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Vocabulary Practice
Exercise 1: Test Yourself
- to cross-examine
- sentence
- imprisonment
- to arrest
- thief
- evidence
- lawyer
- notary
- murderer
- deed
- witness
- to commit
- legislative
- burglar
- mortgage
- divorce
- brief
- legal
- damages
- innocent
- to codify
- appeal
- defendant
- to charge
- jury
- offence
- solicitor
- summons
- to sue
- theft
- judge
- court
- law
- procedures
- case
- tribunal
- rights
- to decree
- judicial
- guilty
- affidavit
- will
- proceedings
- verdict
- prosecutor
- testimony
- to claim
- corporate
- precedent
- manslaughter
Listening Comprehension
Grammar Practice
Exercise 1: Transformation
- She is supervised by the lawyer.
- The proceedings are recorded.
- I am contracted by courts of law.
- The information can be stored.
- Are criminals always caught?
- The documents are prepared by legal secretaries.
- The deeds are being sent tomorrow.
- Is a person considered innocent until proved guilty?
- Are murderers executed in that country?
- He is going to be sentenced by the judge tomorrow.
Exercise 2: Transformation
- Her work was supervised by the lawyer.
- The burglar was arrested by the police.
- He was taken to court.
- He was sentenced by the judge to a year in prison.
- Mr Smith and his horse were injured by a car.
- The driver of the car was sued by Mr Smith.
- He was cross-examined by the lawyer.
- Were you injured?
- Why was the horse shot by the police officer?
- Who was this document written by?
Exercise 3: Transformation
- I was told the name of the company by my friend.
- Susan was given a job by a big law firm.
- The burglar was asked a lot of questions by the lawyer.
- How many visits was he allowed?
- The young man was promised a pardon.
- The Prime Minister was sent a letter bomb.
- She was taught stenography.
- The police were given some important information by an informer.
- I was told the news by my boss.
- The prisoner was given a long sentence by the judge.
Exercise 4: Selections
- Hi, Michelle. I haven't seen you since we finished the course.
- Michelle is working as a legal secretary.
- She specialised in legal terminology.
- The policeman said: 'It looks like your horse has a broken leg'.
- Who shot the policeman?
- What sort of work do you do?
- I'm responsible for proofreading documents.
- The police had no evidence.
- Michelle mostly has the same duties as an ordinary secretary.