MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA NACIONAL

POLICÍA NACIONAL
LICENCIATURA EN EDUCACION
PARA LA CONVIVENCIA Y DESARROLLO HUMANO

Worksheet

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According to the topic Grammar Police, answer the following questions.

Conversation

 A Spanish police officer helps a British woman to find her missing child...
 Woman: Help! Police!
 Police: What's wrong?
 Woman: My daughter is missing. I can't find her anywhere!
 Police: Okay. Calm down. I'm going to help you find her. What's her name?
 Woman: Erica. She's only five. She doesn't know how to speak Spanish!
 Police: Okay. What does Erica look like?
 Woman: She has brown curly hair. She's skinny and small for her age.
 Police: Okay. What is she wearing today?
 Woman: Blue shorts and a pink T-shirt. She has a hat on too, I think.
 Police: How long ago did she go missing?
 Woman: I've been looking for her for almost an hour now.
 Police: And where did you last see her?
 Woman: We were just shopping in the vegetable section. I turned around and she was gone.
 Police: Don't worry, everything is going to be okay.
 Woman: What should I do?
 Police: Stay right at the front of the store in case she comes looking for you. We'll start looking for her
now.

Check your understanding

1. Why is the woman panicking?

2. Which is true about Erica?

3. Where was the little girl last seen?

Conversation

A Japanese police officer pulls over an American driver on the highway for speeding...

 Police: Can I see your driver's license please?

 Man: Ah, yeah. I think it's in my pocket. No. Maybe my wallet. Uh. Yeah here.
 Police: Do you know how fast you were driving?
 Man: No, sorry. It's a rental car. I'm not used to it.
 Police: Have you been drinking tonight, Mr. Davidson?
 Man: I had one or two drinks. I'm okay to drive, though. I know my limit.
 Police: How long have you been in Japan?
 Man: A few weeks, why?
 Police: It seems you are unaware of our zero tolerance for drinking and driving.
 Man: I'm not drunk. I'll blow into a breathalizer.
 Police: In Japan you cannot operate a vehicle after consuming any alcohol.
 Man: Oh, I didn't know that.
 Police: You were also going over the speed limit, Mr. Davidson. I'm going to have to ask you to step out of
your vehicle and get into my car.
 Man: This is crazy. But what about my car?
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POLICÍA NACIONAL
LICENCIATURA EN EDUCACION
PARA LA CONVIVENCIA Y DESARROLLO HUMANO

 Police: We'll have the rental car towed to the agency. When you're in our country you have to respect our
rules.

Check your understanding

1. Why was the man pulled over?

2. What is Mr. Davidson's excuse?

3. What will happen to the car he was driving?

a tow-truck will take it away

Fill in the blanks with the words in the parentheses

1. Police officers carefully observed and secured the __________ (crime scene – investigation – all points bulletin)
2. Unfortunately, the police were unable to gather enough evidence during their__________ (investigate – the scene
of the crime - investigation)
3. The police sent out an __________ (all points bulletin – handcuff – police dog) to notify the police force of the
details of the crime and criminal. At last, the criminal was arrested on San Miguel Street in Torremolinos.
4. Hugo attended the _______ (chief contable – patrol car – Police Academy) in this city then he joined the police
force.
5. ___________ (Interpol – police man – traffic police) protect the safety of motorists and pedestrians. They can
arrest you for drunk driving.
6. The criminal resisted being taken into the ___________ (flak jacket – police college – squad car)
7. A police officer grabbed a criminal and put __________ (flak vest - crime scene – handcuff) on him.
8. This _________ (search warrant - police dog – police men) is trained in searching buildings, baggage and vehicles.
9. The Royal Canadian _________ (plainclothes – police custody – mounted police) has twenty horses in its
possession.
10. Three football hooligans were remanded in __________ (Interpol – police custody – handcuff) yesterday
evening.