Murder Mystery - Past Simple + Continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Someone's been brutally murdered...

What happened?

During a school reunion a scream is heard from one of the classrooms. It's 8:30 pm. A few minutes later the dead body of Miss Eliza McGowan, a cranky old English teacher, is found. She has been hit on the head. Also found were a number of items that may lead us to the killer: a book written by one of her ex-students, Simon Donnelly, a photograph of one of her fellow teachers, a young man called Saul Sheen, and a handkerchief with the initials I.W. At the moment these are the three main suspects but everyone who was

at the party and saw or spoke to Miss McGowan needs to be questioned. 

Who murdered Miss McGowan?

7 suspects

Simon Donnely

Louise King

Saul Sheen

Ivan Williams

Lily Simmons

Edward Green

Patricia Woods

Vocabulary

suspect

clue

alibi

motive

Vocabulary

suspect = someone who may have commited a crime

clue = a hint to find out what happened

alibi = a reason someone was somewhere else when a crime happend

motive = a reason for doing something

What can we ask them?

What can we ask to find out:

Who is who?

Where someone was?

What they were doing?

How they view someone?

etc.

Copy the questions!

Let's find out...

Take notes on the answers that the 7 suspects give. That way we can go over the evidence later on and pinpoint who did it.

Simon Donelly

Louise King

Lily Simmons

Edwards Green

Ivan Williams

Patricia Woods

Saul Sheen

What did we find out?

Can we already prove who did it?

The murderer is...

Mr. Green a.k.a. Travis! He is Saul Sheen's father; he and Miss McGowan had a relationship in college. Miss McGowan has always kept it a secret but after the last argument with Saul she plans to tell him the truth. She tells Mr. Green about her plan and they argue. Louise King overhears them. Mr. Green is furious and it is he who follows Miss McGowan to the classroom and hits her over the head. He wasn't in his office when everyone heard the scream, that's why when Saul Sheen knocked on the door he got no answer. 

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