Law and order, exercise 80.3

   English Vocabulary in Use, CUP 2001, p. 165

   

       Fill the gaps with suitable words, use the expressions from the text on law and order.

   

   1. I have never ____________ the law and ___________ a crime.

   2. In Britain it is ___________ the law to drive a car without insurance.

   3. If you park illegally you will have to pay a _____________ .

   4. The police were fairly sure the man committed the crime, but they knew it would be

        difficult to ____________ it in court.

   5. The jury must decide if the accused is innocent or ____________ .

   6.  In order to reach their decision, the jury must listen carefully to the ______________ .

   7. If the accused is _____________ of murder, the _____________ may be at least ten years

       in prison.

   8. He has been in trouble with the police once before, but it was only a minor ____________ .

   

   

   Crime – verbs

   Use these verbs to complete the story:

   arrested, charged, convicted, heard, questioned, suspected

   A few months ago Ron was 1 …………..  by the police, who 2 ………… him of being involved in a
   robbery at a local post office. He had been 3 ……….. previously of petty crime, but never
   anything serious. The police 4 ………… him for several hours and finally

   5 ………… him with robbery. A few weeks later he got a letter saying that he had to appear in
   court the following month when his case would be 6 …………

   

   called, committed, defend, identified, pleaded, sentenced

   Ron hired the best lawyer he could find to 7 ………… him. He 8 ………… not guilty. When he was 9
   ………… to give evidence, he said he had been somewhere else over 100 miles away when the crime
   was 10 ………… Unfortunately for Ron, three witnesses 11 …………

   him as the man they had seen at the scene of the crime. He was found guilty and 12 ………...

   to three years in prison.

   

   

   

   

   

   Answer Key

   Law and order                                                             Crime

   1  broken; committed                                                                       1 
   arrested

   2  against                                                         
                                   2  suspected

   3 
   fine                                                                                              
   3  convicted

   4 
   prove                                                                                       
       4  questioned

   5 
   guilty                                                                                           
   5  charged

   6 
   evidence                                                                                      
   6  heard

   7  convicted; sentence                                                                      7 
   defend

   8 
   offence                                                                                         
   8  pleaded

                                                                
                                               9  called

                                                                                                          
   10  committed

                                                                                      
                       11  identified

                                                                                                          
   12  sentenced