Unit 5

Pronombres relativos
Grammar reference
Pronombre relativo Se usa para …
Past perfect
who personas
Afirmativa
which cosas / ideas
I / You had eaten. I’d / You’d eaten.
where lugares
He / She / It had eaten. He’d / She’d / It’d eaten.
whose posesión
We / You / They had We’d / You’d / They’d
Usos
eaten. eaten.
Las oraciones relativas nos ofrecen más información
Negativa sobre los sustantivos dentro de una oración principal.
I / You had not finished. I / You hadn’t finished. Usamos los pronombres relativos para referirnos
al sustantivo e introducir la oración relativa.
He / She / It had not He / She / It hadn’t
finished. finished.
The man who the police interviewed is now a suspect.
The new law which they made wasn’t very popular.
We / You / They had not We / You / They hadn’t
That’s the girl whose dad was a witness to the crime.
finished. finished.
The company where she works is in London.
Interrogativa
Had I / you started? What had I / you missed?
Had he / she / it started? Who had he / she / it
seen?
Had we / you / they Why had we / you / they
started? left?
Usos
Usamos el past perfect para hablar de sucesos que
ocurrieron antes que otro suceso en el pasado.
Before the film started, I had bought some popcorn.
A menudo usamos el past perfect en la misma oración
que el past simple. El past simple describe el suceso
más reciente en el pasado y el past perfect describe
uno anterior.
We didn’t have any evidence because the burglar hadn’t
left any fingerprints.

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4 The police found enough evidence. They arrested
Grammar practice a suspect.
Past perfect The police arrested a suspect because
1 Complete the sentences and questions with the .
verbs in brackets. Use the past perfect. 5 Josh didn’t arrive on time, so I couldn’t meet him.
The suspect had left (leave) no fingerprints. I couldn’t meet Josh because
1 The burglar (not take) .
anything valuable. Relative pronouns
2 The police (visit) the
crime scene a number of times.
4 Choose the correct option.
This is the crime scene which / who / where they
3 I (not see) them
arrested Vince’s brother.
shoplifting.
1 That’s the girl whose / where / who mother is a
4 (he / be) a victim of a
police officer.
kidnapping before?
2 Shoplifting is a crime where / whose / which
5 Why (the police / arrest)
involves stealing things.
that suspect?
3 That’s the person who / which / whose mugged
2 Choose the correct option. the old man!
When the police arrived / had arrived at the crime 4 There’s the place which / who / where the police
scene, the suspects had already left. caught the vandals.
1 The burglar got into the house because they didn’t 5 The police found evidence whose / who / which
close / hadn’t closed the window. helped them catch the criminal.
2 I was late for school because I had missed / missed
my train.
5 Complete the text with the relative pronouns who,
which, where and whose.
3 Who had the girl called / did the girl call after they
had mugged her?
4 Sam ate / had eaten dinner before he went out to
meet friends. WANTED FOR
3
5 The police had left the crime scene because there
wasn’t / hadn’t been enough evidence.
Complete the sentences so that they have the
ROBBERY
same meaning as the first sentences. Use the Police are looking for a woman who is a suspect
past perfect. in the bank robbery on Stuart Street. She is short
He left his phone at home. He didn’t have his phone with blonde hair (1) is very long.
with him. Do you have any information about this person?
He didn’t have his phone with him because he had Please contact Police Officer Alicia Mason,
left it at home. (2) telephone number is at the
1 They did the shopping. Then they visited friends. bottom of this poster. Please give PC Mason the
After ,
address of the place (3) you saw
they visited friends. the woman. Do not go near the suspect – this is a
person (4) is very dangerous.
2 The man saw a robbery. He called the police.
The man called the police because
. PLEASE PHONE:
3 There wasn’t much crime in this area. Then the
vandalism happened.
07700 900236
Before the vandalism happened, there
.

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Unit 5

5.4 Expresiones útiles

Vocabulary reference
Describir fotografías
5.1 Sustantivos sobre delitos In this photo I can see …
crime scene (n) /ˈkraɪm siːn/ escena del crimen (sust.) En esta foto veo …
evidence (n) /ˈevɪdəns/ prueba (sust.) at the bottom / at the top
fingerprints (n) /ˈfɪŋɡəprɪnts/ huellas dactilares (sust.) en la parte de abajo / de arriba
injury (n) /ˈɪndʒəri/ lesión (sust.) in the foreground / background
motive (n) /ˈməʊtɪv/ motivo (sust.) en primer plano / de fondo
robbery (n) /ˈrɒbəri/ robo (sust.) in the corner / middle
sample (n) /ˈsɑːmpl/ muestra (sust.) en la esquina / el medio
suspect (n) /səˈspekt/ sospechoso/a (sust.) on the left / right
victim (n) /ˈvɪktɪm/ víctima (sust.) a la izquierda / derecha
weapon (n) /ˈwepən/ arma (sust.) There’s / There are …
witness (n) /ˈwɪtnəs/ testigo (sust.) Hay …
He / She / It can’t be
5.3 Delitos No puede ser él / ella / eso
arson (n) /ˈɑːsn/ incendio provocado (sust.) He / She / It could be
burglary (n) /ˈbɜːɡləri/ robo (en una casa) (sust.) Puede ser él / ella /eso
credit-card fraud (n) /ˈkredɪt ˌkɑːd ˌfrɔːd/ estafa con tarjetas de crédito (sust.) He / She / It might be
drug-dealing (n) /ˈdrʌɡ ˌdiːlɪŋ/ tráfico de drogas (sust.) Puede ser él / ella /eso
forgery (n) /ˈfɔːdʒəri/ falsificación (sust.) He / She / It must be
identity theft (n) /aɪˈdentəti ˌθeft/ robo de identidad (sust.) Tiene que ser él / ella / eso
kidnapping (n) /ˈkɪdnapɪŋ/ secuestro (sust.)
mugging (n) /ˈmʌɡɪŋ/ atraco (sust.)
pickpocketing (n) /ˈpɪkpɒkɪtɪŋ/ robo (de carteras) (sust.)
shoplifting (n) /ˈʃɒplɪftɪŋ/ robo en una tienda (sust.)
speeding (n) /ˈspiːdɪŋ/ exceso de velocidad (sust.)
vandalism (n) /ˈvandəlɪzəm/ vandalismo (sust.)

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Vocabulary practice 3 Translate the sentences.
1 The man went back to the crime scene because he
1 Find eight more crime words in the wordsearch. had left some evidence.
The words can be vertical ( ), horizontal ( ) and
diagonal ( ).

S U B U F N I K L W E B 2 Julia is the witness who saw the crime.

U C O B M O T B A G N U

S A M P L E C L O D R R
3 The burglar has left these fingerprints.
P D O F O R G E R Y O G

E W T B L A C K M A I L

C A I N A B U R G R L A 4 Fabio had been a victim of identity theft.

T N V T C W O N B S O R

A G E O N T E F C O B Y 5 Pickpocketing is a crime which is very common on

W B R D W E A P O N C A public transport.

D S A T O U S W R R E O

V A N D A L I S M C G M
6 That’s the house where the police found some
T M N W G O M G T D W E evidence.

2 Match the crime nouns 1–7 to the statements A–H.

arson C 4 mugging
1 witness 5 speeding g
2 pickpocketing 6 credit card theft
3 evidence b 7 crime scene
E ‘A person hit me and stole my
A ‘I didn’t see anyone take the bag on the street!’
phone and money from my bag.’

F ‘Someone has been

spending my money
B ‘We found fingerprints on
online without my
cups and furniture in the
knowledge.’
living room.’

G ‘He was driving at 120 km/h

C ‘Someone set fire to the shop and when the police stopped him!’
everything burned down.’

H ‘This is the room

where they kept the
D ‘I saw two men with weapons
kidnapped woman.’
coming out of the bank.’

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