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A Puzzle for Logan:

Grammar

1. Read Extract 1 and answer these questions:

a. Who is Jenny Logan?
b. Where does the story take place?
c. Who is Grant? Why does he call Jenny Logan ‘madam’?
d. Who is Ronnie Campbell?
e. This is the opening of a story called A Puzzle for Logan. What sort of story is
it going to be?

Extract 1
a
Jenny Logan was enjoying an afternoon
of warm Scottish sunshine on the beach
at Portobello, five kilometres from the
centre of Edinburgh, when her phone
b rang.

‘Logan.’

‘Grant here, madam.’

c
‘It’s my day off, Grant,’ said Logan. ‘

I know. I’m sorry,’ said Grant. ‘But

Ronnie Campbell, the murderer, has
d escaped from prison.’

‘OK,’ said Logan. ‘I’ll meet you in my

office in about fifteen minutes.’
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2. List the qualities you believe are important for a good police detective.
Compare your list with your group's and add any new qualities you discover.

3. Give the students the lists below and ask them to match the noun phrases
with the definitions. They all appear in the story.

1. Robbery Unit
2. police station
3. police record
4. Serious Crimes Unit
5. Police doctor
6. Lawyer

a. a building where the police work

b. a person who defends a criminal in court
c. a member of the medical profession who specialises in examining the bodies
of murdered people
d. a department of the police which deals with thefts
e. a department of the police which deals with murders and other very important
crimes
f. a file containing information about a particular criminal, his past history, the
crimes he has committed and so on

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3. Work with a partner to fill in the table provided below.

Afterward, we'll discuss the answers as a class and create a complete table on the
board. These words are all found in the story, and you can collaborate with your
partner if you'd like.

Person Event/thing Action

(Noun) (Verb) (verb)

murder a murderer a murder

crime to commit a crime

steal

prison to imprison

rob

witness

Exercise 1: Verb Tenses

In the text, you'll find various verb tenses (past simple, past continuous, and present
simple). Identify the tense of each underlined verb in the following sentences.

Jenny Logan was enjoying an afternoon of warm Scottish sunshine on the

beach at Portobello.

She put on jeans and a T-shirt over her swimsuit and walked quickly to her Past simple:
car. put, walked

During the ten-minute drive from Portobello to the London Road police
station, she thought about Ronnie Campbell.

Helen Robertson, the police doctor, was studying the body carefully.

The killer will probably have blood all over his clothes.

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Exercise 2: Pronouns
Find the pronouns used in the text (e.g., he, she, it, they) and identify whether they
are subject or object pronouns.

Logan was enjoying an afternoon of warm Scottish sunshine.

She put on jeans and a T-shirt over her swimsuit.

They were moving him down to Saughton.

He opened his mouth to say something else.

Logan parked her car on the grass at the side of the road behind the last her, object (car)
police car.

She asked herself what they would find.

As she reached the group of police cars, Logan remembered.

Logan allowed the sunshine and fresh air to take away some of the
coldness of death.

Logan took the bag and held it carefully.

Exercise 3: Direct and Indirect Speech

Identify examples of direct and indirect speech in the text. Rewrite the direct speech
as indirect speech and vice versa.

Direct Speech: "‘I know. I’m sorry,’ said Grant."

Indirect Speech: "Logan said that she would meet Grant in her office."
Direct Speech: "‘Today was my day off,’ said Logan."
Indirect Speech: "Logan mentioned that it had been her day off."
Direct Speech: "‘How sure are you?’ Logan asked."
Indirect Speech: "Logan wanted to know how sure she was."

Indirect Grant said that he knew and was sorry

Speech:

Direct
Speech:

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Indirect
Speech:

Direct
Speech:

Indirect
Speech:

Direct
Speech:

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Scotland

Inspector Jenny Logan: a police officer in Edinburgh.

Sergeant Grant an officer helping Inspector

Logan.

Ronnie Campbell in prison for murder.

Helen Robertson a police doctor.

Jimmy Brown a criminal.

Morag Mackenzie Jimmy Brown’s girlfriend

Craig Sinclair murdered seven years ago

Jean Drummond Craig Sinclair’s sister.

Robert Baxter a business man.

Angus (Gus) MacLeod a homeless man

Tam MacDonald a journalist.

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Exercise: British English grammar exercise

Read the following sentences carefully and identify the British English words used.
These words are spelled differently from their American English counterparts.
After identifying the British English words, rewrite each sentence using the American
English spelling.

Sentences:

She had a favourite book that she enjoyed reading in the colourful park.

The theatre in our neighbourhood is known for its unique speciality.

The kilometre-long road leads to the centre of the city.

We need to practise the defence techniques we learned in class.

He realised that he left his wallet in the car park.

Below, you'll find a list of words that are spelled differently in British English
and American English. Finished it

British English vs American English

Petrol station

Colourful

Defense

Traveling

Specialty

Theater

Neighbourhood

Realise