Vocabulary exercises:

Exercise1. Translate and transcribe the words from essential vocabulary.

Exercise2. A. Look at the table of crimes. Find mistakes and correct.

Crime	Definition	Criminal	Verb
Murder	Stealing something from someone’s home	Smuggler	Shoplift
Shoplifting	Taking something illegally into another country	Burgle	Murderer
Burglary	Kidnap	Burglar	Shoplifter
Smuggling	Killing someone	Murder	Smuggle
Kidnapping	Stealing something from a shop	Kidnapper	Taking a person hostage in exchange for money or other favors, etc.

B. Here are some more crimes. Complete a table like the one in A opposite.

Crime	Definition	Criminal	Verb
Terrorism
Blackmail
Drug-trafficking
Forgery
Pick-pocketing
Mugging

Exercise3. Read the text. Try to complete the gaps with words from the following list. Put the verbs in the correct form.

To commit a crime, to plead, to charge with, to pay a fine, to accuse of, prosecutor, to sentence, to pass verdict on, to witness, to serve, to be tried, to be released from, to defend, to acquit of.

Bill … … when he robbed a bank. Someone … the crime and told the police. The police … him … bank robbery. They also … his twin brother, Ben, of being his accomplice. The case came to court and they were … . The trial did not last very long. Bill and Ben both … not guilty in court. Their lawyer did her best to …them but the … lawyer produced a very strong case against them.

After brief deliberations, the jury … … on them. They decided that Bill was guilty but Ben was innocent. The judge … Ben of any involvement in the robbery but …

Bill to three years in prison. He also had to … a large … . Bill … two years but … … from prison a year early. He got time off for good behavior.

Exercise4. Study the words then divide them into three groups, in what seems to you to be the most logical way.

Member of a jury, judge, smuggling, witness, prison, fine, bribery, detective, hi-jacking, community service, probation, traffic warden, death penalty, rape, drunken driving, lawyer

Exercise5. Think of crimes and make the list of three most serious and three least serious.

Most Serious Least serious

1. ………………. 1. ………………….

2. ………………. 2. ………………….

3. ………………. 3. …………………

Exercise6. Write a paragraph to fit this newspaper headline. Give some details about crime and the court case, using as many words from this unit as is appropriate.

Local girl’s evidence gets mugger two years prison

FOCUS Civil Rights.

Exercise1. What's the right age? Choose the right age for doing the following things

16

18

21

older

never

• Get married    ________       

• Go to war       ________    

• Vote in an election  _______         

• Have a sexual relationship   _______         

• Drink alcohol in a public place   ______        

• Pay government taxes   _________

• Drive a car  ________

• Live on your own    _______    

• What does the law say in your country?

• Is it the same as your opinion?

Exercise2. Read these letters from national newspapers in the UK and find out:

• Who thinks a 16 year old should be considered an adult?

• Who thinks a 16 year old is still a child?

• How old do you have to be to vote in the UK?

• What can you do at 16 in the UK?

• How do the laws for young people compare to the laws in your country?