Theft & Lost Items

B1 · Intermediate57 minTravelLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: report a theft — describe what was stolen, where and when it happened, and get the police report you need.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Reporting a theft

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Reporting a Theft at the Police Station

    Read a 270-word text about Reporting a Theft at the Police Station

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Theft and Lost Items Words

    7 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Theft and Lost Items Sentences

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Sentences

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Report a Stolen Bag

    Role-play: Your bag was stolen from a cafe while you were in the bathroom (7 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the police report

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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stolenpickpocketpolice reportwalletvaluablessafelost and found

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