The Speckled Band

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CHAPTER 1
Reading check
b) Helen Stoner
c) Dr. Watson
d) Dr. Roylott
e) Sherlock Holmes
f) Helen Stoner
g) Sherlock Holmes

Word work
1:
b) robbery
c) servant
d) gypsy
e) death
f) cheetah
2:
b) poor
c) animal
d) stepfather
e) alone
f) terrible
g) wedding

CHAPTER 2
Reading check
b) true
c) false
d) true
e) false
f) false
g) true
h) true

Word work
1:
Imagine, ground floor, corridor, incense, smell, whistle, metallic, police, mark, strange, bar,
lock, light
2:
b) smell
c) light
d) police/incense
e) lock
f) corridor
g) police
h) whistle
i) imagine
j) marks
k) strange
l) bars
m) strange/metallic

CHAPTER 3
Reading check
1-d
2-b
3-f
4-h
5-e
6-c
7-g
8-a

Word work
1:
b) bend
c) will
d) poker - кочерга
e) guilty
f) throw
g) trap - повозка
h) chimney - димохід
2:
a) bend
b) guilty
c) will
d) poker
e) throw
f) chimney
g) trap

CHAPTER 4
Reading check
a) 3
b) 2
c) 3
d) 1
e) 2
f) 3
Word work
a) safe
b) pull - тягнути
c) furniture
d) loop - петля
e) ventilator
f) dog lead - повідок
g) bell-rope - дзвін-мотузка
h) inn

CHAPTER 5
Reading check
b) true
c) true
d) false
e) false
f) true
g) false

Word work
1:
Down
2) surprise
3) match
Across
1) smoke
2) danger
3) pistol
4) position

CHAPTER 6
Reading check
b) with his cane
c) hear a cry and go to Roylott’s room
d) is sitting on a chair next to a table
e) sth yellow with brown speckles
f) in the safe
g) the milk
h) door of the safe
i) the snake kills
j) sleep well
k) her sister’s death

Word work
b) snake
c) poison
d) hiss
e) oil