SHERLOCK BBC TV series A STUDY IN PINK

Having recently left the ………….. in Afghanistan because of an injury, Doctor

………….. Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes, a ………………detective who
often helps the police with difficult …………… .

The police approach Sherlock now to ………….. with the case of several apparent
suicides ……………. seem to be linked.

The …………….. recent is a woman dressed all …………..pink. Sherlock realises

that the deaths are not …………….; they are ………………… .
Learning that the phone of the …………… woman in pink is still in the possession of
the murderer, Sherlock sets about tracking the killer down.

He discovers that the killer is a …………….. taxi driver who has a …………………
illness.
He kills his ………………… by forcing them to choose between two pills – one
harmless and the other deadly. After the victim …………… made a choice, the taxi
driver takes the other pill.

Seeing this as the ……………. battle of wits, the taxi driver challenges Sherlock to
play this deadly game.

……………. , before either man takes a pill, John Watson finds Sherlock and
…………… the taxi driver.

At …………. end of the story, Holmes and Watson have ………….. good friends.

YOUR TASK: Fill in the 20 blanks with the appropriate word from the following list.

the – murdered – ultimate – John – become – help – victims – London – however –

terminal – army – cases – shoots – has – murders – which – suicides – in – brilliant –
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Véronique Médana Collège Rayet