Unit 4 Test Crime doesn't pay (Optimise B2)

2. Could you send me a text message as soon as

your plane __________ ?

3. I know you’re busy so I __________

up the parcel from the post office.

4._________ we go to the park this afternoon? It

would be good to get some fresh air.

5. Kevin ___________ me tidy the garage this

afternoon so he can’t watch the match.

Complete the sentences with the future

continuous, future perfect simple or future

perfect continuous form of the verbs in

brackets.

1 . The police ____________ (look for)

the gang of thieves for three years by next

Christmas.

2. I __________ (write) this essay

for the rest of the evening so I won’t be able to

go out.

4. William __________ (learn) the

violin for a year when he plays in the concert

this summer.

5 . A: __________you ___________(manage) to

complete the assignment by tomorrow?

B: I think so. I’ve finished it and I just need to

read through it.

Complete the sentences with one of the suggested words.

1. The _________ thought the thieves were sorry

for their crimes so she gave them a shorter

sentence.

3. People tend to get a ________ for driving

offences unless it’s something serious.

4. My grandmother was the ________ of a nasty

crime. Some criminals got hold of her credit card

details and bought loads of items with it.

5. The jury decided he was _______ and he got

sentenced to five years in prison.

Choose the correct words:

1 . The police decided to let the man _____

without bringing any charges against him.

2. Beating someone ______ is a terrible crime,

which should not go unpunished.

3. The man couldn’t turn his daughter ______ to

the police, even though she’d stolen the jacket.

4. Some thieves held ____ a jewellery shop

yesterday and stole millions of pounds’ worth of

jewellery.

5. I can’t believe they got away ____ it.

Everyone knows they’re guilty!

Complete the sentences with one word in

each gap. The first letter is there to help

you:

1. The politician received a number of threatening

emails. The police are treating it as a

h_______ crime.

2. I’m convinced that crime p _______ is the

best way to keep our community safe.

3. If the police want to identify someone, they can

send a DNA sample to their crime l ____ .

4. A lot of y_____ crime seems to be

committed by young people who are bored and

unmotivated.

5. There’s been a crime w_____ in my town

this summer. Almost every day there’s been some

attack or robbery.

One is that the victims of

crime are now more likely to _________ and

report incidents to the police. Another is that

some types of behaviour, like trolling (social

media attacks), were not considered crimes in

the past.

These are now taken much more

seriously and people are less likely to be

________ by the police.

In fact, the number of

people being charged and found ___________ of

internet-related crimes has gone up significantly.

In many cases, the sentence for these crimes

includes one to two years of ________ . Although

it is worrying that crime has increased, we can be

reassured that criminals are not getting away

with it.