Check your vocabulary for Law – Verbs 4

Mixed tenses
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ALL THE VERBS in the box relate to legal matters. Use them to complete the sentences. You may have to change the forms of the verbs to fit the grammar of the sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example:
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arrange – blackmail – convict – corroborate – exonerate – find – forfeit – infringe – overturn – prohibit – promise – recover – refrain – sentence – sue
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1. He was asked to give an undertaking to __refrain___ from political activity.
2. My client intends to appeal and I am sure that a higher court will _______ the sentence.
3. I can _________ Mr. Waterman’s alibi. At the time of the theft I saw him in Brighton.
4. The judge _________ him to three years imprisonment.
5. After the accident he _________ the company for U$50,000 in damages.
6. She was _______________ of manslaughter and sent to prison for eight years.
7. If you decide not to buy you will _________ your 25% deposit.
8. The court has _________ him guilty on all charges.
9. We believe that this production __________ our copyright as detailed below.
10. The company went out of business and the original investment was never ________.
11. We discovered that his secretary was ___________ him with certain details about his private life.
12. You _________ to pay by August and it’s now September. What’s your explanation?
13. The law _________ the sale of alcohol to minors.
14. All the files are ___________ in alphabetical order, so it’s very easy to find.
15. The judge ___________ the driver from all responsibility for the accident.
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Extension: Choose five sentences and dictate them to a partner.
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ANSWERS:
1. refrain – 2. overturn – 3. corroborate – 4. sentenced - 5. sued - 6. convicted - 7. forfeit – 8. found - 9. infringes - 10. recovered – 11. blackmailing – 12. promised - 13. prohibits - 14. arranged - 15. exonerated