News About Crimes and Deaths in India

May 9, 2026, 16:01
AsiaSociety

Introduction

This report is about bad crimes and deaths in different parts of India. Some victims are adults and some are children.

Main Body

Some men hurt children. In Assam, a grandfather hurt two girls. One girl killed herself. In Kerala, a man hurt a six-year-old girl on a train. In Madhya Pradesh, a man killed a 17-year-old girl and hurt her mother. Other people killed themselves. In Maharashtra, a young man killed himself because people were mean to him on Instagram. Police caught four people. In Uttar Pradesh, a farmer killed himself. He had a problem with his land papers. He felt sad because a government worker was mean to him.

Conclusion

The police arrested the bad people. Doctors are checking the bodies to find the truth.

Learning

Focus: Talking about the Past

In this text, we see how to describe things that already happened. We change the action word (verb) to show it is in the past.

The Pattern:

  • Hurt →\rightarrow Hurt (stays the same)
  • Kill →\rightarrow Killed
  • Catch →\rightarrow Caught
  • Feel →\rightarrow Felt

How to use it: To talk about yesterday or last year, most words just need -ed at the end.

extExample: ext{Example:}

  • Now: The police arrest the man.
  • Past: The police arrested the man.

Special Words: Some words are 'rebels' and change completely. You just need to memorize them:

  • Catch becomes Caught (Police caught four people).
  • Feel becomes Felt (He felt sad).

Vocabulary Learning

report (n.)
a written or spoken statement giving information about something that has happened
Example:She wrote a report about the accident.
victim (n.)
a person harmed or hurt by a crime or accident
Example:The victim was taken to the hospital.
adult (adj.)
a grown person
Example:Only adults may enter the club.
child (n.)
a young person who is not yet an adult
Example:The child played in the park.
hurt (v.)
to cause pain or injury
Example:He hurt his arm when he fell.
killed (v.)
to cause death
Example:The hunter killed a deer.
train (n.)
a set of connected vehicles that run on rails
Example:The train left at nine o'clock.
police (n.)
the group of people who enforce laws
Example:The police arrived quickly.
caught (v.)
to capture or seize
Example:The police caught the thief.
farmer (n.)
a person who works on a farm
Example:The farmer planted wheat.
land (n.)
the ground on which people live
Example:She owns a piece of land.
truth (n.)
the fact or reality of something
Example:He told the truth.