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CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who saw an event such as an accident or crime.

a)

criminal

b)

witness

c)

judge

d)

shoplifting

2.

A group pf chosen people who listen to facts about a crime and decide if the person is guilty or not.

a)

judge

b)

jury

c)

smuggling

d)

lawyer

3.

A person in a court of law who decides how the law should be applied.

a)

jury

b)

lawyer

c)

judge

d)

criminal

4.

Starting a fire in a building in order to damage or destroy it

a)

smuggling

b)

shoplifting

c)

arson

d)

burglary

5.

Trying to make somebody do something you want by giving them money, presents, etc.

a)

bribery

b)

mugging

c)

blackmail

d)

smuggling

6.

Stealing from houses and flats

a)

pickpocketing

b)

mugging

c)

burglary

d)

robbery

7.

Taking a person by using violence, often in order to get money for returning them

a)

murder

b)

vandalism

c)

kidnapping

d)

theft

8.

Using violence to steal from somebody in a public place (a street, a park, etc.)

a)

robbery

b)

burglary

c)

mugging

d)

smuggling

9.

Taking things illegally from one country to another

a)

smuggling

b)

mugging

c)

muggering

d)

muging

10.

Stealing things from a shop while it is open

a)

robbery

b)

theft

c)

shoplifting

d)

burglary

11.

Intentionally damaging public property, or property belonging to other people

a)

violence

b)

vandalism

c)

vandal

d)

graffiti

12.

They.................. a bank.

a)

robbed

b)

stole

13.

They.................. the money.

a)

robbed

b)

stole

14.

The ___ was arrested by police who caught him hiding in his garden.

a)

witness

b)

criminal

c)

crime

d)

victim

15.

The man was ___ as he walked home late at night.

a)

rob

b)

steal

c)

stolen

d)

robbed

16.

Police are trying to catch the ___ who set fire to the school.

a)

arsonman

b)

arsoner

c)

arsonist

d)

arson

17.

The pilot was knocked unconscious and the plane was taken over by four women who demanded political asylum in New Zealand.

a)

forgery

b)

kidnapping

c)

hijacking

d)

mugging

18.

verdict

a)

someone who sees an accident or crime

b)

someone who has suffered the effects of violence or a crime

c)

decision made after judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a trial

d)

not guilty of committing a crime

19.

To think that someone may have committed a crime

a)

suspect

b)

trial

c)

victim

d)

guilty

20.

The ........................ gave the killer a 35-year ........................

a)

lawyer/verdict

b)

judge/verdict

c)

judge/sentence

d)

lawyer/sentence