VOCABULARY
1. MATCHING: Match the crimes (1-13) with the descriptions of crimes (a-m).
1) MURDER
8) HIJACKING
2) KIDNAPPING
9) FRAUD
3) BURGLARY
10) THEFT
4) MUGGING
11) MANSLAUGHTER
5) PICKPOCKETING
12) SMUGGLING
6) ARSON
13) SHOPLIFTING
7) RAPE
a. ______________________ David Smith got drunk one night and decided to drive home. As
he turned a corner he crashed into another car and killed the driver.
b. ______________________ John James pretended to start a business and persuaded some
people to lend him some money. He used the money to go on a holiday to the Carribean.
c. ______________________ Ronnie Tyler pulled out a gun from his pocket and shot the bank
guard five times in the head.
d. ______________________ Peter Short stole a computer from the company he worked for.
e. ______________________ Vincent Tapper took a pistol and ordered the pilot to fly to
Miami.
f. ______________________ Johnnie Smeghurst set fire to his school after failing all his
exams.
g.____________________ Joe Sykes forced his ex-girlfriend to make love with him.
h._____________________ Paul Winters and Jennifer Summers stopped millionaire William
Gates outside his home and forced him to go with them. They demanded 30 million dollars
from the family to free him.
i.____________________ Nigel Handy waited until night, carefully forced open the window
and climbed into the house. He took the TV and a lot of money. j.______________________
Pete Murphy often went to the shopping center and took wallets from the people shopping.
The never felt a thing!
k. ______________________ Anne Clinton walked around the department store and, making
sure no one was watching, put two expensive watches into her bag.
l. ______________________ John Bottomless was caught at the customs with $500,000 worth
of cocaine hidden the doors of his car.