18282 reading sherlock holmes
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English : reading
The Speckled band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Match the adjectives with the right characters
Observant, clever
Helen Stoner
Violent, angry temper
Dr Watson
Anxious
Sherlock Holmes
Loyal, understanding
Dr Grimesby Roylott
Answer the following questions in English
1. Who tells the story? Dr Watson
2. When does the story take place? In 1883
3. Who was Mrs Julia Stoner? What happened to her? Who was she for Dr Roylott? The first
victim, Hellen’s twin sister , she died shortly before her marriage, Dr Roylott is her
stepfather.
4. Who is Helen Stoner? She is Julia’s twin sister. She is going to marry.She asked Holmes for
help.
5. Who is Dr Roylott? Describe this man. He married Julia and helen’s mother when he was in
India.He is a doctor. He has already killed a servant and he’s already been to prison. He is
violent, he doesn’t want his stepdaughters to marry because if they get marry, he looses all
the money his wife left him.
6. Why does Miss Stoner visit Sherlock Holmes? She is frightened, her sister died before her
marriage and she thinks she ‘ll die the same way. She suspects her stepfather but the police
didn’t find anything wrong after her sister’s death. She can hear a “whistle” in her bedroom
like her sister.
7. Why does Dr Roylott visit Sherlock Holmes right after his stepdaughter? He threatens Holmes
not to deal with his business. He says he is a dangerous man.
8. What does Holmes decide to do, after the threat? He wants to see Dr Roylott’s house.
9. What evidence does Holmes have? What is strange about the girl’s room? There is a bell
rope which doesn’t pull, and a ventilator which doesn’t ventilate and the bed cannot be
moved from the floor.
10. What other evidence does he find in Dr Roylott’s room? A bowl of milk, a small dog lead
(laisse pour chien), an iron box
11. What/Who killed Dr Roylott? What was it supposed to do and how? A snake, it was supposed
to kill Helen Stoner while she was sleeping. The snake was put into an iron box and during
the night, the snake went passed the ventilator and went to the girl’s bed and bit her (or
not). The master (Dr Roylott) whistled to bring the snake back before daylight. He used a
bowl of milk to attract the snake.
Did you like the story? Was it difficult to understand? Which were the difficult words?
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Vocabulary: exercises
Can you find the English word matching the pictures/drawings?
A carriage
A ventilator
shutters
Dog-lead
bell-rope
a bridge
Complete the sentences with the correct word
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What do Julia and Helen hear in their room? They hear a whistle………………….
This man has always had a violent …………temper………………….
I am not a light sleeper, I sleep heavily……………………. than you do.
The animal that killed Julia was a ………snake…………………………
The doctor was walking with a ………stick…………………………….,he needed it to help him walk.
Give a synonym or the contrary of the following words
Maybe ≠ perhaps
a marriage = a wedding
To be afraid of = frightened
a gun = a revolver
Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
The snake ……………………………………(to bite) the doctor and it killed him.
Grimesby…………………………….(to go) to India and ……………………………(to become) a doctor.
He …………………………………(to throw) a man off a bridge into a stream.
Julia ………………………………..(to meet) a man who …………………….(to ask) her to marry him.
Wild animals ………………………..(to run) through the house at night.
Julia ………………………….(to wake) up and ……struck………………(to strike) a light.
Holmes ………………………….(to hold) papers with figures in his hands. It was her last will.
The rope ………………hung………………(to hang) down beside the bed.
English : reading
The Speckled band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Match the adjectives with the right characters
Observant, clever
●
● Helen Stoner
Violent, angry temper ●
● Dr Watson
Anxious
●
● Sherlock Holmes
Loyal, understanding
●
● Dr Grimesby Roylott
Answer the following questions in English
1. Who tells the story?
2. When does the story take place?
3. Who was Mrs Julia Stoner? What happened to her? Who was she for Dr Roylott?
4. Who is Helen Stoner?
5. Who is Dr Roylott? Describe this man.
6. Why does Miss Stoner visit Sherlock Holmes?
7. Why does Dr Roylott visit Sherlock Holmes right after his stepdaughter
8. What does Holmes decide to do, after the threat?.
9. What evidence does Holmes have? What is strange about the girl’s room?
10. What other evidence does he find in Dr Roylott’s room?
11. What/Who killed Dr Roylott? What was it supposed to do and how
Did you like the story? Was it difficult to understand? Which were the difficult words?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Vocabulary: exercises
Can you find the English word matching the pictures/drawings?
Complete the sentences with the correct word
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What did Julia and Helen hear in their room? They heard a w……………….
This man has always had a violent …………t………………….
I am not a light sleeper, I sleep h……………………………. than you do.
The animal that killed Julia was a …………………………………
The doctor was walking with a …………………………………….,he needed it to help him
walk.
Give a synonym or the contrary of the following words(from the book)
Maybe ≠…………………………..
a marriage = …………………………….
To be afraid of =……………………..
a gun = ……………………………
Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
The snake ……………………………………(to bite) the doctor and it killed him.
Grimesby…………………………….(to go) to India and ……………………………(to become) a doctor.
He …………………………………(to throw) a man off a bridge into a stream.
Julia ………………………………..(to meet) a man who …………………….(to ask) her to marry him.
Wild animals ………………………..(to run) through the house at night.
Julia ………………………….(to wake) up and ……………………(to strike) a light.
Holmes ………………………….(to hold) papers with figures in his hands. It was her last will.
The rope ………………………………(to hang) down beside the bed.
