Extension activity: vocabulary Check students understand all the vocabulary from the article by writing the
following words and phrases on the board in one column and their mixed-up
explanations in another column. Students work in pairs to read the article again
to work out which word goes with which explanation.
1 a kindergarten
a stolen money
2 premeditated
b not transparent
3 baffled
c a tall dustbin with wheels
4 a raid
d planned in advance
5 tinted
e to disappear without a trace
6 a wheelbarrow
f somebody who commits an offence
7 loot
g completely confused and amazed
8 to vanish into thin air h somebody who speaks on behalf of an organisation
9 a wheelie bin
i a nursery school
10 a spokesperson
j an attack or burglary
11 a culprit
k a truck with one wheel
Answers 1 i 2 d 3 g 4 j 5 b 6 k 7 a 8 e 9 c 10 h 11 f
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