Unit 2: Setting the rules

The police asked the ___ to describe the robber.

• thief

• victim

• offender

The man was found guilty and _____ to ten years in prison.

• sentenced

• fined

• caught

The robbers _____ the jewelry shop on the weekend.

• broke into

• broke out

• broke open

Have you ever broken the ___?

• house

• jail

• law

She didn't know she _____ the law when she didn't use the crosswalk. 

• was breaking

• broken

• had been breaking

The victim told the police that she _____ the robber before in her life. 

• had never seen

• never saw

• didn't see

She _____ fast, until she got caught by a police officer and was fined $200.

• got used to driving

• used to driving

• used to drive

My boss wants me to call her by her first name. It seems impolite to me, but I'm _____ it.

• getting used to

• being used to

• not getting used to

An example of a writer's tone of voice is _____.

• serious

• beautiful

• boring

Using different _____ to describe actions can make your story more real and interesting.

• adjectives

• nouns

• adverbs