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Hey, would like to do some revision exercises? Exactly, why not? In this post, I suggest some vocabulary exercises about crimes and criminals. When you are done, it will be time for some listening practice and finally, I'll provide some scenes from an American TV series in which you can hear the lawyer saying something like "my client will plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter". So, are you ready?

Vocabulary exercises. Please, have a look at the following website where you can find lots of exercises related to crimes and criminals. You just have to go through the different links and have a good time.
www.tefl.net/alexcase/worksheets/cutting-edge/cutting-e-int-vocab/

Listening practice. Click on the following link to do a multiple choice listening exercise about security systems (don't forget to listen to it again while reading the quiz script after checking your answers).
www.esl-lab.com/securitysystems/securitysystemsrd1.htm

Watch a video. Now, you are ready for some real English.
Close to home is a legal drama in which Annabeth Chase is a criminal prosecutor with a near perfect conviction record. In the episode "Parents on trial" from Season 1, Annabeth must combat the defense’s strategy of putting the victim’s parents on trial by claiming their lifestyle and the father’s relationship with the defendant is to blame for their son’s death. Now, Annabeth must find evidence that will convince a jury that the defendant is guilty of the murder of Baily, the 6-year-old boy. Watch the following video and let's see how much you can understand.

Grammar exercises. Before tackling these exercises, read this fragment from the trial:

Lawyer: "I have two independent witnesses who would say that you told them that you were worried about money and terrified about having another child."

Child's father: "I might have said a few things but I never said that."

Do you remember the use of past modals to make deductions or speculate about past actions? Do you? Anyway, here you have two links in which your find a couple of exercises to do some practice in case you might need it.

www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg3_mightnotcouldnot.html

www.autoenglish.org/gr.might.i.htm

Well, you're done. How do you feel? I hope you enjoyed this lesson and found it useful. See ya!

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  1. Many thanks for linking to my blog. It's now moved to Wordpress.com, so the link is:
    http://tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/cutting-edge/ce-int/cutting-e-int-vocab/

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  2. Also specific crime page now here:
    http://tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/vocabulary/crime/

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