Rob or steal

Verbs “rob or steal” have similar meanings

Rob: - to rob a place (a bank)

                  They robbed the bank.

                  The bank was robbed yesterday.

         - to rob somebody (a person).

                  They robbed me.

         - to rob somebody of something.

                  They robbed me of my bag.

                  A man robbed me of my watch.

Steal: - to steal something (object/idea)

                  He stole my watch.

                  My watch was stolen.

         - to steal something from somebody (or place)

                  They stole my laptop from me.

                  He stole some money from the till.

Important:

- You can steal something from someone but you can't steal someone.

- A person can be robbed but a person can't be stolen.

Some exercises to practice:

Exercise 1

Crime and criminals

There is a lot of vocabulary related to the word "Crime". You'll learn nouns and verbs related to it.

Noun (Person)	Noun (Action)	Verb
Robber Bank robber Armed robber	Robbery Bank robbery Armed robbery	Rob
Thief	Theft	Steal
Criminal	Crime	Commit a crime
Shoplifter	Shoplifting	Shoplift
Muderer	Murder	Murder
Vandal	Vandalism	Vandalize
Hacker	Hacking	Hack
Hijacker	Hijacking	Hijack (vehicle)
Kidnapper	Kidnapping	Kidnap (people)
Smuggler	Smuggling	Smuggle
Arsonist	Arson	Start a fire
Mugger	Mugging	Mug
Burglar	Burglary	Burgle
Pickpocket

Here, you have some exercises to practice:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Practice Present Simple or Present Continuous

Here you have some exercises:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

PRACTICE PRESENT SIMPLE

Here you have some exercises to practice present simple:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

PRACTICE: SOME/ANY, A/AN

Here you have some online exercises to practice

Exercice 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6

HOW MUCH/MANY

You can find an explanation about how much and how many

And some online exercises:

Exercise 1
Exercise 2