Here at BusyTeacher, we like to provide you with lots of choices and variety so welcome to the crime and punishment section of the site. It is not an obvious ESL topic but there still are 92 FREE worksheets available that you might consider using in class. This activity is for upper intermediate students who need to practice modal verbs. There are excellent instructions included with the worksheet but you are going to have to take some time beforehand to talk about crime related vocabulary such as forgery so that students understand the questions they are being asked. If this is not an appropriate topic or level for your students, there are many to choose from including word searches and other discussion activities.
While not a common ESL topic, crime and punishment can be interesting especially in adult discussion classes because everybody has a slightly different opinion when it comes to issues related to this. Some schools may deem this a controversial and inappropriate topic so be sure to get approval before introducing anything in class. With lower level learners, you may want to introduce vocabulary words such as jail, steal, and policeman. You can use these words in activities related to predictions or when studying the If ~, then ~. sentence structure. As with most topics, you simply have to choose material that suits the level of your students to ensure that everything goes smoothly and students understand the lesson.
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It was created to promote an interesting discussion about controversial topics. Teachers must be aware of students' opinion and act as a guide in the discussion. It would be helpful if p ...
Another word search but with nouns and more general terms. I use it to have the students find the word themselves and then go through the list to ensure they know the meaning of the words in the c ...
Crime and punishment explains who does what in court and compares crime and punishment in different countries. What do people do in a court of law? Study the definitions, students get chance to di ...
This is a vocabulary exercise for the law enforcement workplace. It presents word families ,multiple meaning and collocations of one word " arrest". The activities involve dictionary use, creatio ...
The game "Who's the murderer?" introduces the crime scene and the victim. Then there are pieces of evidence and the list of suspects. Read the introduction to the ss. Place the strips with evidenc ...
Who is the criminal? An engaging jigsaw reading comprehension mystery. It is an excellent role play reading best for upper-high intermediate who find working in groups an enjoyable activity. The i ...
Any kind of “Alibi” game is perfect for practicing past tenses (esp past simple and past continuous). Make up any story that something was stolen at the party at 10 pm last night. You ...
This worksheet is loosely based on Agatha Cristie's "The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge". The aim of the discussion is to find out who the murderer is. There are six suspects and three detectives, thou ...
It is based on the episode of "Light Sleeper", Season 3 Episode 14. It basically starts with two Korean women that have been killed. Turns out they, and the Korean who found them all married US ar ...
It's a simplified version of "Cluedo" board game to practise past simple and past continuous. The teacher sets the scene of the murder case and divides the students in groups. One group takes the ...
This worksheet is based on the first 10 mins of the popular TV show "Lie To Me" (Season 1, Episode 1). It includes pre-watching discussion on what body language is and how it is possible to read p ...
A popular song “She Said” by Plan B can be used as a warmer to start a lesson on reported speech or a fun activity to finish it with. Ss enjoy listening to the song and singing the fir ...
This is a worksheet for revising vocabulary on crime and punishment and making ss speak and express their opinions. Cut the names of the crimes out of page 1 and give one set of words to each grou ...
The topic of this worksheet is crime. This worksheet is based on the American series called Dexter. It provides lots of grammar exercises for the past simple tense. It includes gap-fill exercises. ...
This activity is designed for a warm-up while studying passive voice. At first students can be asked to speculate about a picture of a kidnapped girl. After that, they are supposed to form sentenc ...
This worksheet contains an article about different diamond heists that have occurred in recent history. Throughout the article, certain pieces of vocabulary have been highlighted in bold, the defi ...
It's a movie worksheet with a lot of screenshots and subtitles to discuss the main characters and the plot of the film including curses and lexis on terrorism and hostages. I used it for an after- ...
This worksheet can be used with upper intermediate to advanced English learners. It will help them get ready to talk about this controversial topic. It will allow students to give thei ...
Crime story writing prompts based on Upstream Advanced Unit 4. Use this work sheet to drill the phrases connected with crime and modern concerns. There's a beginning of a story, and students are ...
It's a simple worksheet with two tasks (gap-filling with connectors and verbs in Past Simple) and a debate on the theme of the song. I suggest using the video for the last part in order to find th ...
Crime or Offense and their Definitions is a very popular worksheet for my legal English students. These terms and definitions help the student to understand what is meant by a particular crime an ...
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The listening tasks are prepared on a trailer of the TV series "Law and Order". It is to introduce or revise vocabulary connected with CRIME. On the second page of the document I added possible an ...
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