Grammar Unit 5

4 The telephone was an invention E

1 Read the stories. Then complete the sentences 5 What’s the name of your friend B
using the past simple or past perfect form of the
6 Those are the students C
verbs.

check realize steal call break into A whose first language is not English.
A week ago, some burglars broke into our house B Whose dad is a head teacher?
in the middle of the night and stole a laptop from C _which plays a detective on TV!
the living room. The next morning my mum and D where_ someone pickpocketed your wallet?
dad realised that the laptop was missing and knew E with _ changed the world.
it was a burglary. They checked to see that my F which raised a lot of money for charity.
sister and I were OK and then they called the
police. It was quite scary. 4 Rewrite the underlined parts of the sentences
Emily using must be, might be or can’t be. Keep the
On Thursday morning, Emily’ parents (1)realized that
same meaning.
burglars (2) stealing their house and (3) broke into a
laptop. After they (4) checking that Emily and her sister Maybe Dan is tired because he got up so early.
were OK, they (5) called the police. Dan might be tired because he got up so early.
1 That is definitely Amelia’s brother. He looks just
break have eat get back spill find out like her.

Did you hear? When Tim’s parents got back from

2 Perhaps Sara will be late. She had a lot of work.
holiday, they found out about his big party for all
his university friends. His parents didn’t know!
His friends ate all the food in the fridge, spilt a 3 I’m sure he isn’t the burglar. He’s been in prison
drink on a really expensive carpet and they since last year.
broke the stereo!
Mason
When Tim’s parents (6) got back they (7)found that 4 There’s no question that he’s very intelligent. He
Tim (8) have a big party for all his friends. When they got 98% in the test.
opened the fridge, they saw that his friends (9) had
eaten all the food. Tim’s mum was very upset that 5 There’s no possibility that she is your friend. She
they (10) spilled a drink on the carpet. His dad was said some horrible things about you.
furious that his friends (11) broke the stereo.
6 It’s possible that he’s the thief. He knew where
2 Write sentences and questions using the past
we kept the money.
perfect and the past simple.
when / judge / finish / writing / report / go / home
When the judge had finished writing his report, 5 Complete these sentences with must be, may /
he went home. could / might be or can’t be and the -ing form of
1 I / feel / tired / because / I / work / hard / all / day a verb.
I feeler tired because I working hard all day. go listen look play take use wait
2 Tom / win / even though / not / play / before
Tom winner ever though not playing before. Mum and Dad must be taking us to America!
3 after/ Anna / finish / homework / text / best friend I heard them booking flights for all of us!
After Ana finished homework text best friend. 1 She went out with Harry, but I’m not sure.
4 you / ever / speak to / that man / before / 2 Ben must be playing football today. He’s taken
today / ? his school team kit and his boots.
You ever spoke to that man before today? 3 You _looking very carefully because I know I put
it in your room! It’s on your bed.
3 Match sentence halves 1–6 to A–F and complete 4 Oh no! Someone must have used my credit
them with where, which, who or whose. card! I didn’t buy these things.
1 Is this the café D 5 She waiting at the bus stop. I don’t know, why
2 Look! That’s the actor B don’t you drive past and check?
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Vocabulary Unit 5
1 Complete the sentences with words for 3 Read the definitions and write the words.
criminals or crime fighters. 1 someone who lives in a particular street or area
1 A armed robber _ breaks into your house and resident __
takes things. 2 not allowed by law illegal
2 If you want information, you can ask a private 3 trick someone into doing something that they
detective to follow someone to take photos and don’t want to do t r a p
ask lots of questions. 4 ask a series of questions
3 A murder kills someone. Interogate
4 A traffic police makes sure that people don’t 5 tell the truth about something
park in the wrong place. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ about somethings
5 A judge decides how to punish criminals. 6 not sensible or reasonable
6 A pickpocket takes mobile phones, watches and 7 facts or signs that prove the truth of something
money from people in the street. evidences
7 A robber _ takes things, but he or she doesn’t 8 where criminals sell things in an illegal way
break into a building. on the l o c a l c o u n c i l
8 A detective_ is a type of police officer who solves 9 not right because it isn’t the same for everyone
crimes and catches criminals. unfaIr
10 take someone and keep them at the police
2 Read the newspaper stories. Write the crimes.
station __ __ __ __ __ __
Police have managed to free 21-year-old Charlotte
4 Find five mistakes in the description of the photo.
Colstein two weeks after she went missing. Her Correct them.
father, Robert Colstein, the millionaire owner of
several media companies, informed the police after
a phone call which he received.
1 disappearance

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 contraband

Michelle Sanders, who lost her bag in the High

Street area on Saturday, has since discovered that I can see different groups of people in this photo. In the
another ‘Michelle Sanders’ has bought goods, background there are three people at a table. It must be a
opened bank accounts and ordered official meeting – I’m not sure. The man in the middle is having a
documents. sandwich. The woman on the left of the photo, opposite
3 identity theft the younger man, is reading.

The letter mentioned certain photos and asked for a In front of them, there are some people standing up. They

large sum of money. The man’s wife, whose name seem to be looking at a large mirror. On the right of this,

we cannot give for legal reasons, found the letter there is a painting, so I think it could be a kind of art

and contacted the police. exhibition.

4 black mail
I can see different groups of people in this photo, In the
In two separate cases in the Hallgarth area, background there are three people at table. It must be a
residents came home on Saturday night to broken meeting. I´m not sure. The man in the middle is having
windows and doors with the loss of TVs, laptops looking her phone. The woman on the left of the photo ,
and jewellery. opposite to young man, is reading. Begin of them, there
5 steling are some people standing up. On the right of this, there is
a painting, so I think it could be a kind of art exhibition

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