Gateway Level 3 Unit 2

Choose the correct alternative.

1 Someone       [stole, broke] into my car and took my phone which was on the front seat.

2 It is         [legal, illegal] to steal information from other people’s computers.

3 A murderer is someone who        [steals, kills] someone else.

4 A        [hacker, mugger] attacks people in the street and steals their money.

5 The men who did the bank         [theft, robbery] took £5,000,000 in cash.

Who is talking? Match the sentences to the criminals in the box.

arsonist burglar kidnapper shoplifter vandal

1 ‘Shhh. They’re upstairs sleeping. Let’s see if there’s anything worth taking down here.’           

2 ‘I’ve got that camera under my coat. Nobody saw me. Let’s get out of here and get away.’              

3 ‘Look, nobody uses the old wooden hut in the field – let’s go and burn it down.’            

4 ‘I have your son. Pay me $1,000,000 in Bitcoin by Thursday.’             

5 ‘Hey, come on – let’s smash the windows on that factory and run away.’        

Complete the sentences with the correct words

1. When you     someone, you attack them for their money.

2. When you       from a person or a place, you take money or objects illegally.

3.       is a general word for somebody who takes other people’s things or money.

4.          is the crime of entering a house to take things.

5. A           is someone who takes away another person and wants money before they set the person free.

6.           is when you bring something into a different country illegally, without permission.

7. The police stopped the        because he was breaking shop windows.