Crime vocabulary/ history vocabulary/ past modals
Decide if each section below is mainly connected to crime and punishment in the past or the present:
A
Banditry Piracy Sheep rustling
Pillaging Slave revolts Witchcraft
Usury Apostasy Horse theft
B
White collar crime Hacking Phishing scams
Shoplifting Human trafficking Suicide bombing
Sexual harassment
C
Stocks Beheading The rack
Witch trials Ordeal Ducking stool
The Inquisition Heresy Banishment
D
Electric chair Lie detector CSI
Pathologist Electronic tagging Open prison
Community service DNA analysis Breathalyser
Speed camera CCTV
E
Outlaw Mobster Poacher
Buccaneer Runaway slave Adulterer
Rum smuggler Highwayman
F
Branding Excommunication Crucifixion
Impaling Burning at the stake Torture chambers
Lynch mob Whipping Pillory
Transportation Guillotine
Which sections are crimes, which are criminals and which sections are connected to crime detection and punishments?
What are the names for the criminals who do the crimes in the crime sections?
Discussion
Are any of the crimes or punishments in the past sections still relevant to the present?
Do you think any of the punishments and crimes from history that don’t exist in your country anymore should be reinstated?
Which ones have been connected to films or TV programmes?
Crazy laws
Discuss with your partner if you think the rules below are present rules or only in the past, using phrases like those on the previous page to express how sure you are of your ideas
UK/ pregnant woman/ go to toilet anywhere including/ policeman’s helmet
Europe/ dead bodies/ criminals/ hung up in public
York/ legal/ murder a Scotsman if/ carry/ bow and arrow
In Europe animals/ put on trial
Scandinavia/ trial by combat
Germany/ jury/ all freeborn men
Illegal/ carry/ dead pig/ London cab
France/ forbidden/ call/ pig Napoleon
Rome / all witnesses/ male
UK/ nagging woman/ ducked in water
Toronto/ illegal/ ride/ streetcar/ eating garlic
Look below the fold for the answers and make whole sentences for any you got wrong or couldn’t guess.
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Answers
UK/ pregnant woman/ go to toilet anywhere including/ policeman’s helmet- present
Europe/ dead bodies/ criminals/ hung up in public- past
York/ legal/ murder a Scotsman if/ carry/ bow and arrow- present
In Europe animals/ put on trial- past
Scandinavia/ trial by combat- past
Germany/ jury/ all freeborn men- past
Illegal/ carry/ dead pig/ London cab- present
France/ forbidden/ call/ pig Napoleon- present
Rome / all witnesses/ male- past
UK/ nagging woman/ ducked in water- past
Toronto/ illegal/ ride/ streetcar/ eating garlic- present
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