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A Mysterious Case 5

Reading for joy and reading
regularly affect your exam results

positively.

D. Scan the article and answer the following question.
witness (v): to see something (usually
1. The article is about: a crime or an illegal activity)
a. dangerous criminals. commit (a crime) (v): to do
b. unsuccessful and funny crime attempts. something illegal
c. a restaurant robbery.
arrest (v): if you are arrested, you are
caught by the police
E. Read the article and match the headings with the suspect (n): a suspect is a person
paragraphs.
who you believe committed a crime
a. This picture doesn’t look like me.
b. Your chicken wing or your life.
c. Stop laughing! It isn’t funny.
G. Read the bold words in the text and
F. Answer the following questions. answer the following questions.

1. Which crime types are mentioned in the text? 1. The word “them” refers to .
2. Why did the man break into the pizza restaurant? 2. The word “his” refers to .
3. How did the family catch the burglar in the house? 3. The word “it” refers to .
4. Why did the arsonist send a photo of himself to the
police?
5. How did the police find the arsonist? H. Which crime was the funniest? Why?

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