The Red Circle - part 1

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Wat weet jij van Sherlock Holmes?

Introduction

Introduction

True

False

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle went to Edinburgh University because he wanted to become a doctor.

Dr Joseph Bell did not care about his patients.

The character Sherlock Holmes is a lot like Dr. Joseph Bell.

Conan Doyle started writing his first Sherlock Holmes story because he neede money. 

Conan Doyle started writing his first Sherlock Holmes story because he neede money. 

He wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901

chapter 1

Complete the gaps with a preposition

The lodger wrote only one word ___________ a piece of paper.

He always stayed ____________ his rooms and never went out.

Holmes looked at the pieces of paper ______________ interest.

Mrs. Warren told Holmes and Watson _______________ the strange lodger.

The bedroom was ___________ the top of the house. 

Mrs Warren talked to Holmes ___________ two hours. 

Holmes sat in a bigh chair _________ his desk. 

about

at

behind

for

in

on

with

There were lots of important papers on Sherlock Holmes' desk.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

In the past Mr Hobbs was Mrs Warren's lodger.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

Mrs Warren was a short, old woman.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

Sherlock Holmes decided to listen to Mrs Warren's problem.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

Mrs Warren and her husband were rich people.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

The lodger wanted a key to the house.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

The lodger had his meals in Mrs Warren's kitchen.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

He used a pencil to write his messages.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

Dr Watson was an old friend of Mrs Warren.

1. right
2. wrong
3. doesn't say

Chapter 2

dining room

kitchen

lodger's bathroom

lodger's bedroom

main entrance

master bedroom

pantry

scullery

servant's bedroom

sitting room

study

task

The next statements are all incorrect. Rewrite them correctly. 

Holmes thought the matches were strange because the man had a beard.

Both Mrs Warren and Holmes thought there could be two people in the room.

Holmes thought that the person received messages in the post.

Holmes found the last message in today's paper.

You cannot catch a train for London on Platform 5.

Things here cost less at the moment.

You can buy a dictionary here.

He can't see people in the afternoon.

You can't keep a pet here.

You can buy a ticket at lunch time on Tuesday.

A

B

B

B

B

B

B

B