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Past Simple and Past Continuous Vocabulary: CRIME Guided oral work for a group of or more Cut the papers so each student plays a different role Some students will be DETECTIVES and some will be SUSPECTS Or they could all be detectives and suspects at the same time That is for the teacher to decide The suspects are Anne, Jeremy, Michael, Mrs Granger, Michael and Mr Thomas The clues are not consistent with only one suspect Students have to come up with their own conclusions Last night Mrs Thomas was murdered at Mr Thomas house Look for information by asking questions to the different suspects What we know is that the murderer was wearing something red, the victim was poisoned, and that it happened in the living room at about 11 pm Last Anne: Detectives: Lawyer Take care of the victim’s will Dinner at the dining room with Mrs Granger Black dress, with a red coat night Mrs Thomas was murdered at Mr Thomas house Look for information by asking questions to the different suspects What we know is that the murderer was wearing something red, the victim was poisoned, and that it happened in the living room at about 11 pm What’s your name? What is your profession? What is your relationship with the victim? What were you doing when the incident happened? What were you wearing last night? Last night Mrs Thomas was murdered at Mr Thomas house Look for information by asking questions to the different suspects What we know is that the murderer was wearing something red, the victim was poisoned, and that it happened in the living room at about 11 pm Last night Mrs Thomas was murdered at Mr Thomas house Look for information by asking questions to the different suspects What we know is that the murderer was wearing something red, the victim was poisoned, and that it happened in the living room at about 11 pm Jeremy: Cook Worked for the victim for 20 years Cooking dinner in the kitchen White shirt and trousers, a red scarf Detectives: happened? What’s your name? What is your profession? What is your relationship with the victim? What were you doing when the incident What were you wearing last night? Last night Mrs Thomas was murdered at Mr Thomas house Look for information by asking questions to the different suspects What we know is that the murderer was wearing something red, the victim was poisoned, and that it happened in the living room at about 11 pm Michael: Unemployed at the moment A friend Drinking in the living room Black suit, red scarf Last night Mrs Thomas was murdered at Mr Thomas house Look for information by asking questions to the different suspects What we know is that the murderer was wearing something red, the victim was poisoned, and that it happened in the living room at about 11 pm Detectives: happened? What’s your name? What is your profession? What is your relationship with the victim? What were you doing when the incident What were you wearing last night? Last night Mrs Thomas was murdered at Mr Thomas house Look for information by asking questions to the different suspects What we know is that the murderer was wearing something red, the victim was poisoned, and that it happened in the living room at about 11 pm Last night Mrs Thomas was murdered at Mr Thomas house Look for information by asking questions to the different suspects What we know is that the murderer was wearing something red, the victim was poisoned, and that it happened in the living room at about 11 pm Mrs Granger: Old widow A neighbor Dinner at the dining room with Miss Anne Green dress Detectives: happened? What’s your name? What is your profession? What is your relationship with the victim? What were you doing when the incident What were you wearing last night? Last night Mrs Thomas was murdered at Mr Thomas house Look for information by asking questions to the different suspects What we know is that the murderer was wearing something red, the victim was poisoned, and that it happened in the living room at about 11 pm Last night Mrs Thomas was murdered at Mr Thomas house Look for information by asking questions to the different suspects What we know is that the murderer was wearing something red, the victim was poisoned, and that it happened in the living room at about 11 pm Mr Thomas: President of the International Bank The victim’s husband Helping Jeremy in the study room Black dress, red scarf Detectives: happened? What’s your name? What is your profession? What is your relationship with the victim? What were you doing when the incident What were you wearing last night? Follow up activity: After the interrogation, have a debate with the whole group Elicit different conclusions and possible answers Who was the murderer? Why did he/she it? What was the motive for the crime? Was there a conspiracy against the “found guilty suspect”? Why? Complete the murderer’s confession with the past simple of the following verbs: BUY – TAKE – DECIDE – GO – WANT – KNOW - NOT HAVE – LOVE I murderer Mrs Thomas, I killed Margaret I didn’t mean to kill her It was an accident I wanted to murder Michael, that looser, good for nothing Him, I ………………………………………… to kill him I decided a long time ago that he was not good for Margaret, I mean Mrs Thomas Oh Maggie… I’m so sorry You see… I …………………………………… Mrs Thomas I loved her with all my heart But then that bastard, Michael, appeared in our lives He was Maggie’s favourite You see, he …………………………………………….a job, he was a good for nothing looser, and he ……………………………………….advantage of Mrs Thomas pity and lived the good life from her And I couldn’t stand it anymore I ……………………………………… that Michael liked to drink in the living room, so I ………………………………………… to poison him I did my research on the internet and a week ago I ….…………………………………all the necessary ingredients to make homemade poison The night of the dinner party I had the poison ready So I ………………………………………………into the living room and I poured it in the glass I saw Michael coming in… and I thought that HE was going to drink it But NO… MY MISTRESS IS DEAD NOW I DID IT Buaaaahhh!!! Detectives discovered that you murdered the school teacher Write a confession for your crime Include the following information: • Why did you it? • How did you plan it? • When and where did you it? • Did anybody else help you? Who is it? • How did the police discover your identity? • What is the sentence going to be like? Working with the dictionary: Look for the definitions of the words and match with the pictures Vandalism: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Pickpocketing: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Speeding: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Smuggling: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Drug dealing: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Kidnapping: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… KEY I murderer Mrs Thomas, I killed Margaret I didn’t mean to kill her It was an accident I wanted to murder Michael, that looser, good for nothing Him, I wanted to kill him I decided a long time ago that he was not good for Margaret, I mean Mrs Thomas Oh Maggie… I’m so sorry You see I loved Mrs Thomas I loved her with all my heart But then that bastard, Michael, appeared in our lives He was Maggie’s favourite You see, he didn’t have a job, he was a good for nothing looser, and he took advantage of Mrs Thomas pity and lived the good life from her And I couldn’t stand it anymore I knew that Michael liked to drink in the living room, so I decided to poison him I did my research on the internet and a week ago I bought all the necessary ingredients to make homemade poison The night of the dinner party I had the poison ready So I went into the living room and I poured it in the glass I saw Michael coming in… and I thought that HE was going to drink it But NO… MY MISTRESS IS DEAD NOW I DID IT Buaaaahhh!!!