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Exercises

57.1 What do we call ...?
a person who steals cars? a car thief
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wd a person who kills someone?
a person who steals things from shops?
Nok a person who robs people’s houses and flats?
a person who attacks someone in the street and steals their money?
a person who sells dangerous drugs?

57.2 Fill the gaps in these sentences.
1 There were a lot of football hooligans. near the stadium.
2 The police officer a.................... her for shoplifting.
3 SOME V0. destroyed all the flowers in the park.
4 Hehadtopayaf............ of £50 for parking his car in the wrong place.
S There are alot of b..................... in this part of the city, so always close the windows.
6 The police made a mistake: she wasi...................... She did not steal the money.
7 People whot........... drugs often do other crimes too.
8 Agroupoft.........iooi.i.i.. have attacked the airport.
9 He murdered his wife. He was in p................... for 20 years.

57.3 What do you think should happen to these people? Choose from the list a —i on the right.
If you do not like the list, what do you think should happen to them?
1 A man murdered his wife and three children. a fine of £100
2 A student with no money stole a book from b 30 years in prison
a bookshop. c six months in prison
3 A woman sold some drugs to a teenager. d death
4 Some terrorists attacked a bus and killed 5 people. e five years in prison
S A woman parked her car and blocked the traffic. f in prison for life
6 A teenager broke some trees in the park. g a fine of £50
7 A man who drank too much alcohol drove h must work in a hospital for six
his car and crashed. months
_ must not drive a car for a year

57.4 What do you think? Put all the crimes on the opposite page in a list, from least serious to
most serious.

57.5 Choose five or six words opposite and use them to make your own sentences.

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