Starlight 11 Crime Idioms
методическая разработка по английскому языку (11 класс) на тему

CRIME IDIOMS

Fill in the blanks with the following idioms:

1. You will spoil your son if you let him ……………... You should punish him for his back-talk.
2. None of us is …………… . We have to obey all of them.
3. I …………… trying to break into my car.
4. You know what they say, you can't escape ……………...
5. The government ………………, hiring a stockbroker convicted of fraudulent practices to entrap the stockbroker they were investigating for fraud.
6. The cost of renting a car at that place is ………………..
7. He is …………… for stealing cars.
8. I was brought up on the streets where …………… rules, so I soon learnt how to look after myself.
9. You should be ……………… when you cross the street in heavy traffic.
10. A judge always has to follow ……………….
11. The young man learnt that ……………… when he was arrested for stealing a bicycle.
12. The judge found that John had murdered his wife cruelly and ………………
13. Bob and Tom were …………… at school.
14. The shopkeeper …………….. when he tried to arrest the thief.
15. For a nervous twenty-four hours, three wanted criminals were ……………. in the city.

ANSWERS:

1. You will spoil your son if you let him get away with murder. You should punish him for his back-talk.
2. None of us is above the law. We have to obey all of them.
3. I caught him red-handed trying to break into my car.
4. You know what they say, you can't escape the long arm of the law.
5. The government set a thief to catch a thief, hiring a stockbroker convicted of fraudulent practices to entrap the stockbroker they were investigating for fraud.
6. The cost of renting a car at that place is daylight robbery.
7. He is doing time for stealing cars.
8. I was brought up on the streets where the law of the jungle applies, so I soon learnt how to look after myself.
9. You should be on the alert when you cross the street in heavy traffic.
10. A judge always has to follow the letter of the law.
11. The young man learned that crime doesn't pay when he was arrested for stealing the bicycle.
12. The judge found that John had murdered his wife cruelly and in cold blood.
13. Bob and Tom were as thick as thieves at school.
14. The shopkeeper took the law into his own hands when he tried to arrest the thief.
15. For a nervous twenty-four hours, three wanted criminals were at large in the city.