2. Bad luck vocabulary.
Here are the sentences from the previous exercise again. Write one or two words in the gaps to complete them.
4. Vocabulary.
Here is the vocabulary from the previous exercise again. Put the words and expressions into the correct boxes.
Use some of the words and phrases below to complete the story. There are five extra words that aren't used.
6. Steal, rob and burgle.
Steal, rob and burgle are all criminal actions.
Steal
If you steal something, you take
it:
Thieves broke into my car and stole the radio.
Rob
You use rob to talk about people and banks.
If you rob a bank, you go in
and steal money from it.
If you rob a person, you
steal something from that person.
A masked man robbed the bank and stole $500,000.
Someone robbed me when I was coming out of the subway.
Burglarize
You use burglarize to talk about houses and offices.
If you burglarize a house or office, you go in and steal something.
My house was burglarized when I was on vacation.
Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
7. Crimes and criminals.
Here are the crimes and criminals for the verbs you studied in exercise 5.
| Verb | Criminal | Crime |
| burglarizee | burglar | burglary (pl: burglaries) |
| rob (a bank) | robber | robbery |
| rob (a person) | thief (pl: thieves) | theft |
| steal (a thing) | thief (pl: thieves) | theft |
Complete the paragraphs with the correct form of words from the table.
11. Missing word.
Which ONE word can complete all the sentences?
| Thieves _____ into my house. |
| Our car _____ down on the way to the airport. |
| The couple _____ up five years after getting married. |
| Two prisoners _____ out of the prison. |
| An arm _____ off the statue when they were moving it. |
12. Phrasal verbs with break.
Match a sentence on the left with a sentence on the right.
For more information about phrasal verbs see the Grammar Reference.