Grammar Unit 5
1 Complete the texts. Use the past simple or past 3 Match sentence halves 1–6 to A–F and complete
perfect form of the verbs in the boxes. them with who, which, whose or where.
call check break into realize steal 1 Is this the shop ___
2 Look! That’s the actor ___
On Thursday morning, Mr and Mrs Smith 3 This special language class is for students ___
(1) ___________ that burglars (2) ___________ 4 Mobile phone are things ___
their house and (3) ___________ a laptop. After 5 What’s the name of your friend ___
they (4) ___________ that their children were OK, 6 Those are the students ___
they (5) ___________ the police.
A _______ first language isn’t English.
arrive enter lock not do realize B _______ dad is a head teacher?
When the police (6) ___________ , they couldn’t C _______ plays a detective on TV!
understand how the burglars (7) ___________ the D _______ you saw someone shoplifting?
house. There weren’t any broken doors or windows. E _______ no one can live without.
‘(8) ____ you ___________ the back door before F _______ raised a lot of money for charity.
you went to bed?’ the police officer asked. 4 Rewrite the underlined sentences using a modal
Mrs Smith suddenly (9) ___________ that she of deduction. Keep the same meaning.
(10) ___________ it that night. Obviously, the Maybe Dan is tired. He got up so early today.
burglars had just walked in! Dan might be tired.
1 That’s definitely Amelia’s brother. He looks
2 Write sentences and questions using the past
just like her.
perfect and the past simple.
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when / detective / finish / writing / report / he /
2 Perhaps Sara will be late. She had a lot of work.
go / home
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When the detective had finished writing the
3 I’m sure he isn’t the burglar. He’s been in prison
report, he went home.
since last year.
1 I / feel / tired / because / I / work / hard / all day
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4 There’s no question that he’s very intelligent.
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He got 98% in the test.
2 Tom / win / even though / he / not play / before
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5 There’s no possibility that she is your friend.
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She said some horrible things about you.
3 after/ Anna / finish / homework / she / text / best
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friend
6 It’s possible that he’s an offender. I know he’s
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got a weapon.
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4 you / meet / that man / before / you / chat / him
today / ? 5 Complete the sentences with a modal of
_____________________________________ deduction and be + the -ing form of a verb.
_____________________________________ look play take use watch
5 they / not be / allowed / enter / because / they /
forget / tickets Mum and Dad must be taking us on holiday.
_____________________________________ I heard them booking flights for all of us!
_____________________________________ 1 She ________________ TV in her room, but
6 how many crimes / he / commit / before / police / I’m not sure.
arrest / him / ? 2 Ben ________________ football today. He’s
_____________________________________ taken his kit and his boots.
_____________________________________ 3 You ________________ very carefully because I
know I put it in your room. It’s on your bed.
4 Oh, no! Someone ________________ my credit
card. I didn’t buy these things.
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Vocabulary Unit 5
1 Complete the text with the words in the box. 3 Complete the texts with the words in the boxes.
There are two words that you do not need. For each text there is one word that you do
not need.
case court credit card fraud crime scene
defendant evidence jury mugger prison trial fingerprints sample suspect witness
After arresting the (1) _________ , he was taken to
The (1) _________ in the (2) _________ of the local police station where a police officer took
Carl Tyson, who is accused of (3) _________ , the man’s (2) _________ and a (3) _________ of
has just left the (4) _________ . It is now the his hair.
job of these 12 members of the public to
consider the (5) _________ they have heard burglary motive victim weapon
over the last three days and decide whether There seems to be no (4) _________ for the murder
the (6) _________ is guilty of this crime. The of an 85-year-old man in Grantley last week. Police
detectives investigating this complicated initially believed it was a (5) _________ which had
(7) _________ believe that if Tyson is found gone wrong. However, according to relatives of the
guilty, he should go to (8) _________ for at (6) _________ , nothing was stolen from the house.
least ten years.
offender peers shoplifting witnesses
A 16-year-old (7) _________ convicted of
(8) _________ last year is now visiting schools to
2 Read the newspaper stories. Write the crimes. encourage his (9) _________ not to break the law.
He describes how having a criminal record really
Police have managed to find 21-year-old Charlotte
can ruin your life.
Colstein two weeks after she went missing. Her
father, Robert Colstein, the millionaire owner of 4 Underline five mistakes in the text and correct
several media companies, informed the police after them.
receiving an anonymous phone call.
1 ____________
Border security officials have arrested two Brazilian
women trying to bring a rare snake into Britain. The
two-metre boa constrictor was asleep in one of the
women’s bags.
2 ____________
Michelle Sanders, who lost her bag in the High
Street area on Saturday, has since discovered that
another ‘Michelle Sanders’ has bought goods,
opened bank accounts and ordered official In this picture, I can see different groups of people.
documents. In the background, there are three people at a table.
3 ____________ It must be a meeting – I’m not sure. There’s a
woman on the left and it looks like she’s reading.
The letter mentioned certain photos and asked for a
large sum of money. The man’s wife, whose name Behind the table, there are some people standing
we cannot give for legal reasons, found the letter up. They seem to be looking at a large mirror. Next
and contacted the police. to this, in the right, there’s a painting. I definitely
4 ____________ think it may be an art exhibition.
In two separate cases in the Hallgarth area, _________________________________________
residents came home on Saturday night to broken _________________________________________
windows and doors with the loss of TVs, laptops _________________________________________
and jewellery. _________________________________________
5 ____________ _________________________________________
