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DOMINOES One
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Key
BEFORE READING Activities pages 1819
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers READING CHECK

Activity
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: b3 c3 d3
1 Mr Peterson: a hotel doorman WORD WORK

Answers
Mr Baker: unemployed b safe f housekeeper
James Ryder: assistant manager in a hotel c address g Museum
John Horner: workman d innocent h pub
Catherine Cusack: ladys maid e already
Mrs Hudson: housekeeper GUESS WHAT
Mr Windigate: pub owner (or landlord) Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
Mr Breckinridge: shopkeeper now. They will find out as they read that the answer is c.
Mrs Oakshott: goose farmer aF bF cT dF
2 The people who help steal the diamond are James Ryder and
Catherine Cusack. Activities pages 2425
a5 b6 c3 d1 e4 f7 g2
Activities pages 67 WORD WORK
b sell d page
READING CHECK c beer e winner
1 b T GUESS WHAT
c F (The tall man left a Christmas bird in the street.) Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
d T now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
e F (Holmes gave the bird to Peterson.) a Holmes feels happy about the case.
f F (Petersons wife found a blue diamond in the bird.) b Holmes and Watson to 221B Baker Street.
WORD WORK c They speak to the hotels assistant manager.
1 b brain f walking stick
c poor g birds Activities pages 3031
d newspapers h goose READING CHECK
e shoulder Holmes and Watson talk in the street near Breckinridges shop.
2 The answer is sapphire. Holmes is happy to get Mrs Oakshotts address. Behind them they
hear Mr Breckinridge talking in front of his shop with a little
3 b ADVERTISEMENT - Do you want to buy a new hat? man. This man is very interested in Mrs Oakshotts geese. Mr
c Hes an intelligent man, with a red nose and grey hair. Breckinridge gets angry with him. Holmes tells the man that he
d The crime didnt happen in the sitting room. knows something about the case. The man says his name is John
e He tried to catch it before it fell. Robinson, but his real name is James Ryder. Holmes, Watson and
f The doorman isnt the owner of the hat. Ryder go back to Holmess house.
g The blue diamond is very interesting. WORD WORK
GUESS WHAT b shouted d job
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers c cabs e real
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: GUESS WHAT
a Nobody d Holmes Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
b Holmes e Holmes now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
c Nobody f Holmes a At home Holmes takes out the blue diamond.
b Ryder has a drink.
c We learn that Ryder was the diamond thief.
Activities pages 1213 d In the end no-one goes to prison.
READING CHECK
b It disappeared from the Countesss hotel room. Activities pages 3839
c The police think John Horner took it. READING CHECK
d Holmes doesnt understand how the diamond got into the b How did you know about the diamond?
goose. c The Countesss maid told me.
e Holmes wants to find the thief. d I put it in a goose at my sisters house. But she had two birds
f Peterson leaves the goose with his wife. / Peterson takes the with black tails!
diamond to Sherlock Holmes. e Please dont tell the police!
g Peterson must buy a goose for Henry Baker. f Get out!
g Lets have dinner!
WORD WORK WORD WORK
1 b jewel d disappear, sir Words across: feel sorry for, witnesses, neck, police officers,
c believe e thief solution, arrest
2 b court e Countess Words down: decide, floor, tail, truth, catch
c repair f High Court b feel sorry for g tail
d prison g report c truth h arrest
3 The answer is Morocco. d police officers i witnesses
GUESS WHAT e solution j floor
f catch k neck
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a Yes b No c Yes d No e No

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DOMINOES One
Dominoes one

Key
BEFORE READING Activities pages 1819
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers READING CHECK

Activity
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: b3 c3 d3
1 Mr Peterson: a hotel doorman WORD WORK

Answers
Mr Baker: unemployed b safe f housekeeper
James Ryder: assistant manager in a hotel c address g Museum
John Horner: workman d innocent h pub
Catherine Cusack: ladys maid e already
Mrs Hudson: housekeeper GUESS WHAT
Mr Windigate: pub owner (or landlord) Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
Mr Breckinridge: shopkeeper now. They will find out as they read that the answer is c.
Mrs Oakshott: goose farmer aF bF cT dF
2 The people who help steal the diamond are James Ryder and
Catherine Cusack. Activities pages 2425
a5 b6 c3 d1 e4 f7 g2
Activities pages 67 WORD WORK
b sell d page
READING CHECK c beer e winner
1 b T GUESS WHAT
c F (The tall man left a Christmas bird in the street.) Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
d T now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
e F (Holmes gave the bird to Peterson.) a Holmes feels happy about the case.
f F (Petersons wife found a blue diamond in the bird.) b Holmes and Watson to 221B Baker Street.
WORD WORK c They speak to the hotels assistant manager.
1 b brain f walking stick
c poor g birds Activities pages 3031
d newspapers h goose READING CHECK
e shoulder Holmes and Watson talk in the street near Breckinridges shop.
2 The answer is sapphire. Holmes is happy to get Mrs Oakshotts address. Behind them they
hear Mr Breckinridge talking in front of his shop with a little
3 b ADVERTISEMENT - Do you want to buy a new hat? man. This man is very interested in Mrs Oakshotts geese. Mr
c Hes an intelligent man, with a red nose and grey hair. Breckinridge gets angry with him. Holmes tells the man that he
d The crime didnt happen in the sitting room. knows something about the case. The man says his name is John
e He tried to catch it before it fell. Robinson, but his real name is James Ryder. Holmes, Watson and
f The doorman isnt the owner of the hat. Ryder go back to Holmess house.
g The blue diamond is very interesting. WORD WORK
GUESS WHAT b shouted d job
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers c cabs e real
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are: GUESS WHAT
a Nobody d Holmes Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
b Holmes e Holmes now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
c Nobody f Holmes a At home Holmes takes out the blue diamond.
b Ryder has a drink.
c We learn that Ryder was the diamond thief.
Activities pages 1213 d In the end no-one goes to prison.
READING CHECK
b It disappeared from the Countesss hotel room. Activities pages 3839
c The police think John Horner took it. READING CHECK
d Holmes doesnt understand how the diamond got into the b How did you know about the diamond?
goose. c The Countesss maid told me.
e Holmes wants to find the thief. d I put it in a goose at my sisters house. But she had two birds
f Peterson leaves the goose with his wife. / Peterson takes the with black tails!
diamond to Sherlock Holmes. e Please dont tell the police!
g Peterson must buy a goose for Henry Baker. f Get out!
g Lets have dinner!
WORD WORK WORD WORK
1 b jewel d disappear, sir Words across: feel sorry for, witnesses, neck, police officers,
c believe e thief solution, arrest
2 b court e Countess Words down: decide, floor, tail, truth, catch
c repair f High Court b feel sorry for g tail
d prison g report c truth h arrest
3 The answer is Morocco. d police officers i witnesses
GUESS WHAT e solution j floor
f catch k neck
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them the answers
now. They will find out as they read that the answers are:
a Yes b No c Yes d No e No

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DOMINOES One
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Key
GUESS WHAT
1 Encourage students to guess and to give reasons for their

Activity
answers before telling them the answers:
a The Final Problem
b The Sign of Four

Answers
c The Empty House
d The Dancing Men
2 Open answers.

Project A pages 4041

1 Open answers.
2 Name: Sherlock Holmes
Home: Baker Street, London
Appearance: tall and thin, can look very different when he wants
Usual clothes: hat and coat
Habits: smokes, lives with his housekeeper, Mrs Hudson
Hobbies: plays music in his free time
3 Open answer.

Project B pages 4244

2 1e 2c 3f 4d 5a 6b
3 Goering buys a fake Vermeer!
During the Second World War a Dutchman, Hans van Megeeren
sold a painting to a German called Herman Goering for $150,000.
Goering thought the painting was by a famous Dutch painter
called Vermeer, but it was by Van Megeeren.
Later police arrested Van Megeeren for selling a great Dutch
painting, but when he painted another painting in the style of
Vermeer, they released him.
4 Open answer.

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