Police hero gets medal for bravery

On the morning 9 June, an off duty UN police officer prevented a tragedywhen he persuaded an armed robber with a hostage to surrender. At 11 a.m. the robber, carrying an assault rifle, had entered the Blueville City Bank. He left the bank 10 minutes later with a female hastage. Lieutenant Kimura had seen the man enter the building and he had immediately requested back up. Police units had not arrived when the man came out of the bank and Lieutenant Kimura decided he could not wait. Armed with only his service revolver, he confronted the robber. By the time the policire response team arrived on the scene, Lieutenant Kimura had persuaded the man to surrender.

3.	Match the words with the definitions.

kidnapping	Taking property from a person by force.
murder	Illegally taking a person away.
robbery	Deliberately killing a person.
theft	Illegally taking someone else’s property.
arson	The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.
car theft	Starting a fire in order to damage or destroy something.
rape	Forcing someone to have sex.

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Read the texts 1-3(ex. 2). Decide which text is …

 

1. a funny story.

2. a story of heroism.

3. a tragic story.

5.s	Answer the questions for each report.

 

1. What happened?

2. When did it happen?

3. Where did it happen?

4. Who was involved?

 

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Read article 3 again and order the events.

 

1. The robber left the bank with a female hostage.

2. Lt Kimura confronted robber and persuaded him to surrender.

3. The police response team arrived on the scene.

4. The robber entered the Blueville City Bank carrying an assault rifle.

5. Lt Kimura requested back up.

 

7.	Choose the best tense to complete the sentences. Read the note first.

 

NOTE: we use the past perfect to show that one event happened before another.

E.g. Lieutenant Kimura had seen the man enter the building.

We use when, by the time and because to link the past perfect with thw past simple.

E.g. The woman had argued with her boyfriend when she told him …

 

On the morning of 8 June, a combined Blueland Police and UN Police operation (1) had struck/struck a major blow against arms smugglers. Someone (2) had told/told UN Police officers about a truck with illegal automatic weapons and the UN Police (3) had informed/informed the local police. It appeared that the Blueland Police intelligence unit (4) had known/knew about the smuggling for some time but they could not arrest the smugglers because they (5) hadn’t had/didn’t have specific information.

 

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Describe the pictures.

 

 

In Liberia

 

 

Timor-Leste

 

 

GRAMMAR: MODALS