Check your vocabulary for Law – Useful Verbs 2

USEFUL VERBS 2
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Past tense – regular verbs
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ALL THE VERBS below relate to legal matters. Use the past forms to complete the sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example:
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Accuse – acquit – arrest – award – confess – charge – drop – engage – fine – grant – imprison – plead – release – seize – serve
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1. After six hours of questioning the accused man ___confessed__.
2. The government ___________ an amnesty to all political prisoners.
3. Her boss _______ her of stealing U$ 250.00
4. The secret police ________ him for six months in a high security jail.
5. We __________ the best commercial lawyer we could find to represent us but we still lost the case.
6. The prisoner _________ guilty to all charges.
7. On August 12th they ___________ him with murder.
8. The policeman stopped the car and ________ the driver.
9. The president _____________ the opposition leader from prison.
10. The court _________ him U$ 2,500 for obtaining money by false pretences.
11. After consideration, the plaintiff __________ the case against his neighbor.
12. The customs ___________ the shipment of books.
13. He _________ six months in a local prison.
14. The Crown Court ___________ the plaintiff £ 75,000 in damages plus cost.
15. Two of the men were sent to prison, but the judge ___________ the third.
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Extension: Choose five sentences and dictate them to a partner.
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ANSWERS:
1. confessed – 2. granted - 3. accused - 4. imprisoned - 5. engaged - 6. pleaded – 7. charged - 8. arrested - 9. released - 10. fined - 11. dropped - 12. seized - 13. served - 14. awarded - 15. acquitted