12 You helped stop a robbery last week. Write a blog post about what happened.

In your blog post you should say:

 where you were and what you were doing
 what the robbers tried to take
 how you stopped them
 what happened in the end

Write 100–125 words.

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Speaking
13 Role-play the situation with your partner.
You borrowed your friend’s bicycle and left it outside a shop. Someone stole the bicycle when you were in the shop. Tell your friend
what happened and apologise. Use the ideas in the box to help you.

 say where you were

 say what happened
 make an apology

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