Everyday Vocabulary An Arrest Test
Question 1
(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)
AN ARREST
A policeman was sent to _____ the disappearance of some property from a hotel.
To investigate means to look carefully into a problem or crime to find out what happened. The policeman is sent to find out about the missing property, so he goes to investigate the disappearance. Not arrest, because you arrest a person, not a disappearance.
Question 2
When he arrived, he found that the hotel staff had caught a boy in one of the rooms with a camera and some cash. When the policeman tried to _____ the boy, he became violent and the policeman had to _____ him.
To arrest someone means that the police take that person away because they think he has committed a crime. The boy was caught with a camera and cash, so the policeman tries to arrest the boy. Not charge, because charging happens later at the police station.
Question 3
When the policeman tried to _____ the boy, he became violent and the policeman had to _____ him.
To handcuff someone means to put metal rings (handcuffs) on their wrists so they cannot move their hands. The boy became violent, so the policeman had to handcuff him to control him. Not detain, because that means keeping someone at the police station, which happens later.
Question 4
At the police station, the boy could not give a satisfactory explanation for his actions and the police decided to _____ him with the _____ of the camera and cash.
To charge someone with a crime means the police officially say that the person did it. The pattern charge him with the theft is the clue. Not sentence, because only a court gives a sentence, after the person is found guilty.
Question 5
At the police station, the boy could not give a satisfactory explanation for his actions and the police decided to _____ him with the _____ of the camera and cash.
After the we need a noun, and the crime of stealing is called theft: charged with the theft of the camera. Steal is a verb, and thieving is informal and not used in this phrase.
Question 6
They took his _____, locked him in a _____ and _____ him overnight.
Police take someone's fingerprints: they record the marks from the person's fingers to identify him. Not handcuffs, because the police put handcuffs on someone; they don't take his handcuffs.
Question 7
They took his _____, locked him in a _____ and _____ him overnight.
A cell is a small locked room where a prisoner is kept, for example at a police station. The boy is still at the police station for one night, so he is locked in a cell. Not prison or jail, because those are whole buildings for people already sent there by a court.
Question 8
They took his _____, locked him in a _____ and _____ him overnight.
To detain someone means to keep them at the police station and not let them leave. The word overnight is the clue: they detained him overnight. Not charged, because you charge someone with a crime, not overnight.
Question 9
The next morning, he appeared in _____ before the _____.
A court is the place where a judge or magistrate decides if someone is guilty. We say appear in court. Not station, because a police station is not where a case is judged.
Question 10
The next morning, he appeared in _____ before the _____.
A magistrate is the official who judges smaller cases in a British court. People appear in court before the magistrate (or judge). Not lawyer or prosecutor, because they argue the case; they don't judge it.
Question 11
He took a (an) _____ and _____ not guilty.
To take an oath means to make a formal promise in court to tell the truth. The fixed phrase is take an oath. Not promise, because we say make a promise, not take a promise.
Question 12
He took a (an) _____ and _____ not guilty.
In court, a person pleads guilty or pleads not guilty: they say officially whether they did the crime. Not begged, because beg means to ask very strongly for something and is not used with guilty.
Question 13
Two _____, the owner of the property and a member of the hotel staff, gave _____.
Witnesses are people who saw or know something about a crime and tell the court about it. The owner and a member of staff saw what happened, so they are the two witnesses. Not magistrates, because the magistrate is the person who judges.
Question 14
Two _____, the owner of the property and a member of the hotel staff, gave _____.
To give evidence means to tell the court what you know about a case. Witnesses give evidence. The other options don't form a phrase with give here.
Question 15
After both sides of the case had been heard, the boy was _____ guilty.
After a trial, a person is found guilty or found not guilty: the court decides that he did or did not do the crime. Not sentenced, because we say sentenced to a punishment, not sentenced guilty.
Question 16
He had to pay a (an) _____ of £50 and he was given a _____ of three months in prison suspended for two years.
A fine is money that you must pay as a punishment. We say pay a fine of £50. Not money, because a money is wrong; money is uncountable.
Question 17
He had to pay a (an) _____ of £50 and he was given a _____ of three months in prison suspended for two years.
A sentence is the punishment a court gives, for example time in prison. The phrase is a sentence of three months in prison; suspended means he goes to prison only if he commits another crime within two years. Not fine, because a fine is money, not time in prison.
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