6.3 Extending skills
understanding complex sentences
A Study the words in box a from the text in Lesson 2. 1 What part of speech are they in the text?
2 Find one or more words in the text with a similar meaning to each word.
B Complete the summary with words from Exercise A. You may need to change the form or add extra words.
C Study the words in box b. 1 What is each base word and its legal meaning?
2 How does the affix change the part of speech? 3 What is the meaning in the text in Lesson 2?
D Study sentences A–E on the opposite page.
1 Copy and complete Table 1. Put the parts of each sentence in the correct box.
2 Rewrite the main part of each sentence, changing the verb from active to passive or vice versa.
E Look at the ‘Other verbs’ column in Table 1.
1 How are the clauses linked to the main part of the sentence?
2 In sentences A–C, what does the word which refer to? 3 Make the clauses into complete sentences.
6.4 Extending skills writing complex sentences
A Make one sentence for each box on the right, using the method given in red.
Include the words in blue. Write all the sentences as one paragraph.
B Study the notes on the opposite page which a student made about the crime
of robbery. Write up the information.
1 Divide the notes into sections to make suitable paragraphs.
2 Write a topic sentence for each paragraph.
3 Make full sentences from the notes, joining ideas where possible, to make one continuous text.
McGill borrowed a car to drive his wife to the railway station for the Hastings train. A friend owned the car.
relative, passive In 1970
He arrived at the station too late for the train. He used the car to drive his wife to Hastings.
participle In fact
He did not have the owner’s permission for this journey. He didn’t return the car for three days.
passive Although The court convicted him.
He was found guilty of taking the vehicle without the owner’s consent.
participle 50 As a result a
trespass intend steal
accused allege possession commit fear amount to crime necessary
The Theft Act 1968 covers a number of crimes. Burglary involves in a building with the intent to . Aggravated burglary is
committed if a person is a weapon of offence at the time of the burglary. The
does not
actually have to use it. The possession of the weapon is sufficient for the crime to aggravated burglary.
Finally, robbery requires the use of force before or at the time the is committed. It is not
for force to be actually used while the person is
sufficient for a person to put another person in
of force. b burglary aggravated
implication defendant householder enabled upheld conviction
the crime. It is
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