Topical News Lessons

Choose the best answer: 
1. Who killed Julinho? 
a. drug-traffickers 
b. uniformed police officers 
c. off-duty police officers 
2. Why did the policemen murder these people? 
a. they thought they were drug-traffickers 
b. it was a protest against their new commanding officer 
c. they thought they were criminals 
3. What does Julinho’s mother think will happen to the police officers? 
a. they will go to prison 
b. nothing will happen to them 
c. they will lose their jobs 
4. Why did Julinho die? 
a. he was in the wrong place at the wrong time 
b. his friends were drug-traffickers 
c. he was a murderer 
Fill the gaps using prepositions. Check your answers in the text. 
1. 
protest _______ something 
2. fire 
shots 
_______ 
someone 
3. talk 
_______ 
someone 
4. 
move on _______ another place 
5. 
charge someone _______ murder 
6. compared 
_______ 
7. 
_______ the wrong place 
8. 
_______ the wrong time 

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 
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Match the adjectives with the nouns. Check your answers in the text. 
1. warm 
a. criminal 
2. powerful
b. shooting 
3. random
c. activities 
4. short 
d. evening 
5. petty 
e. distance 
6. illegal 
f. guns 
Look at this example from the text: 
Julinho was standing outside a bar. 
 
Make more sentences like this using the prompts 
 
1. he/talk/to 
his 
friends 
2. 
the men in the car/wear/masks 
3. Julinho’s 
mother/weep 
4. 
the men in the car/carry/guns 
5. the 
teenagers/play/video 
games 
6. 
some victims/stand/in the street 

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