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Vocabulary: Crime
4 10 Listen and repeat. Then match the definitions (1-7) to the types of cnminal.
Criminals: ■(bank) robber • burglar • mugger
• pickpocket • shoplifter • thief • vandal
Verb + noun: • break into a building
• burgle a house • catch/arrest a criminal
• commit a crime • go to prison • mug a person
• pay a fine • rob a bank/person
• steal some money • vandalise property
• write/draw graffiti
Someone who ...
1 steals thief
2 breaks into people's homes
3 steals from shops
4 robs people m the Street
5 steals from people s pockets
6 steals from public places (e g banks)
7 damages property
The clue was so obvious (that) the police found him very quickly.
It was such a silly mistake (that) we thought it was a joke.
They were such heavy bags (that) he couldn t run fast enough.
5 Complete the sentences in two ways. Use so and such ... (that) ... and the words in brackets.
1 He couldn't get through the window. (fat burglar) The burglar was so fat (that) he couldnt get through the window.
He was such a fat burglar (that) he couldn’t get through the window.
2 He smiled at the security camera, (stupid robber)
3 Nobody identified him. (good disguise)
4 The police soon caught them. (careless criminals)
5 They had a 24-hour guard. (valuable paintings)
5 He solved the crime very guickly. (clever detective)
6 io Listen to three short stories and match them with the correct sentences in Exercise 5.
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20 Listen again and take notes. Then retell one of the stories. Invent morÄ™ details if you can (e.g. names and places).
8 Look at the pictures and write the story. Use the prompts and your own ideas. Use so and such where possible.
• last summer bank robbers/steal £1,000,000
• escape/fast car
• hot/windows were open
• excited/not realise/money/blow away/out of the car Windows
• obvious clue/police/soon/catch/bank robbers
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in pairs to use their notes to reconstruct one of the stories. You may wish to allocate these or to allow Ss to choose. Encourage Ss to mvent details such as names to make the stories morÄ™ realistic. Ask one or two pairs to retell their story to the class.
Answer key
See the audio script.
Write
8 Ss should look through the pictures and discuss what happens in the story, using the prompts provided. Focus on the first sentence provided and establish that the story needs to be written in the past tense. Remind Ss to use both past continuous and perfect if they can. Ss can work alone or in pairs to write the story. Encourage them to read each other’s work and make corrections where possible.
Extra practice
Ss go to page 12S in the SB.
Answer key
2 He was such a stupid robber / The robber was so stupid (that) he smiled at the security camera.
3 He had such a good disguise / His disguise was so good (that) nobody identified him.
4 The criminals were so careless / They were such careless criminals (that) the police soon caught them.
5 The paintings were so valuable / They were such valuable paintings (that) they had a 24-hour guard.
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6 3.20 Explain that Ss are going to listen to three stories about crimes and that each of them matches with a sentence from Exercise 5. Ss should listen and write the number of the correct sentence in each box. They may need to listen twice.
Answer key
Story 1: 5. Story 2: 4, Story 3: 3
7 Explain that Ss will listen again and that
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