Level: Elementary Meet the man who accidentally started an assassin hiring website

---

Level: 
Elementary
Meet the man who accidentally started an assassin hiring website
•PHOT
OCOPIABLE•
CAN BE DOWNLOADED
FROM WEBSITE
Published by Macmillan Education Ltd. © Macmillan Education Limited, 2022.
Home >> Adults >> General English >> NEWS LESSONS
2

Warmer
a. Match the halves to make words that describe people who kill others for money.
hit
killer
contract gun 
assas man 
hired sin 
b. Scan the article to see which of these words are used in it.

Key words
a. Write the words from the wordpools next to the definitions below. Then find and highlight them 
in the article to read them in context. 
pretended realized respond services wanted
1. work or help that a company can provide for you 
2. reply in writing (e.g., via email) 
3. behaved in a way that makes people believe you are something else 
4. when the police are looking for you in connection with a crime 
5. knew and understood something 
act clues crime fraud wacky
6. funny, silly, crazy 
7. an action or activity that is illegal 
8. information that helps you understand something 
9. the crime of obtaining money from someone by tricking them 
10. do something in a particular way 
1

---

Level: 
Elementary
Meet the man who accidentally started an assassin hiring website
•PHOT
OCOPIABLE•
CAN BE DOWNLOADED
FROM WEBSITE
Published by Macmillan Education Ltd. © Macmillan Education Limited, 2022.
Home >> Adults >> General English >> NEWS LESSONS
b. Use some of the key words above to complete these sentences. 
1. She did not 
to any of my messages.
2. We must 
now to save the rainforests.
3. He was 
for murder in three states.
4. He 
that he was going to be late again.
5. He 
to be happy for her, but he was secretly very sad.

---