Practice Lab
Spin the roulette, reveal a suspect card, interview the witness, and prepare a short case briefing with appearance details, behavior clues, and uncertainty language.
Students ask follow-up questions, report visual evidence, and describe suspects using precise appearance vocabulary, behavior clues, and cautious language.
Case File
Recently, there was a burglary next to your house. When the incident took place, you were arriving home and saw four suspicious people leaving your neighborhood in a hurry. The investigators need a reliable witness statement: physical description, clothing, accessories, behavior, and level of certainty.
Before Playing
Hi. Thanks for coming in. I need a clear description of one person you saw near the house.
Sure. I was arriving home when I saw the group leaving quickly.
Was the suspect wearing anything that made him stand out?
Yes. He was wearing a black cap, square glasses, black gloves, and a red backpack.
How confident are you about those details?
I am very sure about the cap and backpack, but I am not completely sure about the color of his shoes.
What was he doing when you saw him?
He was walking fast and looking back nervously. He might have been trying to avoid attention.
Please summarize your statement.
The suspect was a tall, slim man. He was wearing dark clothes, glasses, gloves, and a red backpack. He seemed nervous and in a hurry.
Thank you. That statement is useful for the case.
You're welcome. I hope it helps.
Suspect Cards
The teacher chooses one suspect card after the roulette selects two students. The detective must ask yes/no questions and at least two follow-up questions. The eyewitness must answer with complete sentences and report their level of certainty.
Language Support
Intermediate Challenge
The detective asks at least four yes/no questions and two follow-up questions.
The eyewitness uses phrases such as I am sure, I think, might have been, and could have been.
Students describe how the person behaved: quickly, nervously, cautiously, calmly, or suspiciously.
At the end, the detective summarizes the witness statement in three complete sentences.
Interactive Tool
Type, paste, or import the student names. Write one name per line.
Load at least two names to start.
Ask yes/no and follow-up questions.
Answer, describe, and show certainty.
No students loaded yet.
Each pair appears here.
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Vocabulary Support
Review the clothes, accessories, and physical traits from each suspect card. Click Listen to hear the English pronunciation.
| Suspect | Spanish | English | Pronunciation |
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