Language Test 3A Unit 3

1 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in capital letters.

Do you think they got a suitable punishment? PUNISH

1 Three boys were arrested for __________ of public property. VANDAL

2 The __________ was sent to prison for six months. ACCUSE

3 The criminals had to go on a __________ programme. REHABILITATE

4 The judge sent the two __________ to prison. OFFEND

5 Electronic __________ is popular in America for some crimes. TAG

6 The crime of __________ is becoming more and more common. PIRATE

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2 Complete the missing words. The first letter of each word is given.

The police caught the three robbers after they left the bank with the stolen money.

1 The members of the j__________ took seven hours to agree that the criminal was g__________.

2 Three prisoners broke out of j__________ early this morning.

3 A m__________ attacked him in the street and stole his wallet and mobile phone.

4 He was fined for a__________ behaviour. He vandalised a phone box.

5 The s__________ stole some trousers from the clothes shop.

6 A b__________ threatened to tell the press about the minister's love affair.

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3 Complete the missing words. The lines show you how many letters to use.

Crime and young people report

Fortunately, young people are not usually involved in serious c r i m e s nowadays.

• ¹_ _ _ f _ _ t _ is probably the biggest problem - teenagers draw or paint on walls to get attention.

• Teenagers often steal things such as clothes or music so ²_ h _ f _ is also a problem.

• ³_ w _ _ r _ _ _ in public is also typical teenage behaviour. Older people often take offence when they hear such language.

• Noise ⁴_ _ i s _ _ c _ can be a big problem, especially when teens hang out together outdoors.

• Some young people belong to ⁵_ a _ g _ and these groups cause trouble.

What about punishments? Judges don't usually send teenagers to prison so doing community ⁶_ _ _ v _ _ e is a typical form of punishment.

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4 Complete the sentences and questions with the correct forms of the words in brackets. Use the Past Perfect, Past Continuous and Past Simple.

I was driving (drive) to work when I saw (see) the accident.

1 The witness _______________ (just/start) speaking when the accused _______________ (begin) to shout at him.

2 What _______________ (you/do) when the robbers _______________ (arrive)?

3 Burglars _______________ (break) into our house last night and _______________ (steal) the TV.

4 The robber _______________ (not/go) very far when the police _______________ (arrest) him.

5 While the police _______________ (test) the man for alcohol, he _______________ (fall) over.

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5 Complete the text with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

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Last night at 9 p.m. I was (be) at home. I ¹_____________ (watch) television when suddenly I ²_____________ (hear) a noise. I went to check and it turned out that someone ³_____________ (break) a window at the back of the house! I ⁴_____________ (try) to phone the police, but the burglar ⁵_____________ (cut) the phone line so I couldn't get through. I ⁶_____________ (run) upstairs and ⁷_____________ (phone) the police on my mobile. The burglar heard me and while I ⁸_____________ (speak) to the police he ran away. It was a frightening experience.

6 Choose all the answers that complete the text in a correct way.

When I was younger, I loved / would love / used to love reading stories about crime. I ¹ took / would take / used to take two or three books out of the library every week and read them. While I was reading the stories, I ² have tried / used to try / would try to imagine who had committed the crimes. I ³ wouldn't get / didn't use to get / hadn't got the answer right every time, but most times I was right. I remember one time I ⁴ solved / would solve / used to solve a really difficult crime. It's not surprising I ⁵ wanted / would want / used to want to be a policewoman!

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