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9D Invitations

Q U IC K REVIEW P re sen t P e rfe c t fo r g ivin g new s T hink o f fo u r pie ces o f new s a b o u t you and peo ple you know . W ork in g ro ups. Tell the o th e r stu d e n ts yo u r new s: A My sister’s just takensome exams. A sk q u e stio n s a b o u t th e o th e r s tu d e n ts ’ new s: B Has she got the results yet?

Speaking and Vocabulary Crime

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D Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. 1 Do you, or people you know, like watching TV crime dramas or programmes about real-life crime? If so, which ones? 2 Do you ever read crime novels? If so, which authors and books are your favourites? ft] Work in the same pairs. Which of these crime words do you know? Check in p149.

Fill in the gaps in the table with these words. Then check in m m m m v

rob steal burgle murder break into bullets shoot a victim a suspect arrest someone

steal murderer burglary robbery thief robber murder burglar

v e rb c r im in a l c r im e

rob

steal

burgle murder theft

Choose the correct words in these sentences. 1 Three men robbed/stole a bank in London last ni jht and robbed/stole over £2 million. This v as the third bank robbery/burglary in the city this month. 2 Last night my car was burgled/broken into and my

satnav was robbed/stolen. 3 A man was stolen/murdered yesterday in Los

Angeles. The police have arrested/robbed two

suspects/victims in connection with the murder/ murderer. 4 My brother's flat was stolen/burgled last week and

his laptop was stolen/burgled.

Listening and Speaking

§?| a EZSh29 There has been a murder in Yately, a village in

England. Listen to the conversation and match the people to their descriptions.

Mar y— the murder victim

Alice ■— the new person in the village

Barry Clark Ellen and Jack’s son

Ellen the owner of the flower shop

Jack Miller Jack’s wife

Adam Jack’s business partner b Work in pairs. Who are the people in pictures A-C?

2 ^2 9 Listen again and answer these questions. 1 When did the murder happen? 2 Where was the body found? 3 When did the Garden Centre open? 4 How was the victim killed? 5 What were Jack and Barry arguing about yesterday? 6 Who wanted to get divorced? 7 Why was Adam sent to prison? 8 When did he come out of prison?

; HELP WITH G R A M M A R R elative c la u s e s I w ith • who, which, that a n d where y a Look at these sentences. The underlined clauses are called relative clauses. They tell you which person, thing or place we are talking about. That’s the place where they found the body. He’s the man who/that was murdered. Her marriage is the only thing which/that J makes her happy. b Complete the rule with the words in bold • in 7a. • To introduce relative clauses we use: • a or for people. • * b or for things. * c for places. * c Check in M ilJ m M illl* P150.

U Complete these sentences with who, which, that or where. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. 1 Jack Miller is the man . who was murdered. 2 The big house at the end of the village is the Miller family lives. 3 Alice is the woman .... owns the flower shop. 4 The only person has been in prison is Adam. 5 The police never found the money Adam stole. 6 Mary thought Yately was a sleepy village nothing ever happened.

Q a Work in groups. Make a list of suspects. Who murdered Jack Miller, do you think? Why? b Compare answers with the class.

Get ready ... Get it right!

H2 Work in two groups. Group A p107. Group B p113.

m a Work in pairs with a student from the other group.

Take turns to point to the things in the picture and tell your partner what you know about them. Use relative clauses.

This is the person who ...

T hat’s the place where ... This is the gun that ...

b Who do you think murdered Jack Miller now? How and why did the murderer do it, do you think?

fU a 30 Listen to a news report about the murder trial. Who is the murderer? b Look at Audio Script f J U 3 0 p165. Read and listen to the news report again. How did the murder happen?

How did the police catch the murderer? Why did the murderer kill Jack Miller?

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