Crime Report Form Listening Practice Test with Answers

Transcript for Crime Report Form

OFFICER: Good morning. What can I do for you?

LOUISE: I want to report a theft. I had some things stolen out of my bag yesterday. OFFICER:

I’m sorry to hear that. Right, so I’ll need to take a few details. Can I start with your name?

LOUISE: Louise Taylor.

OFFICER: Good morning. What can I do for you?

LOUISE: I want to report a theft. I had some things stolen out of my bag yesterday. OFFICER:

I’m sorry to hear that. Right, so I’ll need to take a few details. Can I start with your name?

LOUISE: Louise Taylor. (Example)

OFFICER: OK, thank you. And are you resident in the UK?

LOUISE: No, I’m actually Canadian. Though my mother was British.

OFFICER: And your date of birth?

LOUISE: December 14th, 1977.

OFFICER: So you’re just visiting this country?

LOUISE: That’s right. I come over most summers on business. I’m an interior designer and I come over to buy old furniture, antiques  you know. There are some really lovely things around here, but you need to get out to the small towns. I’ve had a really good trip this year until this happened.

OFFICER: OK. So you’ve been here quite a while?

LOUISE: Yes, I’m here for two months. I will go back next week.

OFFICER: So, may I ask where you’re staying now?

LOUISE: Well, at present, I’ve got a place at Park Apartments, that’s on King Street. I was staying at the Riverside Apartments on the same street, but the apartment there was only available for six weeks, so I had to find another one.

OFFICER: OK. And the apartment number?

LOUISE: Fifteen.

OFFICER: Right.

OFFICER: Now, I need to take some details of the theft. So you said you had some things stolen out of your bag?

LOUISE: That’s right.

OFFICER: And were you actually carrying the bag when the theft took place?

LOUISE: Yes, I really can’t understand it. I had my backpack on. And I went into a supermarket to buy a few things and when I opened it up my wallet wasn’t there.

OFFICER: And what did your wallet have in it?

LOUISE: Well, fortunately, I don’t keep my credit cards in that wallet – I keep them with my passport in an inside compartment in my backpack. But there was quite a bit of cash there …about £250 sterling, I should think. I withdrew £300 from my account yesterday, but I did a bit of shopping, so I must have already spent about £50 of that.

OFFICER: OK.

LOUISE: At first I thought, oh I must have left the wallet back in the apartment, but then I realized my phone had gone as well (Q. 5). It was only a week old, and that’s when I realized I’d been robbed. Anyway, at least they didn’t take the keys to my rental car.

OFFICER: Yes. So you say the theft occurred yesterday?

LOUISE: Yes.

OFFICER: So that was September the tenth. And do you have any idea at all of where or when the things might possibly have been stolen?

LOUISE: Well, at first I couldn’t believe it because the bag had been on my back ever since I left the apartment after lunch. It’s just a small backpack, but I generally use it when I’m travelling because it seems safer than a handbag. Anyway, I met up with a friend, and we spent a couple of hours in the museum. But I do remember that as we were leaving there, at about 4 o’clock, a group of young boys ran up to us, and they were really crowding round us, and they were asking us what time it was, then all of a sudden they ran off (Q. 8). OFFICER: Can you remember anything about them?

LOUISE: The one who did most of the talking was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of something … let’s see … a tiger.

OFFICER: Right. Any idea of how old he might have been?

LOUISE: Around twelve years old?

OFFICER: And can you remember anything else about his appearance?

LOUISE: Not much. He was quite thin …

OFFICER: Color of hair?

LOUISE: I do remember that – he was blond. All the others were dark-haired.

OFFICER: And any details of the others?

LOUISE: Not really. They came and went so quickly.

OFFICER: Right. So what I’m going to do now is give you a crime reference number so you can contact your insurance company. So this is ten digits: 87954 82361.

LOUISE: Thank you. So should I contact…

Questions for Crime Report Form Listening Test

Type of crime: Theft

Personal Information

• Name: Louise Taylor (Example)
• Nationality: 1……………….
• Date of birth: 14 December 1977
• Occupation: interior designer
• Reason for visit: business (to buy antique 2………………)
• Length of stay: two months
• Current address: 3………………. Apartments (No 15)

Details of theft

• Items stolen:

a wallet containing approximately 4 £ …………….

a 5 ………………

• Date of theft: 6………………
• Possible time and place of theft

Location: outside the 7…………… at about 4 pm

Details of suspect

• some boys asked for the 8……………. then ran off
• one had a T-shirt with a picture of a tiger
• he was about 12, slim build with 9…………… hair

Crime reference number allocated 10 …………….