Crimes and Criminals тест

Crimes and criminals . Spotlight 11

1. Which crimes from the box do the sentences from news stories describe?

   1. A football team caused damage to a hotel in Nashville.

   2. A man had photo evidence of a burglary and asked for money to delete the photos.

   3. Two men took a tourist, kept him in a secret location and asked his family for $100,000

   4. A woman stole food from a supermarket.

   5. Police stopped a woman for driving too fast on the motorway.

   6. Seth took money from Duncan’s bank account by pretending to be Duncan.

   7. Police arrest a young man who sells drugs

   8. Businesswoman wakes up to find famous painting gone.

   9. Late-night on the street somebody attacks people

Speeding Mugging Vandalism Blackmail Burglary

Identity theft Kidnapping Drug-dealing Shoplifting Credit-card fraud

2. Choose the correct word

1. He ... the girl, threatening with a knife.

1. mugged

2. burgled

3. shoplifted

4. murdered

1. Kate was ashamed of ... money from her father’s purse.

1. mugging

2. stealing

3. robbing

4. blackmailing

1. Department stores lose millions from ..

1. pickpocketing

2. blackmailing

3. shoplifting

4. smuggling

1. When you travel on public transport, always keep your bag carefully closed in case of ...

1. killers

2. pickpockets

3. robbers

4. muggers

3 Choose the correct word

1. The police are trying to find the kidnapper / vandal of the eight-year-old girl, Ala Johannsen.

2. The bank thief / robber who has stolen millions of pounds is still free.

3. You can watch a video of the pickpocket / murderer trying to steal from people’s handbags.

4. That kidnapper / thief has just taken my purse! Somebody stop him!

5. Some vandals / suspects have broken into our school and put lots of graffiti on the walls.

6. The pickpocket / murderer was sentenced to life in prison for killing two people last year.

7. My neighbour has been arrested for robbery / vandalism. I had no idea that he stole money from the local shop

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