Write a memo to the salesperson you were working with that day.

 

 

Grammar Revision

Grammar Training

 

26. Supply the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

A.

Killer’s Helper Found Guilty of Bride’s Murder

The owner of a taxi firm who helped his cousin (1) ____________ (to carry out) the ‘honour killing’ of a Muslim bride moments before her wedding yesterday (2) _______________ (to convict) of murder.

A jury at Birmingham crown court took seven-and-a-half hours (3) _______________ (to find) Tafarak Hussein guilty of (4) _______________ (to murder) Sahjda Bibi, who (5) ____________ (to stab) 22 times.

Miss Bibi, 21, died almost immediately at her home in Alum Rock, Birmingham, on January 11, after (6) _______________ (to attack) by Tafarak’s cousin, Rafaqat Hussein, who was angry that she (7) _______________ (not to marry) a blood relative. The cousins, who both face mandatory life terms, (8) _______________ (to sentence) by Mr Justice Wakerley on Monday.

During the eight-day trial Tim Raggatt QC, for the prosecution, told the jury how Rafaqat (9) _______________ (to attack) Miss Bibi, a dressmaker, with a kitchen knife in her bedroom as she (10) _______________ (to prepare) for the wedding ceremony. The bride’s mother (11) _______________ (to witness) the final stages of the murder. Rafaqat then fled in a waiting BMW (12) _______________ (to drive) by Tafarak.

The killer (13) _______________ (to learn) of the wedding a few days earlier and, together with Tafarak, decided (14) ______________ (to kill) Miss Bibi before it could take place. On January 10, they met in Birmingham (15) _______________ (to finalize) their plan. They bought a plane ticket (16) _______________ (to allow) Rafaqat (17) _______________ (to flee) to Pakistan immediately after the killing.

Although he pleaded guilty to murder in September, Rafaqat told police Miss Bibi’s death (18) _______________ (to be) an accident and (19) _______________ (to offer) no other explanation.

However, detectives believe the factory worker decided (20) _______________ (to kill) Miss Bibi because he (21) _____________ (not to approve) of her choice of husband.

(22) _______________ (to speak) after the case, the West Midlands police said they were satisfied with the court’s decision. A spokesman said: “Sahjda’s death (23) _______________ (to call) an honour killing, when a person (24) _______________ (to murder) because they (25) _______________ (to bring) ‘dishonour’ upon their family. But I can see no honour in killing another human being. In this case the victim was a relative of the killer and she seemed (26) _______________ (to trust) him. It seems Sahjda (27) _______________ (to fall) in love with a wrong man. Rafaqat appears (28) _______________ (to be unable) to accept this union and took it upon himself (29) _______________ (to prevent) it (30) _______________ (to take) place – at any cost.”

(From ‘The Guardian’, abridged)

 

B.

Violent Offences Rise by 12%

But Overall Crime Rate Falls

Violent crime, excluding robberies and sex offences, (1) _______________ (to rise) by 12% in the past year according to new crime figures (2) _______________ (to publish) tomorrow. But while most violent crime continues to rise the official figures will also show that the overall crime rate in England and Wales (3) ______________ (to fall) and for the first time people’s fear also (4) _______________ (to start) to drop.

The government’s drive against anti-social behaviour (5) _______________ (to launch) this week is as much about (6) _______________ (to try) (7) _______________ (to reduce) the public’s fear of crime as it is about (8) _______________ (to tackle) the low-level offences that (9) _______________ (to involve).

Ministers (10) _______________ (to expect) (11) _____________ (to step up) efforts to curb gun crime and highlight the new five-year mandatory sentence for (12) _______________ (to carry) an illegal firearm.

Tomorrow’s figures (13) _______________ (to mark) the third year that the BCS and the police recorded crime figures (14) _______________ (to show) crime (15) _______________ (to fall) in England and Wales.

The figures (16) _______________ (to publish) soon by the Home Office are the quarterly recorded crime figures for April-June this year, and the results of the British Crime Survey, (17) _______________ (to base) on interviews with 40,000 people.

(From ‘The Guardian’, abridged)

C.

Silcott to Be Released after

Serving 18 Years in Prison

Winston Silcott, who (1) _______________ (to convict) and subsequently (2) _______________ (to clear) of murdering PC Keith Blakelock in 1985 Broadwater Farm riot, is (3) _______________ (to release) from prison next week after ministers (4) _______________ (to back) the Parole Board’s verdict the he (5) _______________ (to pose) no risk to the public.

Silcott, 43, (6) _______________ (to serve) a life sentence for the unrelated murder of amateur boxer Anthony Smith a year earlier.

PC Blakelock was set upon by a mob and hacked to death during the riot in Tottenham, north of London on October 6, 1985. At the time Silcott was on bail (7) _______________ (to await) trial for the murder of Mr Smith. In March 1987, 13 months after (8) _______________ (to convict) of murdering Smith he (9) _______________ (to convict) of murdering PC Blakelock.

Despite more than 1,000 police photos of the riots, not one showed Silcott to be present. He always (10) _______________ (to maintain) his innocence of the murder of the PC and (11) _______________ (to claim) that police saw him as a target because of his position as founder of Broadwater Farm Youth Association which (12) _______________ (to speak up) for young black people.

Six years after (13) _______________ (to sentence) to 30 years in prison his conviction (14) _______________ (to overturn) on appeal because of tainted police evidence. He since (15) _______________ (to pay) £50,000 by the Metropolitan police for wrongful arrest and punishment.

In a statement, Silcott said: “I (16) _______________ (to look) forward to returning to my family and overturning my conviction.”

He is expected to return to his former home area in Tottenham, where he (17) _______________ (to believe) (18) _______________ (to sign) up for a course in sound engineering and computers at a local college.

(From ‘The Guardian’, abridged)

 

Grammar in Speech