8. Crime TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

8. Crime

Match the adjectives in the box to their opposites. Then complete the sentences a) – j) with one of the adjectives on the page.

burglar	bullies	dealers	drink driving	fine
gangs	graffiti	hooligans	judge	mugged
robbers	shoplifting	speeding	theft	violence

1	A ___burglar ____ broke into our house while we were away this weekend and stole our video.
2	Drug _____________ who sell heroin to teenagers are among the worst kind of criminals.
3	Car _____________ in this area is increasing. Fifty cars were stolen last week.
4	Fourteen football _____________ were arrested after the match. They were fighting and throwing bottles onto the pitch.
5	He should have taken a taxi home after the party. He got stopped by the police and lost his licence for _____________.
6	He was doing 80 kilometres an hour in the centre of town. He was caught _____________ on a camera.
7	He’s scared to walk home from school on his own because last week some _____________ in the year above him broke his personal stereo.
8	If you park on a double yellow line, you might get a parking _____________.
9	In court, the _____________ said he should stay in prison for the rest of his life.
10	She was arrested for _____________. She stole a pair of jeans and a sweater from a clothes shop.
11	Some people think that the _____________ on TV and in films leads to crime.
12	The health centre wall has some big red _____________ on it. They’ll have to repaint the wall.
13	There was a big fight between two _____________ of teenagers outside the club. Seventeen people were hurt.
14	Two armed bank _____________ got away with £50,000 yesterday.
15	Two guys _____________ a friend of mine recently and ran off with her handbag.

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