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Learn English With Sherlock Study in Pink PDF
Learn English With Sherlock Study in Pink PDF
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A course for upper intermediate students, by David Nicholls
Main Characters
John Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Mycroft Holmes (Sherlocks brother)
Mrs Hudson (Sherlocks landlady)
Inspector Lestrade (Police Inspector)
Mike Stamford (Jons old friend)
Molly (a worker at the mortuary)
Comprehension:
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Match the nouns on the left with their synonyms, and then use them in
the sentences
1) He cant have been the murderer because he has a water tight ____
2) John Watson has a ____ but it is purely psychosomatic
3) The police dont consult _____ .
4) If you were to ask Sherlock, he would call me his ____
CONDITIONALS
If you call the coppers, I will never tell you what I said to the victims
If you were to ask Sherlock, he would call me his arch enemy
Which one would you have picked, if you had chosen a tablet?
Make speculations
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Use the following verbs to report what was said. Remember to use the
correct forms. Here are a few examples of the different types
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Discussion
Answers
Comprehension
1) They all took the same poison, they were all found in places they
had no reason to be, BUT the police havent found any link
between the people themselves.
2) The journalists got the message Wrong 3 times, and Lestrade got
you know where to find me SH.
3) His old friend (Mike Stamford) introduced him to Sherlock,
because he knew they were both looking for a flat, and that they
both thought they would be difficult to live with.
4) Because he helped to ensure that her husband was sentenced to
death, and for this she is grateful
5) In order to assist him in his capacity as a doctor. The police
forensic scientist (Anderson) doesnt get on with Sherlock, and so
he wants to bring someone else. Jon has experience with violent
deaths
6) He deduced it from his haircut, his suntan (up to the wrist), and his
limp (injury)
7) He saw his phone earlier, and saw that it belonged to Harry
Watson, and he deduced the drinking problem from the scratches.
He assumed Harry was a man, but this was wrong. Harry is short
for Harriet, and so she is Jons sister.
8) He deduced that she is an unhappily married, serial adulterer, and
that she is from out of town (Cardiff) as she has splashes of mud
on her leg, and it hasnt been raining in London (only Cardiff has
these conditions). As such, she has a suitcase (which threw up the
splashes of mud) which hasnt been found yet
9) Someone who claims to be Sherlocks arch enemy but is in
reality his brother (Mycroft). He offers him a bribe in exchange for
information
10) He took the victims suitcase
11) He looked around the area where the body had been found at
areas where a man could discreetly get rid of a large object
12) He had deduced that the murderer must have taken the
victims phone, and he wanted the murderer to make a move
13) They pretended to have a drug bust, but really they wanted to
find the suitcase, as they thought Sherlock may have been
withholding evidence
14) The victim must have planted the phone on him to help the
police find the murderer. Rachel is the password to unlock her
phone and email
15) They are offered the choice between two pills, and the cabbie
promises to take the pill which they dont take. One of the pills has
been poisoned. He forces them to take it using a (fake) gun
16) Money. He is dying and he wants his children to have an
inheritance. Someone is paying him to commit these senseless
murders. The someone turns out to be Moriarty
A serial killer / adulterer
To be sentenced to death
To exercise reasonable precautions
To be out of your depth
To die of natural causes
To choke on your (own) vomit
To owe someone a favour
A string of lovers
A meaningful sum of money
To withhold evidence
1) He cant have been the murderer because he has a water tight alibi
2) John Watson has a limp but it is purely psychosomatic
3) The police dont consult amateurs.
4) If you were to ask Sherlock, he would call me his archenemy
Reporting Verbs