Chapter 3: A Detective Story (Units 1-2) Vocabulary

1.________ = (n) a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to investigate crimes and catch criminals

• Spy

• Detective

• Lawyer

• Judge

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2._________ = (n) the act of connecting or the state of being connected

• Cooperation

• Complex

• Connection

• Concern

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

3. (a)   = (n) a substance that flows freely and is not a solid or a gas, for example water or oil

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

4._________ = (n) a person who tries to get secret information about another country, organization or person, especially somebody who is employed by a government or the polic

• Spy

• Detective

• Government

• Police

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5._________ = (v) to carefully examine the facts of a situation, an event, a crime, etc. to find out the truth about it or how it happened

• negotiate

• spy

• discover

• investigate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

6. (a)   = (adj) made of many different things or parts that are connected; difficult to understand

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

7. (a)   = (v) to make sure that somebody/something is not harmed, injured, damaged, etc.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

8._________ = (v) to believe that somone has committed a crime or done something wrong

• witness

• criminal

• suspect

• judge

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

9._________ = (n) a person who steals goods from a shop by deliberately leaving without paying for them

• Shopkeeper

• Shoplifter

• Shopowner

• Shopper

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

10._________ = (n) a person who sees something happen and is able to describe it to other people

• Witness

• Shopkeeper

• Criminal

• Police

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10