Grammar 1 Complete the sentences. Use the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1 We couldn’t help the police. We (not see) the crime.
2 By the time I got home, my brothers (eat) all the pizza.
3 The car was in the car park, but vandals (smash) the windows.
4 When Mum and Dad got home, we (tidy) the whole house.
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2 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1 When the police (arrive), the joyriders (run) away.
2 The thief (hide) the jewellery by the time the police (search) her house.
3 The detective suddenly (remember) that he (not question) the shopkeeper’s wife.
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Vocabulary
3 Complete the crime words. Then use them to complete the sentences.
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1 There’s a lot of in the city. There’s graffiti and smashed bus stops everywhere.
2 The police officer investigated the fire and said that it was .
3 They caught the when he tried to use my credit card. He’d already thrown away my handbag, though.
4 They now have security cameras in the department store to catch .
5 I couldn’t sleep at night after the . We’ve got an alarm on the house now.
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4 Complete the text with the words below. There are two words you do not need.
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The story of Robin Hood is very old, but there are modern stories with similar themes. In many westerns, for example, there are men who are 1 because they have committed crimes. Sometimes they are the heroes: they save people and fight against 2 , like Robin Hood. Sometimes they are the bad guys and the hero must 3 against them and fight them. In many other stories we read about bad kings or other powerful 4 . They are cruel and their 5 use violence to make people do what they want.