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Vocabulary Tests [ 84 ] Test Eighty Four

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Test Eighty Four

Crime And Punishment

1 - ] The mistakes in these sentences have been underlined for you . Suggest a correct or better alternative for each mistake. The first one has been done for you .

0 The affair remains unsolved .                                             0 . case

1 . Stealing banks is on the increase .                                     1. ---------------------

2 . We must be sure he receives a fair process .                     2 . --------------------

3 . They found the corps in the garden .                                 3 . -------------------

4 . Many people have bought false Dali paintings .               4 . -------------------

5 . The police examined the suspect for ten hours .               5 . ------------------

6 . There are austere penalties for dangerous driving .         6 . -----------------

7. The little boy was able to make us a good description .    7 . ------------------

8 . The most famous criminals used to be held in Alcatraz . 8 . -----------------

9 . Everyone agrees the judge’s decision was exact .              9 . ------------------

10 . How can you test this man is guilty ?                               10 . ----------------

11 . Can you acknowledge  the person in this photo ?           11 . ----------------

12 . His strange behavior raised my suspicions .                    12 . ----------------

13 . She refuses all knowledge of what happened .                13 . ----------------

14 . The police searched  the missing boy for ten days .        14 . ----------------

15 . Will this proof  stand up in court ?                                  15 . ----------------

16 . Some young people disappear without track  .               16 . ----------------

17 . The police have been remarking  his movements .         17 . ----------------

18 . He has evaded  from prison several times .                     18 . ----------------

19 . The sentence  was ‘Not Guilty” .                                      19 . ----------------

20 . Murderers aren’t often hung  these days .                       20. -----------------

Answer Key

1 .Robbing 2 . trial 3 . corpse / (dead) body 4 . fake 5 . questioned / interrogated

6 . strict /severe / heavy 7 . give 8. notorious / infamous 9. just / fair 10.prove

11 . recognize / identify 12 . aroused 13 . denies 14 . searched for  / sought

15 . evidence 16 . trace 17 . observing 18 . escaped 19 . verdict 20 . hanged

2 - The mistakes in these sentences have been underlined for you . Suggest a correct or better alternative for each mistake.

1 . The gang specialized in robbing bikes and selling them .  1 . --------------------

2 . I dialed a false number .                                                        2 . --------------------

3 . I saw a suspected person outside the shop .                         3 . --------------------

4 . You can’t do an accusation without proof .                         4 . -------------------

5 . It will be two weeks before the injury heals .                       5 . -----------------

6 . She received a life verdict  for murder .                               6.--------------------

7 . I’m going to conduct my own apology .                                7 . -------------------

8 . She was held stealing goods at a department store .            8 . -------------------

9 . The murderer chocked his victim with a stocking .             9 . -------------------

10 . There’s a big police chase for the criminals .                    10 . ------------------

11 . He was convicted to death .                                                 11 . ------------------

12 . I was sued and had to pay damages of $500 .                    12 . -----------------

13 . We have a list of missing peoples .                                      13 . -----------------

14 . These new credit cards are easy to imitate .                       14 . ------------------

15 . A lie is intended to cheat someone .                                     15 . ----------------

16 . When does the murder try begin ?                                      16 . ----------------

17 . Laws are done to be broken .                                               17 . ----------------

18 . The innocents were punished along with the guilty .          18. ---------------

19 . Someone has roused the alarm .                                           19 .-----------------

Answer Key

1. stealing 2 . wrong 3 . suspicious-looking 4 . make 5 . wound 6 . sentence 7 . defence

8 . caught 9. strangled 10 . hunt 11 . condemned / sentenced 12 . damages 13 persons /

people 14 . forge / fake 15 .deceive 16 . trial 17 . made 18 . innocent 19 . raised  

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