Prepare 8 Unit 5

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

A ___________________            [burglar, burglary, shoplifter]came into our house while we were on holiday and took our jewellery.

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Please watch my bag for a minute. I don’t want anyone to _________         [thief, rob, steal]it.

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_________                   [Burglary, Pickpocketing, Shoplifting] is a problem on the buses in the city centre.

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_________             [Vandals, Hackers, Burglars] found out all the online customers’ passwords.

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Someone who takes things without paying for them at a supermarket is a _________                [shoplifter, burglar, hacker].

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Someone _________            [stole, robbed, theft] a bank in my town last week.

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Some _________                 [pickpockets, thieves, vandals] threw paint on that statue yesterday.

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Taking and keeping anything that doesn’t belong to you is _________              [theft, burglary, hacking].

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I’d like you to write a story about ______________             [yourself, themselves].

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My friends and I often help ____________             [each other, ourselves] with our homework.

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My brother hurt __________          [herself, himself] during the rugby match.

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I love taking selfies – you know, photos of ___________             [myself, themselves].

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We all enjoyed _____________            [each other, ourselves] at the party. It was great fun.

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After winning the match, my sister felt very proud of _____________          [herself, himself].

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When they finished all their exams, my classmates bought ____________             [myself, themselves] an ice cream.

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Be careful! Don’t cut ___________            [yourself, myself]with that knife.

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It was Sunday afternoon and my friends and I (1) _______              [felt, were feeling]bored so we (2) _____              [decided, was deciding]to go cycling. We (3) ________             [rode, were riding] down the hill when I saw a small box. My friend Jack (4) ____________             [looked, was looking] inside the box and found about €300. We (5) _____________                [didn’t know, wasn’t knowing] what to do. I (6) _____             [held, was holding]the money when two police officers (7) _____               [arrived, were arriving]. We gave them the money. Two weeks later, I (8) _____             [got, was getting] a letter. It said ‘Thanks for returning my money. Here’s €50 for you and your friends.’

Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs.

1. The thief took the necklace and then he ______________________     (run) towards the trees.

2. We ______________________             (have) fun at the beach when it started raining.

3. My friends ______________________                 (not play) cards when the teacher came in.

4. I ______________________        (score) a goal in the last two minutes and we won the match.

5. While my dad was living in France, he ______________________        (teach) himself French.

6. My sister was feeling ill so she ______________________             (not play) squash after school.

7. It was lunchtime and we ______________________             (have) lunch at school.

8. I didn’t hear my phone so I ______________________               (not answer) it.

Correct the pronoun in each sentence.

1. Hannah bought himself a new dress.__________         .

2. They made yourselves a picnic for the school trip.________           

3. Luckily, Julian didn’t hurt itself when he fell off his bike.___________        

4. Did you enjoy myself in London, Kate?__________         

5. I taught herself to speak some Spanish before our holiday to Spain last summer._________        

6. We didn’t buy themselves concert tickets after all because they were so expensive._________          

Decide if the verbs in brackets should be in the past simple (PS) or the past continuous (PC).

1. Mum was making dinner when I (ask) her if I could go and meet my friends.____    

2. We (play) tennis when it started to rain. _______   

3. The thieves (rob) the bank when the police arrived at the crime scene. _____   

4. A bald, middle-aged burglar (fall) out of a window while he was burgling a house. _____     

5. The pickpocket who stole my grandpa’s wallet (wear) a cap and a dark coat. ____   

6. While I was waiting for the show to begin, I (make) myself a drink. ____     

Choose the correct definition for the crime.

1. vandalism   [A, B]
   A destroying or damaging things that
   belong to others on purpose
   B stealing from a shop

2. hacking   [A, B]
   A entering a building illegally to steal
   B illegally accessing information from
   computer systems

3. theft   [A, B]
   A entering a building illegally to steal
   B the crime of stealing

4. pickpocketing   [A, B]
   A stealing from another person’s pockets
   B stealing from a shop

Compete the text with the words in the box.

burglary each other himself pickpocket shoplifting theft vandalism thief

The Daily News

Police finally arrest Lightfingers Fred, the professional

¹       who has committed many crimes over the last few years. His illegal acts include ²             from stores across town, the ³           of lots of cars and buildings, and ⁴          in up to ten houses in the Greenfields neighbourhood.

Lightfingers Fred is part of a larger criminal group who teach ⁵            how to steal and rob banks. Fred has even helped ⁶         to more than 50 wallets over the years as a ⁷            in action on the streets, stealing from innocent people.

But Fred will now go to prison and there will be no more ⁸       from him. Now the police just need to catch the other criminals!