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Subject Questions Quiz - People Related to Crime

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Defining crime and punishment vocabulary through answering subject questions with "Who...?", with optional subject questions grammar presentation and crime vocabulary further practice.

By: Alex Case
Level: Intermediate
Theme: Law
Study Area: Questions
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Lesson Plan Content:


People related to crime subject questions quiz

Work together to answer these questions with words for people related to crime, law and punishment, using the big list below to help if you need to.

  • Who works in a prison?
  • Which American word means lawyer?
  • Who decides on the sentence after the jury decide on guilt?
  • Which kind of lawyer wears a wig?
  • What kind of criminal steals from a closed shop?
  • What name is used for a security guard at the entrance to a nightclub?
  • What slang word means police officer?
  • Who deliberately burns down buildings?
  • Who is maybe a criminal but might be found innocent?
  • Who do you go to when you need to check a contract or make a will?

 

1.      accomplice

2.      the accused

3.      arsonist

4.      assassin

5.      attorney

6.      bag snatcher

7.      bailiff

8.      barrister

9.      bigamist

10.   bouncer

11.   burglar

12.   co-defendant

13.   conman/ fraudster

14.   constable

15.   cop

16.   counsel

17.   court reporter

18.   court stenographer

19.   customs officer

20.   defendant

21.   deputy

22.   detective

23.   drug dealer

24.   drug mule

 

25.   drug trafficker

26.   drunk driver

27.   executioner

28.   exhibitionist

29.   expert witness

30.   fence

31.   forger

32.   gangster

33.   governor

34.   hacker

35.   high court judge

36.   illegal immigrant

37.   immigration officer

38.   jaywalker

39.   judge

40.   juvenile delinquent

41.   kidnapper

42.   litigant

43.   magistrate

44.   mugger

45.   murderer

46.   paralegal

47.   parole officer

48.   partner

 

49.   PC

50.   PI

51.   pimp

52.   prison officer

53.   prisoner

54.   prosecutor

55.   psychologist

56.   rapist

57.   reoffender

58.   scammer

59.   security guard

60.   serial killer

61.   sheriff

62.   shoplifter

63.   smuggler

64.   social worker

65.   solicitor

66.   spy

67.   suspect

68.   tax dodger

69.   terrorist

70.   traffic cop

71.   vandal

72.   white collar criminal

73.   witness

 

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Match the questions above to these answers:

A barrister does.                                         A burglar does.                             A judge does.

A prison officer does.                   A solicitor.                                                   An arsonist does.

Attorney does.                              Bouncer is.                                                  Cop does.

The accused is.

 

Subject questions grammar presentation

How are the other questions and answers above different from “Who do you go to when you need to check a contract or make a will?” “A solicitor”?

What is the longer version of that answer? Is “A solicitor” the subject or object of that longer answer?

Is that the same or different for the other questions and answers below?

Which kind of question is called “subject questions”? Why?

Make similar questions to test your partner on other words from above, giving them different options to choose from if they aren’t sure.

Ask about any words above which you don’t understand, are not sure of the question for, etc, working together to make suitable questions to get those answers each time.

Work together to answer these questions about differences between the word above:

  • Which person robs from a shop which is still open, a shoplifter or a burglar?
  • Which one is in charge of law and order in a cowboy movie, a sheriff or a deputy?

Test each other on differences between similar words above with similar questions starting with “Which…?”

 

People related to crime word formation

Change the end of each word below (when needed) to make kinds of people, then check above.

1.      the accusation

2.      arson

3.      bag snatching

4.      bigamy

5.      burgle

6.      con

7.      fraud

8.      customs

9.      detect

10.   drug dealing

11.   drug trafficking

12.   drunk driving

13.   execution

14.   exhibitionism

 

15.   forgery

16.   gang

17.   govern

18.   hack

19.   illegal immigration

20.   immigration

21.   jaywalking

22.   judgement

23.   juvenile delinquency

24.   kidnap

25.   litigation

26.   mugging

27.   murder

28.   parole

 

29.   prison

30.   prison

31.   prosecute

32.   psychology

33.   reoffend

34.   scam

35.   security

36.   shoplifting

37.   smuggling

38.   social

39.   tax dodging

40.   terrorism

41.   traffic

42.   vandalism

43.   white collar crime

44.   witness

 

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