LET’S INVESTIGATE
CLUE RED - HERRING PRINTS
ALIBI WITNESS
1. Link the beginning with the end of the sentence:
The police found the criminal… false clue
A red-herring is a ... a man killing a woman
A witness saw… because they had a lot of clues
Professional criminals… he has an alibi He
was at work, so... clean their prints
2. Read the following story and answer the following questions:
The police arrested a man. His wife was death because somebody shot at her. The gun had
the prints of this man. He is a suspect because of many reasons. He was alone at the moment
of the death. He hated his wife, who was a very rich woman. He didn’t love her anymore
and he was going out with another woman. Nobody saw the crime, because the dead woman
was sleeping alone at home, but the police think her husband is the murderer. However, they
have a question to solve: why did they also find woman’s prints in the bedroom?
- Does the police have clues?
- Does the man have any alibi?
- Was there a witness of the crime?
- Is there any red-herring?
- Did the police find footprints or fingerprints? - Do you agree with the police? Why or why
not?
3. Underline all the verbs of the text in affirmative form.
- How many verb tenses are there? -
Try to guess what their names are.
4. Complete the following sentences with one of these verbs in the past simple:
Destroy/ Be (x2)/ Investigate/ Disappear/Watch/ Have/ Clean/ Find/ Arrest/ Go/ See
- The police _ Found_ a death man in the river.
- Seven detectives __Investigated__ the murder.
- A gold ring __ Disappeared__ from the museum.
- The prisoner __Had__ a gun at home.
- The witness _Been_ very afraid and _don´t went__ (not) to the trial.
- The burglar _cleaned___ all his fingerprints.
- ________ the police _______ the murderer? - ________ you in the bank during the
robbery.
- Where ________ they _________ the criminal? - _Saw__ you the trial news on
TV?
- The vandals _don´t saw__ (not) the door of the shop.
Sleep Ask Do Shout Cry Look Work Investigate Take
5. Do the same now, but using the past continuous:
- They _weren´t sleeping (not) sleeping during the robbery.
- A prisoner _were not shouting_ because he needed help.
- A man was crying_ because his wife was death.
- The police were investigating_ for two months and they didn’t
find the criminal.
- The detective _was taking_ photographs to the suspect.
- A police officer _was asking__ questions to the prisoner.
- Three people _were working_ in the bank during the robbery.
- They _weren´t looking__ (not) at the killer, so didn’t recognise him.
- What _is_ he _were doing at 9 o’clock?
6. Look at the example and then choose the correct answer:
Everybody was sleeping when the murderer killed his victim
1. We use past simple to talk about …
A/ Actions in process in a moment of the past
B/ Actions finished in the past
C/ Actions in the future
2. When a past simple and past continuous are used in the same sentence..
A/ the past simple describes a long action and the past continuous a short action
B/ the past simple describes a short action and the past continuous a long action
C/ they describe consecutive actions
The burglar put on his gloves, broke the safe and stole all the money
3. Several actions in the past simple describe…
A/ a long action
B/ a short action
C/ consecutive actions
7. Now complete the following sentences using the verb in brackets in the past simple or
continuous:
- The detective _followed_ (follow) a suspect when he _found_ (find) a new clue.
- Three people _were watching_ (watch) TV when they _ heared_ (hear) a strange noisy.
- He _was reading (read) a mystery book and her sister _was watching_ (watch) a horror
movie.
- The police _found_ (find) the murderer and they _arrested_(arrest) him.
- _Is_ he _kidnaped_ (kidnap) the boy when the father _arrived_ (arrive) home?
- They _were phoning_ (phone) the police when they _saw_ (see) the burglar.
- They _don´t arrested_ (not- arrest) him because they _don´t had_(not-have) clues.
- The policewoman _shooted_(shoot) because the vandal _had_ (have) a gun.
- A detective _discovered_ (discover) the criminal but _don´t saw_ (not-say) it because
the criminal _been_(be) his son.