37300 sherlock holmes 4 pages

SHERLOCK HOLMES Inverness cloak, pipe, deerstalker cap, magnifying glass, waistcoat Listening exercise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJrEvOlbXuE Complete the sentences: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a famous ………………………………………………… He was on born on the 22nd of May, ………………………………………., in Edinburgh, ………………………………… He was the …………………………………… of 10 children He trained as a …………………………………………… Conan Doyle …………………………… that his …………………………… Dr Joseph Bell was very clever at deducing his patients’ illnesses by noticing every tiny ……………………………… He used this mastery of diagnostic deduction to create his most famous …………………………………… character, Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes first appeared in the ‘A study in ……………………………… ‘, a short story published in …………………………………… Sherlock Holmes is a ……………………………… He is famous …………………………… his excellent ……………………………… skills and deductive ……………………………… Holmes is very ……………………………… about his amazing abilities 10 He often says that they are ……………………………………… 11 He often ……………………… to his friend Dr John H Watson how he has reached his ………………………………… 12 When you have excluded the ………………………………, whatever remains however ………………………………., must be the truth 13 Conan Doyle …………………………… tired of Sherlock Holmes and tried to ……………………… the character in …………………………… , in the story ‘The Final Problem’ 14 Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to …………………………… Holmes ……………………… to life in the ………………………… Story ‘The Adventure of the ……………………… House’ 15 Conan Doyle was knighted in ……………………… for his work as a doctor during the second South African Boer War THE ADVENTURE OF THE STARRY NIGHT These are the things that appear in the story Can you name them? The Adventure Where did Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr Watson decide to go on a trip? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… How long did the journey take? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What did they carry on their backs? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What did they wear? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What did they use for navigating? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Who found the camping site? What was it like? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Why did Holmes wake up in the middle of the night? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What did Watson answer to Holmes’ question? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What was Holmes’ reply? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………