Monday, March 23, 2020

C2 23/03/20


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Crime 

Quizizz vocab

van‧dal‧is‧m /ˈvændəl-ɪzəm/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]    
the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property

fraud /frɔːd $ frɒːd/ ●●○ noun    
1 [countable, uncountable] the crime of deceiving people in order to gain something such as money or goods
tax/insurance/credit card etc fraud
- He’s been charged with tax fraud.

ˈchild aˌbuse noun [uncountable]    
the crime of harming a child physically, sexually, or emotionally

as‧sault /əˈsɔːlt $ əˈsɒːlt/ ●●○ noun    
1 [countable, uncountable] the crime of physically attacking someone
- a case of robbery and assault

rob‧ber‧y /ˈrɒbəri $ ˈrɑː-/ ●●○ noun (plural robberies) [countable, uncountable]    
the crime of stealing money or things from a bank, shop etc, especially using violence → theft, burglary

traf‧fick‧ing /ˈtræfɪkɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]    
1 the buying and selling of illegal goods, especially drugs
 drug trafficking

Slave trade
Human trafficking

smug‧gling /ˈsmʌɡəlɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]    
the crime of taking something illegally from one country to another
- He was arrested in connection with drug smuggling.

Wildlife smuggling
Animal trafficking
Illegal wildlife trade

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hi‧jack‧ing /ˈhaɪdʒækɪŋ/ noun    
1 [countable, uncountable] the use of violence or threats to take control of a plane
 the recent series of airplane hijackings


Crime and Punishment Quiz
You can do this quiz online or print it on paper. It's based on our crime and punishment vocabulary page, part of our English for Police section.

What crime is being committed in each of these cases?

1. A thief goes into your house through a window.

 fraud
 burglary
 vandalism
2. A child steals a chocolate bar from a store.

 assault
 child abuse
 shoplifting
3. A car is driven faster than the limit.

 speeding
 drunk-driving
 trafficking
4. An American dealer sells cocaine to a Canadian buyer.

 theft
 smuggling
 drug trafficking
5. A guard refuses to give a prisoner food or water unless the prisoner gives up information.

 abduction
 torture
 hijacking
6. A police officer shoots and kills an unarmed teenager who refused to obey him.

 murder
 terrorism
 assault
7. A person throws a lit match into a building and it catches fire.

 arson
 burglary
 domestic violence
8. A terrorist group takes over an airplane and changes its course.

 vandalism
 trafficking
 hijacking
9. A man regularly assaults his wife and children.

 homicide
 domestic violence
 abduction
10. A dishonest lawyer charges a client for more hours of work than he really did.

 burglary
 armed robbery
 fraud

Your score is:
100%

Correct answers:
1. burglary
2. shoplifting
3. speeding
4. drug trafficking
5. torture
6. murder
7. arson
8. hijacking
9. domestic violence
10. fraud

Grammar Quiz: Crime
Topic: Vocabulary | Level: Beginner

Online Quiz
Printable Worksheet
Online English Quiz
Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

Q1 - A person who breaks into houses to steal is a ...
burglar
pickpocket
shoplifter
Q2 - A person who attacks people in the street to steal is a ...
burglar
pickpocket
mugger
Q3 - Killing someone as a punishment for a crime is...
capital punishment
corporal punishment
Q4 - A person who burns property is...
a burglar
an arsonist
a robber
Q5 - Which is more serious?
Theft
Robbery
Q6 - A story that proves someone could not have committed a crime is...
an alibi
a witness
Q7 - A person who transports things illegally into a country is a...
mugger
smuggler
bandit
Q8 - Killing someone without intending to is...
murder
manslaughter
Q9 - Killing someone with intention is...
murder
manslaughter
Q10 - Paying an official to do something illegal is...
mugging
bribery
arson

Vocabulary:



Homework:
  1. Write the blog entry in the google doc I created for that purpose and comment the most interesting entries by your classmates
  2. As you’ve been learning about some crimes that made an impact on you, can you write in a google doc a selection of the most useful words and expressions to describe it?


Revocable life imprisonment

Death penalty

al‧i‧bi /ˈæləbaɪ/ ●○○ noun [countable]    
1 something that proves that someone was not where a crime happened and therefore could not have done it
a perfect/cast-iron/unshakeable etc alibi
- He had a perfect alibi and the police let him go.

Grammar
Countable or uncountable?
• News is an uncountable noun and is followed by a singular verb:
The news was not very good.
• News is used with the singular form of words such as this and that:
He was shocked when he heard this news.
✗Don’t say: these news
Prepositions with the news
• If someone or something is on the news, they appear or there is a report about them on a television or radio news programme:
The minister was on the 10 o’clock news.
I saw the pictures of the crash on the news.
• If someone or something is in the news, they are being discussed in newspapers and on news programmes:
Education has been in the news a lot this week.

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