1. GRAMMAR
Fill in the gaps with their corresponding auxiliar of verb to-be in present
1. My name ______ James.
2. Mary ______ a Judge.
John and Lucy
3._______ at the Supreme
Court.
4. I _____ a Law student.
5. The boys ______ in
Juvenile court .
6. He _______ the accused.
7. Susie_____ the witness.
8. She ______ the plaintiff.
9. They_______ prosecutors.
10. You ______ guilty.
11. My dad
_______innocent.
12. The juror _______in the
witness box.
13. I _______ the suspect.
14. Jhon ______on bail.
15. I______on parole.
16. The brief ______at the
Mayor’s office..
17. The weapons _______on
custody.
18. We__________ at the
courtroom.
19. Jack and Ann _____ in
jail.
20. David _______a litigant.
Complete the sentences. Use is or isn’t, are aren’t , am or ‘m not. Truth statements.
1. A murderer __________ a bad person.
2. I________ the suspect. I_________ the witness
3. Shoplifting and kidnapping ______________ crimes.
4. Robbers ___________ good people. They ___________ bad.
5. Prison ________ a nice place. It ________ an awful place.
6. The juvenile court __________ special for children .it ___________ for adults.
7. A life sentence ___________ for some murderers.
8. Rob __________ illegal. It ___________ legal.
9. I_________ guilty. I_____________ innocent.
10.The judge __________ a just man.
Correct and complete the conversations where is necessary. There are two mistakes in each
conversation.
1. A: Are the suspect around from here? (is)
B: Yes, they is. (he)
2. A: the brief in the court?
B: Is on the desk.
3. A: This my prosecutor.
B: are he in the Courthouse in the afternoon?
4. A: be your defendant in prison?
B:no, he’s is on parole.
5. A: kidnapper and hooligan are on bail?
B: no they on probation.

2. 6. A: am the defense in the courtroom?
B: No. It are .
7. A: is the robbers in plain clothes?
B: No, they smartly dressed.
8. A. where the vandal are?
B: they in prison.
9. A: where are the burglar alarm?
B: it on the corner of the ceiling.
10.A: the crime is serious?
B: No, it is.
Write true and the common statements. Use words from columns A B and C in each sentence.
A
Judge and Lawyer
Witness
Minor
blackmailer and kidnapper
pickpocket
accused
B
Am
Is
are
C
In the courtroom
In Prison
Honest
Just
Wicked
At the juvenile court
Liar
Confession
In the police station
Afflicted
1. __________________________
2. ___________________________
3. ____________________________
4. ___________________________
5. ___________________________
6. ___________________________
7. ___________________________
8. ___________________________
9. ____________________________
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3. Look at the picture, and change the sentences.
The judge is young. ____________________________________________
The judge is happy. ___________________________________________
The judge is black. ___________________________________________
The judge is at home. __________________________________
The judge is a woman. ___________________________________
The judge is with a witness. ______________________________
The judge is very tall. ___________________________________
The gavel is on the table. _______________________________
The judge is handsome. _________________________________
The judge is skinny. _____________________________________
It is night. ________________________________________
Organize in questions the following words and write the question mark:
1. You /The witness/ are / this crime/ of . __________________________________________
2. the judge / a serious /person/ Is _______________________________________________
3. at the police/ is /the pickpocket/ station /_________________________________________
4. the customs /at the/ are officers /airport. ________________________________________
5. is the suspect in the courthouse. ______________________________________________
6. public /official /authority/ Judge/is with.__________________________________________
7. court/ is /a/ trial / lawsuit/at __________________________________________________
8. the/are/ statements/facts/cases/ trial/of /in/ a._____________________________________
9. representative/ is/ a /Law/ a/ in/ lawyer. _________________________________________
10.jurors/ are/ under/ oath/ _____________________________________________________

4. VOCABULARY & WRITING
Match the picture with its corresponding name
Jail
Witnesses
Lie detector
Convicts
Justice
Courtroom
Arrest
Police officers
Alimony
Lawyer
Judge
Match the picture with its corresponding name

5. Write complete sentences using verb to be with all the personal pronouns (he –she-they-we-
you-I) with their corresponding occupation, tell in which place they are, and give a quality to
each personage.
Example: He is a convict. He is in jail. He is sad.
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READING
INTRODUCING YOURSELF
My name is Karl, I am forty years old, I’m from United States, I am a lawyer at the Courthouse. I am in
charge of Conducts criminal and civil lawsuits; I am the defense in the lawsuit. My qualities are as
personal as intellectual, for instance I am responsible, consistent, reliable, persistent, clear, analytic
and meticulous; I am also hardworking, I am a good speaker with knowledge about my subject. And
my parents are prosecutors at the Supreme Court, my two brothers are also lawyers, one is the
mayor and the other is senator of New York City, we are warmhearted and friendly each other in my
family. My mom is fifty years old and my dad is Fifty-five years old, they are Canadian.
Answer the following questions
Where is Karl from? ________________________________________________________________
What is Karl’s profession?___________________________________________________________
Where are Karl’s parents from? _______________________________________________________
What is Karl in charge of? ___________________________________________________________
Where is Karl’s workplace? __________________________________________________________
Why is Karl a successful person? _____________________________________________________
How is his family? _________________________________________________________________
Where is his parents’ workplace?______________________________________________________
How old are his parents?____________________________________________________________
How old is Karl? ___________________________________________________________________
What is his brothers’ occupation? _____________________________________________________
What is his parents’ occupation? ______________________________________________________
SPEAKING
From left, Stanford law school students Gabriel Martinez and Reiko Rogozen listen with Gregory
Taylor as he wipes away tears during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court Aug. 16. A judge on
Monday ordered the release of Taylor, a man serving a potential life sentence for stealing food from a
Los Angeles church, a result of California's three-strikes law.

6. Discuss with your classmate about the case above.
Are you in agreement with the sentence given by the judge?
What kind of punishment would you set for this crime?
What kind of punishment do you think Colombian law would set?
LISTENING
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Listen and Complete the script
What___ _____ name? (___ ____Nancy.)
Where do you live? (I live in Chicago.)
How's it going? (Okay.)
Where does she work? (She works at City Bank.)
Where ____ they from? (They _____from Mexico.)
How many people _____ in your family? (I have three brothers.)
Hey, what ___ new? (Nothing much.)
What does he do? (He ____an engineer.)
What do you do in your spare time? (I like to exercise.)
What does your father do for a living? (He___ a doctor.)
Change the information using Law technical vocabulary where is possible.
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