Crime and criminals; Negative prefixes – B2 English Vocabulary Test

1  Complete the definitions.

1   someone who connects to other people’s computers without their permission ……hacker……

2   the place where criminals are tried for their crime ………………….

3   someone who breaks into houses to steal things ………………….

4   someone who is locked up for a crime they committed ………………….

5   someone who has been harmed or injured due to a crime ………………….

6   someone who is thought to have committed a crime ………………….

7   a group of people who listen to the facts in a trial and make a decision about whether the person is guilty or not ………………….

8   the person who controls a trial and decides on the punishment ………………….

2  Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

1   The ……suspect…… has been taken to the police station for questioning.

2   Attention all police officers, there is a ………………… in process at 10 Redbridge Road.

3   The ………………… stated that she saw a tall man wearing a grey jacket enter the house.

4   Our officers are ………………… this matter and we’ll be in touch soon.

5   The police have ………………… a suspect because there was no evidence he was at the crime scene.

6   In a ………………… to the police the victim said she felt very scared during the robbery.

7   The young man ………………… the charge and claims he was out of town that day.

8   The local museum is closed due to the ………………… of its most valuable painting.

3  Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.

1   The sentence was released because there was no proof of his guilt. ……suspect……

2   The police still haven’t done an arrest but they have several suspects. …………………

3   The Brown’s house was burglary while they were away on holiday. …………………

4   I’m afraid you will be denied with assault and you may have to go to prison. …………………

5   We will witness this new information and see if it leads us to the criminal. …………………

6   They both sentenced the charge and stated that they were at home that evening. …………………

7   You haven’t made a crime, so you are free to go. …………………

8   A burglar might be charged to between two and five years in prison. …………………

4  Complete the sentences with the opposites of the adjectives in the box.

1   The suspects’ statements are contradictory, so one of them has given us ……inaccurate…… information.

2   I’m afraid it is still ………………… what the motive for this crime was. We just don’t know.

3   The policeman was very ………………… and lost some of the papers needed for the trial.

4   It looks like the criminal got ………………… and made some mistakes.

5   If we wear dark clothes and a hat, we’ll be almost ………………… at night.

5  Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

1   Look at this mess! Why are you so disorganised / unorganised / inorganised?

2   The hacker claims that he didn’t know what he was doing was inlegal / illegal / imlegal.

3   You might have passed on some unaccurate / inaccurate / disaccurate information by mistake.

4   Don’t go into the attic, the floor is unsafe / insafe / ilsafe.

5   In our country it’s unpolite / impolite / dispolite to talk about someone’s age.

6  Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the words and phrases in the box. There are three extra words and phrases.

A:   I can’t believe the police 1……charged…… Mr Jackson with burglary. It seems 2………………. that he would be capable of 3………………., let alone a series of them.

B:   I know. Something must have forced him to become 4………………. . He was such a friendly neighbour.

A:   Apparently, when the police first 5………………., they didn’t suspect him at all. They only 6………………. it after the fourth burglary and they 7………………. their suspicions when they searched his garage.

B:   He’s made a 8………………. now, so maybe we’ll find out why he did it soon.