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3.a) Which crimes are the most serious? Number them in order.
3.b) Which of these crimes is more frequent in your country?
3.c) Can you think of other crimes?
teachers camping and hiking every weekend. He loved it, the children
loved it, and now its his job.
crime
punishment
PRACTICE:
8. Make passive sentences using the verbs in brackets. Use the
present simple or simple past.
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9.a) Complete the following stories using the PASSIVE form of the
SIMPLE PAST.
STORY 1
Two boys aged nine and eleven __________________(arrest) for robbing a
sweet shop. They used a gun which was actually a water pistol with black
tape around it. When the shop assistant started laughing, the boys ran
away, but they _______________(stop) five minutes later by the police. The
police arrested them, but said that the gun didnt have any water in it!
STORY 2
A woman _____________ (send) to prison for internet fraud. Leila Krieff had a
website called heroesfund.com, which asked the public to send money for
exsoldiers. But Krieff didnt give the money to the heroes. Instead, she
bought two homes, a Porsche, a Mercedes and a boat.
STORY 3
Tony and Gretel Rivera were arrested for art theft. Between 1999 and 2007
they stole hundreds of paintings from art galleries in the USA. One painting
_________________(take) by the Riveras from a gallery in Santa Fe.
The Riveras __________________ (catch) when they tried to sell the painting to
Joachim Cohen in California. Cohen recognised it immediately; he owned the
art gallery in Santa Fe.