to steal theft thief to rob robbery robber to mug mugging mugger to vandalise vandalism vandal to assault assault assailant to shoplift shoplifting shoplifter to murder murder murderer
Can you think of any more crimes?
What the difference between? rob and steal? You rob a place and steal a thing.
a burglar and a thief? A burglar steals from houses or
flats but a thief steals from anywhere.
murder and manslaughter? Manslaughter is when someone is
killed by accident.
a policeman and a judge? A policeman wears a uniform and
a judge works in a courtroom Pre-Listening - Have you ever been the victim of a crime? What happened? - Did you ever get burgled? Did anyone ever break into your house or flat? What happened?
- Listen to the lady telling
her mother about a burglary? How many things did they steal? Listen again and answer the questions
1. How does she say Through the small window
they got in?
Laptop, MP3 player, playstation 3, 2. Write down three Wii, children's games, some old things they took? jewellery
3. How does the Terrible and so sad
woman feel now?
make sure alarms are on, all the 4. What is she going to doors are locked and bolted, put do in future? alarms on the doors. Talk about these crime questions with a partner. 1. What are the most 5. Do the police in your common crimes in your country carry guns? Do area? you think this is a good 2. Do you think the police idea. do a good job where 6. How can we keep crime you live? low? 3. Have you ever been the 7. Do you think some victim of a crime? What criminals should be killed happened? if they commit very 4. Have you ever serious crimes? committed a crime? 8. Do you think we have too What did you do? many laws or not enough? Writing report writing
Youre going to write a report about a crime you
saw. It could be a car accident, a robbery or something. It doesnt have to be true! Write what you were doing when it happened. Write where it happened. Explain what happened.